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Lexicon :: Strong's H5957 - ʿālam

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עָלַם
Transliteration
ʿālam
Pronunciation
aw-lam'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to עוֹלָם (H5769)
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TWOT Reference: 2912

Strong’s Definitions

עָלַם ʻâlam, aw-lam'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H5769; remote time, i.e. the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever:—for (n-)ever (lasting), old.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5957 in the following manner: ever (12x), everlasting (4x), old (2x), ever (with H5705) (1x), never (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5957 in the following manner: ever (12x), everlasting (4x), old (2x), ever (with H5705) (1x), never (1x).

  1. perpetuity, antiquity, for ever

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָלַם ʻâlam, aw-lam'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H5769; remote time, i.e. the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever:—for (n-)ever (lasting), old.
STRONGS H5957: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† עָלַם noun [masculine] perpetuity, antiquity (see Biblical Hebrew III עלם, H5769 עוֺלָם); — ע׳ absolute Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3] +, construct Daniel 7:18; emphatic עָֽלְמָא Daniel 2:20 +; plural עָֽלְמִין Daniel 2:4 +, emphatic עָֽלְמַיָּא Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:18; — perpetuity in the future: מַלְכוּת ע׳ Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3]; Daniel 7:27, compare Daniel 4:31 [Daniel 4:34]; Daniel 7:14; ע׳ as adverb for ever Daniel 4:31 [Daniel 4:34]; עַדעָֽֿלְמָא וְעַדעָֿלַם עָֽלְמַיָּא Daniel 7:18; plural לְע׳ for ever Daniel 2:4, 44, 44; Daniel 3:9; Daniel 5:10; Daniel 6:7 [Daniel 6:6]; Daniel 6:22 [Daniel 6:21]; Daniel 6:27 [Daniel 6:26]; antiquity, מִןיֿוֺמָת עָֽלְמָא Ezra 4:15, 19; of limitless time both past and future: וְעַדעֿ׳ מִןעֿ׳ Daniel 2:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:15; 4:19

Daniel

2:4; 2:4; 2:20; 2:20; 2:44; 2:44; 2:44; 3:9; 4:3; 4:3; 4:34; 4:34; 5:10; 6:6; 6:21; 6:26; 7:14; 7:18; 7:18; 7:18; 7:27

H5957

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Strong's Number H5957 matches the Hebrew עָלַם (ʿālam),
which occurs 20 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - that examination may be made in thy fathers' book of record; and thou shalt find, and thou shalt know that that city is rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for runaway slaves: therefore this city has been made desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - And a decree has been made by me, and we have examined, and found that that city of old time exalts itself against kings, and that rebellions and desertions take place within it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, saying, O king, live for ever: do thou tell the dream to thy servants, and we will declare the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20 - May the name of God be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting: for wisdom and understanding are his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all other kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:9 - O king, live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - how great and mighty they are: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave him glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom lasts to all generations:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - Then the queen came into the banquet house, and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, and let not thy countenance be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:6 - (LXX 6:7) Then the governors and satraps stood by the king, and said to him, King Darius, live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:21 - (LXX 6:22) And Daniel said to the king, O king, live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - (LXX 6:27) This decree has been set forth by me in every dominion of my kingdom, that men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living and eternal God, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him was given the dominion, and the honour, and the kingdom; and all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - which shall be taken away; and the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess it for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - And the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the kings that are under the whole heaven were given to the saints of the Most High; and his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all powers shall serve and obey him.
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