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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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that a search be made in the record books of your fathers. And you will find in the record books and come to know that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces, and that they have incited revolt within it in past H5957 days; therefore that city was laid waste.

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“So a decree has been [fn]issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been found that that city has lifted itself up against the kings in past H5957 days, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,

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Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in [fn]Aramaic: “O king, live forever H5957! Say the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20 - Daniel answered and said,

“Let the name of God be blessed forever H5957 and ever H5957,

For wisdom and might belong to Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will cause a kingdom to rise up which will never H5957 be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be [fn]left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself stand forever H5957.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:9 - They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: “O king, live forever H5957!

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“How great are His signs,

And how strong are His wonders!

His kingdom is an everlasting H5957 kingdom,

And His [fn]dominion is from generation to generation.

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“But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes toward heaven, and my knowledge returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever H5957;

For His [fn]dominion is an everlasting H5957 [fn]dominion,

And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

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The queen entered the banquet [fn]hall because of the words of the king and his nobles; the queen answered and said, “O king, live forever H5957! Do not let your thoughts alarm you or the [fn]splendor of your face be changed.

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Then these commissioners and satraps came [fn]by agreement to the king and said thus to him: “King Darius, live forever H5957!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:21 - Then Daniel spoke [fn]to the king, “O king, live forever H5957!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “[fn]I make a decree that in all the [fn]dominion of my kingdom, men are to fear and be in dread before the God of Daniel;

For He is the living God and enduring forever H5957,

And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,

And His [fn]dominion will be unto the end.

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“And to Him was given [fn]dominion,

Glory, and a kingdom,

That all the peoples, nations, and men of every tongue

Might serve Him.

His [fn]dominion is an everlasting H5957 [fn]dominion

Which will not be taken away;

And His kingdom is one

Which will not be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - ‘But the [fn]saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever H5957, [fn]for all H5957 ages H5957 to H5957 come H5957.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - ‘Then the [fn]reign, the dominion, and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting H5957 kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.’
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