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. Proverbs 8:23מֵ֭עוֹלָם · From everlasting
    From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
  2. Proverbs 10:25עוֹלָֽם׃ · forever
    When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
  3. Proverbs 10:30לְעוֹלָ֣ם · will never
    The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
  4. Proverbs 22:28עוֹלָ֑ם · an ancient
    Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
  5. Proverbs 23:10עוֹלָ֑ם · an ancient
    Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
  6. Proverbs 27:24לְעוֹלָ֣ם · forever
    …for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
  7. Ecclesiastes 1:4לְעוֹלָ֥ם · forever
    Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
  8. Ecclesiastes 1:10לְעֹֽלָמִ֔ים · in the ages
    Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
  9. Ecclesiastes 2:16לְעוֹלָ֑ם · lasting
    For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
  10. Ecclesiastes 3:11הָעֹלָם֙ · eternity
    He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
  11. Ecclesiastes 3:14לְעוֹלָ֔ם
    I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
  12. Ecclesiastes 9:6לְעוֹלָ֔ם
    Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
  13. Ecclesiastes 12:5עוֹלָמ֔וֹ · his eternal
    …when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  14. Isaiah 9:7עוֹלָ֔ם
    Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  15. Isaiah 14:20לְעוֹלָ֖ם
    You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
  16. Isaiah 24:5עוֹלָֽם׃ · the everlasting
    The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
  17. Isaiah 25:2לְעוֹלָ֖ם · it will never
    Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
  18. Isaiah 26:4עוֹלָמִֽים׃ · eternal
    Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
  19. Isaiah 30:8עוֹלָֽם׃ · and ever
    Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
  20. Isaiah 32:14עוֹלָ֔ם
    For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
  21. Isaiah 32:17עוֹלָֽם׃
    The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
  22. Isaiah 33:14עוֹלָֽם׃ · everlasting
    The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
  23. Isaiah 34:10לְעוֹלָ֖ם · forever
    It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
  24. Isaiah 34:17עוֹלָם֙
    He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
  25. Isaiah 35:10עוֹלָ֖ם · with everlasting
    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
  26. Isaiah 40:8לְעוֹלָֽם׃ס · forever
    The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  27. Isaiah 40:28עוֹלָ֤ם׀ · is the everlasting
    Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  28. Isaiah 42:14מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם · from ages past
    “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
  29. Isaiah 44:7עוֹלָ֑ם · an ancient
    Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
  30. Isaiah 45:17 (2×)עוֹלָמִ֑ים · with an everlasting; ע֥וֹלְמֵי · ages
    But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  31. Isaiah 46:9מֵעוֹלָ֑ם · long ago
    Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
  32. Isaiah 47:7לְעוֹלָ֖ם · forever
    You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
  33. Isaiah 51:6לְעוֹלָ֣ם
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  34. Isaiah 51:8לְעוֹלָ֣ם
    For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
  35. Isaiah 51:9עוֹלָמִ֑ים · of old
    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
  36. Isaiah 51:11עוֹלָ֖ם · with everlasting
    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
  37. Isaiah 54:8עוֹלָ֖ם · but with everlasting
    In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
  38. Isaiah 55:3עוֹלָ֔ם · an everlasting
    Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
  39. Isaiah 55:13עוֹלָ֖ם · an everlasting
    Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
  40. Isaiah 56:5עוֹלָם֙ · an everlasting
    I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
  41. Isaiah 57:11וּמֵ֣עֹלָ֔ם · long
    Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
  42. Isaiah 57:16לְעוֹלָם֙
    For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
  43. Isaiah 58:12עוֹלָ֔ם · the ancient
    Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
  44. Isaiah 59:21עוֹלָֽם׃ס · forevermore
    “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
  45. Isaiah 60:15עוֹלָ֔ם · an everlasting
    Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.
  46. Isaiah 60:19עוֹלָ֔ם · everlasting
    No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
  47. Isaiah 60:20עוֹלָ֔ם · everlasting
    Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
  48. Isaiah 60:21לְעוֹלָ֖ם
    Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
  49. Isaiah 61:4עוֹלָ֔ם · the ancient
    They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.