עוֹלָם

o.lamforever: enduring
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine439 occurrences34 books414 verses
This word comes from the name of LORD.

Definition

or עֹלָם; from H5956; 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
Traditional renderings: 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 H5331, H5703.

Glossary entries

Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

439 total
  1. Leviticus 25:46לְעֹלָ֖ם · for life
    You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
  2. Numbers 10:8עוֹלָ֖ם · a permanent
    The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
  3. Numbers 15:15עוֹלָם֙ · it is a permanent
    The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.
  4. Numbers 18:8עוֹלָֽם׃ · and a permanent
    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
  5. Numbers 18:11עוֹלָ֑ם · as a permanent
    And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
  6. Numbers 18:19 (2×)עוֹלָ֑ם · as a permanent; עוֹלָ֥ם · is a permanent
    All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
  7. Numbers 18:23עוֹלָם֙ · This is a permanent
    The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
  8. Numbers 19:10עוֹלָֽם׃ · is a permanent
    The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
  9. Numbers 19:21עוֹלָ֑ם · is a permanent
    This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
  10. Numbers 25:13עוֹלָ֑ם · of permanent
    It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
  11. Deuteronomy 5:29לְעֹלָֽם׃ · forever
    If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
  12. Deuteronomy 12:28עוֹלָ֔ם
    Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
  13. Deuteronomy 13:16עוֹלָ֔ם · forever
    And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
  14. Deuteronomy 15:17עוֹלָ֑ם · for life
    …then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.
  15. Deuteronomy 23:3עוֹלָֽם׃
    No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
  16. Deuteronomy 23:6לְעוֹלָֽם׃ס
    You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
  17. Deuteronomy 28:46עוֹלָֽם׃
    These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
  18. Deuteronomy 29:29עוֹלָ֔ם
    The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
  19. Deuteronomy 32:7עוֹלָ֔ם · of old
    Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
  20. Deuteronomy 32:40לְעֹלָֽם׃ · forever
    For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
  21. Deuteronomy 33:15עוֹלָֽם׃ · of the everlasting
    …with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
  22. Deuteronomy 33:27עוֹלָ֑ם · are the everlasting
    The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
  23. Joshua 4:7עוֹלָֽם׃ · forever
    …you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
  24. Joshua 8:28עוֹלָם֙ · a permanent
    So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
  25. Joshua 14:9עוֹלָ֑ם
    On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
  26. Joshua 24:2מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם · Long ago
    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
  27. Judges 2:1לְעוֹלָֽם׃
    Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
  28. 1 Samuel 1:22עוֹלָֽם׃
    …but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
  29. 1 Samuel 2:30עוֹלָ֑ם · forever
    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  30. 1 Samuel 3:13עוֹלָ֑ם · forever
    I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
  31. 1 Samuel 3:14עוֹלָֽם׃
    Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
  32. 1 Samuel 13:13עוֹלָֽם׃ · all time
    “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
  33. 1 Samuel 20:15עוֹלָ֑ם
    …and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
  34. 1 Samuel 20:23עוֹלָֽם׃ס
    And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
  35. 1 Samuel 20:42עוֹלָֽם׃פ
    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
  36. 1 Samuel 27:8מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם · ancient times
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
  37. 1 Samuel 27:12עוֹלָֽם׃פ · forever
    So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
  38. 2 Samuel 3:28עוֹלָ֑ם · are forever
    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
  39. 2 Samuel 7:13עוֹלָֽם׃
    He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  40. 2 Samuel 7:16 (2×)עוֹלָ֖ם · forever; עוֹלָֽם׃
    Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  41. 2 Samuel 7:24עוֹלָ֑ם
    For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
  42. 2 Samuel 7:25עוֹלָ֑ם
    And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
  43. 2 Samuel 7:26עוֹלָם֙
    …so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
  44. 2 Samuel 7:29 (2×)לְעוֹלָ֖ם · forever; לְעוֹלָֽם׃פ
    Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
  45. 2 Samuel 12:10עוֹלָ֑ם
    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
  46. 2 Samuel 22:51עוֹלָֽם׃פ
    Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
  47. 2 Samuel 23:5עוֹלָ֜ם · an everlasting
    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?