עָלַם alam

Hebrew word for “perpetuity” · Strong’s H5957 · used 20 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

perpetuity, antiquity, for ever; Aramaic of o.lam (עוֹלָם ": old" H5769J)

How it is translated

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

• ever 8
• perpetuity 8
• antiquity 3
• perpetuities 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 2 (3), Daniel 6 (3), Daniel 7 (3), Ezra 4 (2), Daniel 4 (2), Daniel 3 (1), Daniel 5 (1)

Forms

• לעלמין 7
• עלמא 6
• עלם 5
• לעלמיא 1
• עלמיא 1

Words used with it

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

• מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 7
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 8
• חֲיָא chaya “to live” 5
• שׇׁלְטָן sholtan “dominion” 5
• דִּי di “that” 8
• אֲמַר amar “to say” 5
• יוֹם yom “day” 4
• חֲבַל chaval “to destroy” 3
• כֹּל kol “all” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 4
• עַל al “since” 4
• עַם am “people” 3

Key verses

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

• Ezra 4:15 — That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city,…
• Daniel 2:4 — Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
• Daniel 2:20 — Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
• Daniel 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but…
• Daniel 4:3 — How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
• Daniel 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I…
• Daniel 5:10 — Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy…
• Daniel 6:6 — Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
• Daniel 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his…
• Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,…
• Daniel 7:18 — But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
• Daniel 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose…

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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.