עוֹלָם olam

Hebrew word for “forever” · Strong’s H5769 · used 438 times in 413 verses

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Meaning

: enduring/eternal; 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world;

Senses in the lexicon

• forever: enduring (388)
• forever: antiquity (44)
• forever: any time (5)
• Everlasting (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for olam in context, with how often each is used:

• perpetuity 181
• ever 175
• antiquity 40
• forever 14
• long ago 14
• ¿ to forever 3
• everlastingnesses 3
• long time 2
• antiquities 2
• which for ever 1
• ancient times 1
• long duration 1

Where it is used

Also in 22 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 136 (26), Psalms 119 (11), Psalms 89 (7), 2 Samuel 7 (6), 1 Chronicles 17 (6), 1 Chronicles 16 (5), Psalms 118 (5), Isaiah 63 (5), Genesis 17 (4), Leviticus 23 (4)

Forms

• עולם 212
• לעולם 157
• לעלם 19
• מעולם 16
• העולם 12
• עולמים 7
• העלם 2
• הלעולם 2
• ומעולם 2
• עלמים 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with olam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עַד ad “till” 93
• דּוֹר dor “generation” 52
• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 58
• שֵׁם shem “name” 41
• עַד ad “perpetuity” 21
• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 29
• חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 23
• יָדָה yadah “to give thanks” 22
• הֶם hem “them” 36
• ךָּ ka “you” 31
• זֶרַע zera “seed” 22
• כִּסֵּא kisse “throne” 19

Key verses

The verses using olam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
• Psalms 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Isaiah 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with…
• Isaiah 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded…
• Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Isaiah 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried…
• Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
• Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.