עוֹלָם (o.lam) means “forever: enduring” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: o-lawm' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עוֹלָם · o.lam · forever: enduring
: enduring/eternal 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
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עוֹלָם · o.lam · Everlasting
This name means long duration, everlasting, perpetual Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
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עוֹלָם · o.lam · forever: any time
: any_time 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
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עוֹלָם · o.lam · forever: antiquity
: old/ancient 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
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or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם); 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 glosses: 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).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| forever | 111 |
| endures forever | 44 |
| everlasting | 19 |
| an everlasting | 11 |
| of old | 10 |
| as a permanent | 8 |
| this is a permanent | 7 |
| a permanent | 6 |
| an ancient | 5 |
| as an everlasting | 5 |
| from everlasting | 5 |
| this is to be a permanent | 5 |
| for life | 4 |
| and ever | 3 |
| is a permanent | 3 |
| it is a permanent | 3 |
| long ago | 3 |
| the ancient | 3 |
| a perpetual | 2 |
| always | 2 |
| and everlasting | 2 |
| eternal | 2 |
| ever | 2 |
| is everlasting | 2 |
| o ancient | 2 |
| of the everlasting | 2 |
| permanent | 2 |
| the everlasting | 2 |
| with an everlasting | 2 |
| with everlasting | 2 |
| ages | 1 |
| all time | 1 |
| an enduring | 1 |
| an everlasting covenant | 1 |
| ancient times | 1 |
| and a permanent | 1 |
| and eternal | 1 |
| and never | 1 |
| and perpetual | 1 |
| are always | 1 |
| are forever | 1 |
| are from all eternity | 1 |
| are the everlasting | 1 |
| are their eternal | 1 |
| as a regular | 1 |
| as an eternal | 1 |
| but from everlasting | 1 |
| but with everlasting | 1 |
| by a permanent | 1 |
| elams | 1 |
| endure forever | 1 |
| eternity | 1 |
| even | 1 |
| for a permanent | 1 |
| for ages | 1 |
| for the ancient | 1 |
| forevermore | 1 |
| from age to age | 1 |
| from ages past | 1 |
| from ancient times | 1 |
| he will never | 1 |
| his eternal | 1 |
| i will forever | 1 |
| i will never | 1 |
| if we remain in our sins | 1 |
| in an everlasting | 1 |
| in the ages | 1 |
| is an everlasting | 1 |
| is the everlasting | 1 |
| it will belong permanently | 1 |
| it will never | 1 |
| lasting | 1 |
| leaving the ancient | 1 |
| like the ancient | 1 |
| like those long since | 1 |
| like those you never | 1 |
| long | 1 |
| long in the past | 1 |
| of antiquity | 1 |
| of eternity | 1 |
| of permanent | 1 |
| old | 1 |
| on the ancient | 1 |
| the eternal | 1 |
| the perpetual | 1 |
| they will always | 1 |
| to come | 1 |
| to everlasting | 1 |
| will never | 1 |
| with ancient | 1 |
| you a perpetual | 1 |
| you with an everlasting | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| for ever | 177 |
| ever | 59 |
| of old | 13 |
| everlasting | 11 |
| an everlasting | 10 |
| and ever | 8 |
| evermore | 7 |
| from everlasting | 7 |
| shall never | 6 |
| a perpetual | 5 |
| for evermore | 5 |
| the everlasting | 5 |
| thee for ever | 5 |
| for an everlasting | 4 |
| by a perpetual | 3 |
| shall be for ever | 3 |
| shall endure for ever | 3 |
| the old | 3 |
| alway | 2 |
| always | 2 |
| and everlasting | 2 |
| any more | 2 |
| for the old | 2 |
| i will never | 2 |
| let me never | 2 |
| of old time | 2 |
| of them for evermore | 2 |
| the ancient | 2 |
| them for ever | 2 |
| ye everlasting | 2 |
| about me for ever | 1 |
| an ancient | 1 |
| and a perpetual | 1 |
| and an everlasting | 1 |
| and it shall be a perpetual | 1 |
| and perpetual | 1 |
| and this shall be an everlasting | 1 |
| and to everlasting | 1 |
| any more for ever | 1 |
| as those that have been long | 1 |
| at any time | 1 |
| be for ever | 1 |
| because thou hast had a perpetual | 1 |
| but with everlasting | 1 |
| by an everlasting | 1 |
| even from everlasting | 1 |
| even of old | 1 |
| even the ancient | 1 |
| ever of old | 1 |
| for him for evermore | 1 |
| for of old time | 1 |
| for since the beginning of the world | 1 |
| him for ever | 1 |
| him he will ever | 1 |
| himself an everlasting | 1 |
| i have long time | 1 |
| i shall never | 1 |
| in a perpetual | 1 |
| in old time | 1 |
| in the world | 1 |
| in those is continuance | 1 |
| it perpetual | 1 |
| it shall be for ever | 1 |
| it shall never | 1 |
| let them ever | 1 |
| not for ever | 1 |
| not the ancient | 1 |
| not the old | 1 |
| of an everlasting | 1 |
| of ancient times | 1 |
| of elam | 1 |
| of the everlasting | 1 |
