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Lexicon :: Strong's H5956 - ʿālam

Aa
עָלַם
Transliteration
ʿālam
Pronunciation
aw-lam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1629

Strong’s Definitions

עָלַם ʻâlam, aw-lam'; a primitive root; to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively):—× any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H5956 in the following manner: hide (22x), blind (1x), dissemblers (1x), hidden (1x), secret (1x), secret thing (1x), any ways (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H5956 in the following manner: hide (22x), blind (1x), dissemblers (1x), hidden (1x), secret (1x), secret thing (1x), any ways (1x).

  1. to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret

    1. (Qal) secret (participle)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be concealed

      2. concealed, dissembler (participle)

    3. (Hiphil) to conceal, hide

    4. (Hithpael) to hide oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָלַם ʻâlam, aw-lam'; a primitive root; to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively):—× any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
STRONGS H5956: Abbreviations
† I. [עָלַם] verb conceal (Late Hebrew id., derived species); —
Qal Participle pass עֲלֻמֵנוּ Psalm 90:8 as substantive our secret, i.e. hidden sin (|| עֲוֺנֹת).
Niph. Perfect be concealed, of wisdom, 3rd person feminine singular נֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי Job 28:21; of a fact or condition, נֶעְלַם 2 Chronicles 9:2, וְנ׳ consecutive Leviticus 5:2, 3, 4 (all with מִן person), מֵעֵינֵי וְנ׳ Leviticus 4:13; Numbers 5:13 (all P); Participle
1. נֶעְלָם concealed, with הָיָה in periphrastic conjugation 1 Kings 10:3 (מִן person); absolute כָּלנֶֿעְלָם Ecclesiastes 12:14.
2. feminine singular תְּהִי נַעֲלָמָה Nahum 3:11 mayest thou become obscured (as to the senses; figurative for swoon), but very doubtful, read perhaps נעלפה ? [Dr].
3. plural נַעֲלָמִים Psalm 26:4 those who conceal themselves, i.e. their thoughts; dissemblers (|| מְתֵי שָׁוְא).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעְלִים 2 Kings 4:27; 3rd person plural הֶעְלִימוּ Ezekiel 22:26; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּעְלִים Psalm 10:1,תַּעְלֵם Lamentations 3:56; 3rd person masculine plural יַעְלִימוּ Leviticus 20:4, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַעְלֵם Leviticus 20:4; Participle מַעְלִים Job 42:3; Proverbs 28:27; — conceal, hide, with מִן person 2 Kings 4:27 (|| לֹא הִגִּיד לִי); usually hide the eyes from (מִן), i.e. disregard Isaiah 1:15; Ezekiel 22:26, וגו׳ הַעְלֵם יַע׳ Leviticus 20:4, מִן omitted Proverbs 28:27; hide the eyes by (ב) a bribe 1 Samuel 12:3 (i.e. pervert justice, but see עַיִן 3d); hide (cover) the ear Lamentations 3:56 (turn a deaf ear); hide (obscure) counsel (עֵצָה) Job 42:3; לָמָה תַּע׳ Psalm 10:1 why dost thou [י׳] hide, that is, thine eyes (so most), or practise concealment (= hide thyself)?
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular consecutive וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ מֵהֶם Deuteronomy 22:1, 4 and thou hide thyself completely from them (utterly neglect to aid), so Infinitive construct (מֵהֶם omitted) לְהִתְעַלֵּם Deuteronomy 22:3; so also Imperfect with מִן, תִּתְעַלַּם Psalm 55:2, תִּתְעַלָּ֑ם Isaiah 58:7; once literal יִתְעַלֶּםשָֿׁ֑לֶג Job 6:16 wherein snow hides itself.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

4:13; 5:2; 5:3; 5:4; 20:4; 20:4; 20:4

Numbers

5:13

Deuteronomy

22:1; 22:3; 22:4

1 Samuel

12:3

1 Kings

10:3

2 Kings

4:27; 4:27

2 Chronicles

9:2

Job

6:16; 28:21; 42:3; 42:3

Psalms

10:1; 10:1; 26:4; 55:2; 90:8

Proverbs

28:27; 28:27

Ecclesiastes

12:14

Isaiah

1:15; 58:7

Lamentations

3:56; 3:56

Ezekiel

22:26; 22:26

Nahum

3:11

H5956

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Strong's Number H5956 matches the Hebrew עָלַם (ʿālam),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - And if all the people of Israel do wrong, without anyone's knowledge; if they have done any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done, causing sin to come on them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - If anyone becomes unclean through touching unconsciously some unclean thing, such as the dead body of an unclean beast or of unclean cattle or of any unclean animal which goes flat on the earth, he will be responsible:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - Or if he becomes unclean through touching unconsciously any unclean thing of man, whatever it may be, when it is made clear to him he will be responsible:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3 - Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4 - If you see your brother's ox or his ass falling down on the road, do not go by without giving him help in lifting it up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3 - And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:2 - And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which he did not make clear to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21 - For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:1 - <To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 - You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27 - He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:14 - God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:15 - And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:56 - My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes have been shut to my Sabbaths, and I am not honoured among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 - And you will be overcome with wine, you will become feeble; you will be looking for a safe place from those who are fighting against you.
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