H5769: עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm · pronounced o-lawm' · “forever: enduring”
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
KJV translates it as: 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 ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5703 (עַד).
Word origin: or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם);
Extended definition
1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world
1a) ancient time, long time (of past)
1b) (of future)
1b1) for ever, always
1b2) continuous existence, perpetual
1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5769 is translated
- perpetuity ×180
- ever ×176
- antiquity ×40
- forever ×16
- long ago ×14
- antiquities ×2
- a long time ×2
- everlastingnesses ×2
- is forever ×1
- ancient times ×1
- its ×1
- everlastingnesses of ×1
Bible verses with H5769 (ʻôwlâm)
ʻôwlâm appears in 413 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 6:3
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Genesis 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 9:12
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:16
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
- Genesis 13:15
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
- Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
- Genesis 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
- Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
- Genesis 48:4
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
- Genesis 49:26
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
- Exodus 3:15
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
- Exodus 12:14
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
- Exodus 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
- Exodus 12:24
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
- Exodus 14:13
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
- Exodus 15:18
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
- Exodus 19:9
And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.
- Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
- Exodus 27:21
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 28:43
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
- Exodus 29:9
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
- Exodus 29:28
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.
All 413 references (first 400)
- Exodus 30:21
- Exodus 31:16
- Exodus 31:17
- Exodus 32:13
- Exodus 40:15
- Leviticus 3:17
- Leviticus 6:18
- Leviticus 6:22
- Leviticus 7:34
- Leviticus 7:36
- Leviticus 10:9
- Leviticus 10:15
- Leviticus 16:29
- Leviticus 16:31
- Leviticus 16:34
- Leviticus 17:7
- Leviticus 23:14
- Leviticus 23:21
- Leviticus 23:31
- Leviticus 23:41
- Leviticus 24:3
- Leviticus 24:8
- Leviticus 24:9
- Leviticus 25:32
