o.lam H5769

עוֹלָם (o.lam) means “forever: enduring” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עוֹלָם Hebrew · H5769 438 tagged occurrences in 413 verses

Pronunciation guide: o-lawm' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5769G

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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TBESH · H5769H

עוֹלָם · o.lam · Everlasting

This name means long duration, everlasting, perpetual Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

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TBESH · H5769I

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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TBESH · H5769J

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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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How translators render H5769

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
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

KJV rendering counts
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

Verses containing H5769

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Amos 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
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Obadiah 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
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Jonah 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
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Source alternate reference: 2.7
Micah 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
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Micah 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
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Micah 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
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Micah 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
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Source alternate reference: 5.1
Micah 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
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Habakkuk 3:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
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Zephaniah 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
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Zechariah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
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Malachi 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
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Malachi 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
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