| of the lasting | 1 |
| of them for ever | 1 |
| shall be in everlasting | 1 |
| shall be theirs for a perpetual | 1 |
| shall be thine everlasting | 1 |
| shall be unto thee an everlasting | 1 |
| shall not always | 1 |
| shall surely be an everlasting | 1 |
| should have endured for ever | 1 |
| some to everlasting | 1 |
| that it may continue for ever | 1 |
| the perpetual | 1 |
| the world | 1 |
| thee an eternal | 1 |
| thee he shall never | 1 |
| thee of old | 1 |
| thee perpetual | 1 |
| thee unto me for ever | 1 |
| thee with an everlasting | 1 |
| their perpetual | 1 |
| them an everlasting | 1 |
| them to a perpetual | 1 |
| thereof shall be perpetual | 1 |
| this for ever | 1 |
| thou never | 1 |
| to everlasting | 1 |
| to his long | 1 |
| unto thee an everlasting | 1 |
| unto thee for ever | 1 |
| upon you and a perpetual | 1 |
| with an everlasting | 1 |
| with everlasting | 1 |
| with him for an everlasting | 1 |
| with me an everlasting | 1 |
| with them it shall be an everlasting | 1 |
| with us for ever | 1 |
| with you for perpetual | 1 |
| world | 1 |
| yet shalt thou never | 1 |
Page 2 of 9. 413 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
Read word by wordThe sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
Read word by wordThe assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
Read word by wordAnd this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
Read word by wordAll the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
Read word by wordThe Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
Read word by wordThe man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
Read word by wordThis is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
Read word by wordIt will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
Read word by wordIf only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
Read word by wordBe careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
Read word by wordAnd you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.17
then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.
Read word by wordNo Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.4
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.7
These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
Read word by wordThe secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.28
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
Read word by wordFor I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
Read word by wordwith the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
Read word by wordThe eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
Read word by wordyou are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
Read word by wordSo Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
Read word by wordOn that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
Read word by wordAnd Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
Read word by wordNow the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
Read word by wordbut Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
Read word by wordTherefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
Read word by wordI told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
Read word by wordTherefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
Read word by word“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
Read word by wordand do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
Read word by wordAnd as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
Read word by wordAnd Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
Read word by wordNow David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
Read word by wordSo Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Read word by wordAfterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
Read word by wordHe will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Read word by wordYour house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
Read word by wordFor You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
Read word by wordAnd now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
Read word by wordso that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
Read word by wordNow therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
Read word by wordNow, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
Read word by wordGreat salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
Read word by wordIs not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
Read word by wordBathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
Read word by wordTheir blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
Read word by wordBut King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”
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