- Leviticus 25:34
- Leviticus 25:46
- Numbers 10:8
- Numbers 15:15
- Numbers 18:8
- Numbers 18:11
- Numbers 18:19
- Numbers 18:23
- Numbers 19:10
- Numbers 19:21
- Numbers 25:13
- Deuteronomy 5:29
- Deuteronomy 12:28
- Deuteronomy 13:16
- Deuteronomy 15:17
- Deuteronomy 23:3
- Deuteronomy 23:6
- Deuteronomy 28:46
- Deuteronomy 29:29
- Deuteronomy 32:7
- Deuteronomy 32:40
- Deuteronomy 33:15
- Deuteronomy 33:27
- Joshua 4:7
- Joshua 8:28
- Joshua 14:9
- Joshua 24:2
- Judges 2:1
- 1 Samuel 1:22
- 1 Samuel 2:30
- 1 Samuel 3:13
- 1 Samuel 3:14
- 1 Samuel 13:13
- 1 Samuel 20:15
- 1 Samuel 20:23
- 1 Samuel 20:42
- 1 Samuel 27:8
- 1 Samuel 27:12
- 2 Samuel 3:28
- 2 Samuel 7:13
- 2 Samuel 7:16
- 2 Samuel 7:24
- 2 Samuel 7:25
- 2 Samuel 7:26
- 2 Samuel 7:29
- 2 Samuel 12:10
- 2 Samuel 22:51
- 2 Samuel 23:5
- 1 Kings 1:31
- 1 Kings 2:33
- 1 Kings 2:45
- 1 Kings 8:13
- 1 Kings 9:3
- 1 Kings 9:5
- 1 Kings 10:9
- 2 Kings 5:27
- 2 Kings 21:7
- 1 Chronicles 15:2
- 1 Chronicles 16:15
- 1 Chronicles 16:17
- 1 Chronicles 16:34
- 1 Chronicles 16:36
- 1 Chronicles 16:41
- 1 Chronicles 17:12
- 1 Chronicles 17:14
- 1 Chronicles 17:22
- 1 Chronicles 17:23
- 1 Chronicles 17:24
- 1 Chronicles 17:27
- 1 Chronicles 22:10
- 1 Chronicles 23:13
- 1 Chronicles 23:25
- 1 Chronicles 28:4
- 1 Chronicles 28:7
- 1 Chronicles 28:8
- 1 Chronicles 29:10
- 1 Chronicles 29:18
- 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
- 2 Chronicles 6:2
- 2 Chronicles 7:3
- 2 Chronicles 7:6
- 2 Chronicles 7:16
- 2 Chronicles 9:8
- 2 Chronicles 13:5
- 2 Chronicles 20:7
- 2 Chronicles 20:21
- 2 Chronicles 30:8
- 2 Chronicles 33:4
- Ezra 3:11
- Ezra 9:12
- Nehemiah 2:3
- Nehemiah 9:5
- Nehemiah 13:1
- Job 7:16
- Job 22:15
- Job 41:4
- Psalms 5:11
- Psalms 9:5
- Psalms 9:7
- Psalms 10:16
- Psalms 12:7
- Psalms 15:5
- Psalms 18:50
- Psalms 21:4
- Psalms 24:7
- Psalms 24:9
- Psalms 25:6
- Psalms 28:9
- Psalms 29:10
- Psalms 30:6
- Psalms 30:12
- Psalms 31:1
- Psalms 33:11
- Psalms 37:18
- Psalms 37:27
- Psalms 37:28
- Psalms 41:12
- Psalms 41:13
- Psalms 44:8
- Psalms 45:2
- Psalms 45:6
- Psalms 45:17
- Psalms 48:8
- Psalms 48:14
- Psalms 49:8
- Psalms 49:11
- Psalms 52:8
- Psalms 52:9
- Psalms 55:22
- Psalms 61:4
- Psalms 61:7
- Psalms 66:7
- Psalms 71:1
- Psalms 72:17
- Psalms 72:19
- Psalms 73:12
- Psalms 73:26
- Psalms 75:9
- Psalms 77:5
- Psalms 77:7
- Psalms 78:66
- Psalms 78:69
- Psalms 79:13
- Psalms 81:15
- Psalms 85:5
- Psalms 86:12
- Psalms 89:1
- Psalms 89:2
- Psalms 89:4
- Psalms 89:28
- Psalms 89:36
- Psalms 89:37
- Psalms 89:52
- Psalms 90:2
- Psalms 92:8
- Psalms 93:2
- Psalms 100:5
- Psalms 102:12
- Psalms 103:9
- Psalms 103:17
- Psalms 104:5
- Psalms 104:31
- Psalms 105:8
- Psalms 105:10
- Psalms 106:1
- Psalms 106:31
- Psalms 106:48
- Psalms 107:1
- Psalms 110:4
- Psalms 111:5
- Psalms 111:8
