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✡ Hebrew · Strong's H5769
H5769

עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm [o-lawm'] Noun
Core meaningproperly

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H5769

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 usage: 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 ( without end). Compare 5331 , 5703 .
Etymology: or עֹלָם ; from 5956 ;
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

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 ( without end). Compare,.

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