ʻôwlâm

/o-lawm'/

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

Quick Facts

Strong's Number: H5769
Hebrew: עוֹלָם
Transliteration: ʻôwlâm
Pronunciation: /o-lawm'/
KJV Translations: 16 distinct renderings
Language: Biblical Hebrew

Definition & Etymology

Full 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

Derivation

or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם);H5956 (ʻâlam)

KJV Translation Breakdown

This Hebrew word is translated as the following in the King James Version:

alway(-s)ancient (time)any morecontinuanceeternal(for(n-)) ever(-lasting-moreof old)lastinglong (time)(of) old (time)perpetualat any time(beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end)H5703 (עַד)

Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5703 (עַד).