- Psalms 111:9
- Psalms 112:6
- Psalms 113:2
- Psalms 115:18
- Psalms 117:2
- Psalms 118:1
- Psalms 118:2
- Psalms 118:3
- Psalms 118:4
- Psalms 118:29
- Psalms 119:44
- Psalms 119:52
- Psalms 119:89
- Psalms 119:93
- Psalms 119:98
- Psalms 119:111
- Psalms 119:112
- Psalms 119:142
- Psalms 119:144
- Psalms 119:152
- Psalms 119:160
- Psalms 121:8
- Psalms 125:1
- Psalms 125:2
- Psalms 131:3
- Psalms 133:3
- Psalms 135:13
- Psalms 136:1
- Psalms 136:2
- Psalms 136:3
- Psalms 136:4
- Psalms 136:5
- Psalms 136:6
- Psalms 136:7
- Psalms 136:8
- Psalms 136:9
- Psalms 136:10
- Psalms 136:11
- Psalms 136:12
- Psalms 136:13
- Psalms 136:14
- Psalms 136:15
- Psalms 136:16
- Psalms 136:17
- Psalms 136:18
- Psalms 136:19
- Psalms 136:20
- Psalms 136:21
- Psalms 136:22
- Psalms 136:23
- Psalms 136:24
- Psalms 136:25
- Psalms 136:26
- Psalms 138:8
- Psalms 139:24
- Psalms 143:3
- Psalms 145:1
- Psalms 145:2
- Psalms 145:13
- Psalms 145:21
- Psalms 146:6
- Psalms 146:10
- Psalms 148:6
- Proverbs 8:23
- Proverbs 10:25
- Proverbs 10:30
- Proverbs 22:28
- Proverbs 23:10
- Proverbs 27:24
- Ecclesiastes 1:4
- Ecclesiastes 1:10
- Ecclesiastes 2:16
- Ecclesiastes 3:11
- Ecclesiastes 3:14
- Ecclesiastes 9:6
- Ecclesiastes 12:5
- Isaiah 9:7
- Isaiah 14:20
- Isaiah 24:5
- Isaiah 25:2
- Isaiah 26:4
- Isaiah 30:8
- Isaiah 32:14
- Isaiah 32:17
- Isaiah 33:14
- Isaiah 34:10
- Isaiah 34:17
- Isaiah 35:10
- Isaiah 40:8
- Isaiah 40:28
- Isaiah 42:14
- Isaiah 44:7
- Isaiah 45:17
- Isaiah 46:9
- Isaiah 47:7
- Isaiah 51:6
- Isaiah 51:8
- Isaiah 51:9
- Isaiah 51:11
- Isaiah 54:8
- Isaiah 55:3
- Isaiah 55:13
- Isaiah 56:5
- Isaiah 57:11
- Isaiah 57:16
- Isaiah 58:12
- Isaiah 59:21
- Isaiah 60:15
- Isaiah 60:19
- Isaiah 60:20
- Isaiah 60:21
- Isaiah 61:4
- Isaiah 61:7
- Isaiah 61:8
- Isaiah 63:9
- Isaiah 63:11
- Isaiah 63:12
- Isaiah 63:16
- Isaiah 63:19
- Isaiah 64:4
- Isaiah 64:5
- Jeremiah 2:20
- Jeremiah 3:5
- Jeremiah 3:12
- Jeremiah 5:15
- Jeremiah 5:22
- Jeremiah 6:16
- Jeremiah 7:7
- Jeremiah 10:10
- Jeremiah 17:4
- Jeremiah 17:25
- Jeremiah 18:15
- Jeremiah 18:16
- Jeremiah 20:11
- Jeremiah 20:17
- Jeremiah 23:40
- Jeremiah 25:5
- Jeremiah 25:9
- Jeremiah 25:12
- Jeremiah 28:8
- Jeremiah 31:3
- Jeremiah 31:40
- Jeremiah 32:40
- Jeremiah 33:11
- Jeremiah 35:6
- Jeremiah 49:13
- Jeremiah 49:33
- Jeremiah 50:5
- Jeremiah 51:26
- Jeremiah 51:39
- Jeremiah 51:57
- Jeremiah 51:62
- Lamentations 3:6
- Lamentations 3:31
- Lamentations 5:19
- Ezekiel 16:60
- Ezekiel 25:15
- Ezekiel 26:20
- Ezekiel 26:21
- Ezekiel 27:36
- Ezekiel 28:19
- Ezekiel 35:5
- Ezekiel 35:9
- Ezekiel 36:2
- Ezekiel 37:25
- Ezekiel 37:26
- Ezekiel 37:28
- Ezekiel 43:7
- Ezekiel 43:9
- Ezekiel 46:14
- Daniel 9:24
- Daniel 12:2
- Daniel 12:3
- Daniel 12:7
- Hosea 2:19
- Joel 2:2
- Joel 2:26
- Joel 2:27
- Joel 3:20