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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 Box Ezr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 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, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old H5957 time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old H5957 time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: H5957 tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20 - Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever H5957 and ever: H5957 for wisdom and might are his:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never H5957 be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. H5957

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:9 - They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. H5957

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting H5957 kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 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 praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, H5957 whose dominion is an everlasting H5957 dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 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: H5957 let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:6 - Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. H5957

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:21 - Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. H5957

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 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, H5957 and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 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 H5957 dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, H5957 even for ever H5957 and ever. H5957

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 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 kingdom is an everlasting H5957 kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
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