עָלַם alam
Hebrew word for “to conceal” · Strong’s H5956 · used 28 times in 27 verses
Meaning
1) to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret;
How it is translated
Glosses given for alam in context, with how often each is used:
- will be hidden 5
- will hide yourself 3
- will hide 2
- hide yourself 2
- hidden 2
- certainly 1
- may hide 1
- has hidden 1
- concealed 1
- hides itself 1
- has been concealed 1
- concealing 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 5 (3), Deuteronomy 22 (3), Leviticus 4 (1), Leviticus 20 (1), Numbers 5 (1), 1 Samuel 12 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), 2 Chronicles 9 (1), Job 6 (1)
Forms
- ונעלם 5
- נעלם 3
- והתעלמת 2
- תתעלם 2
- העלם 1
- יעלימו 1
- להתעלם 1
- ואעלים 1
- העלים 1
- יתעלם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with alam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִן־ min “from” 9
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 8
- אָשַׁם asham “be guilty” 4
- אוֹ o “or” 5
- הָ ha “her” 5
- שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 3
- נָגַד nagad “to tell” 4
- חֲמוֹר chamor “donkey” 3
- יָדַע yada “to know” 4
- תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 2
- דָּבָר davar “word” 4
- טָמֵא tame “unclean” 2
Key verses
The verses using alam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 4:13 — And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of…
- Leviticus 5:4 — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when…
- 1 Samuel 12:3 — Behold, here I witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom…
- 2 Kings 4:27 — And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone;…
- Psalms 10:1 — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- Psalms 26:4 — I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
- Psalms 55:1 — [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.] Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
- Psalms 90:8 — Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 — For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- Isaiah 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
- Isaiah 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and…
- Ezekiel 22:26 — Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed…
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
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.