Strong's Hebrew · H5769
H5769 ʻôwlâm
עוֹלָם
o-lawm'
forever
ʻôwlâm appears 439 times in Scripture, including Genesis 3:22 and Genesis 6:3. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
In the King James Version
alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ( without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5703 (עַד).
Derivation
or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם);
Appears 439 times in Scripture
“And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.”
“But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.”
“I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.”
“And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.””
“And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.””
“for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.”
“And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:”
“Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.”
“Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...””
“So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
