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 3 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.
I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
Read word by wordthen I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
Read word by wordBlessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
Read word by wordTherefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
Read word by wordManasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
Read word by wordThen David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
Read word by wordRemember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
Read word by wordHe confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
Read word by wordGive thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Read word by wordBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”
Read word by wordWith them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”
Read word by wordHe will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
Read word by wordBut I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
Read word by wordFor You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
Read word by wordAnd now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
Read word by wordso that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
Read word by wordSo now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
Read word by wordHe is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
Read word by wordThe sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
Read word by wordFor David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
Read word by wordYet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Read word by wordI will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
Read word by wordSo now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
Read word by wordThen David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
Read word by wordO LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
Read word by wordBehold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.3
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
Read word by wordBut I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
Read word by wordWhen all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
Read word by wordThe priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
Read word by wordFor I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
Read word by wordBlessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
Read word by wordDo you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
Read word by wordOur God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
Read word by wordThen Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”
Read word by wordNow do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
Read word by wordManasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
Read word by wordAnd they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
Read word by wordNow, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
Read word by wordand replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
Read word by wordThen the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
Read word by wordAt that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
Read word by wordI loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Read word by wordWill you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
Read word by wordWill he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.28
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.12
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.6
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.8
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
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