Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H5957
עָלַם
alamaw-lam'
perpetuity
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâlam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5957is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5957
remote time, i.e. the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever
The King James renders it: for (n-)ever (lasting), old.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
alam is rendered "perpetuity". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Eighteen of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:15that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:15עָלְמָ֑א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- for ever7
- perpetuity4
- the antiquity3
- the perpetuity3
- for the ever1
- the perpetuities1
- the perpetuity of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָלַם | alam | to conceal | Uses28 |
| עָלַל | alal | to abuse | Uses20 |
| עָלַז | alaz | to exult | Uses16 |
| עָלַץ | alats | to rejoice | Uses8 |
| עָלַף | alaph | to enwrap | Uses5 |
| עָלַס | alas | to rejoice | Uses3 |
| עָלַע | ala | to suck | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְעָלְמִ֥ין3
- עָלַ֔ם3
- לְעָלְמִ֣ין2
- עָלְמָ֖א2
- עָלְמָ֑א2
- לְעָלְמַיָּֽא׃1
- לְעָלְמִין֙1
- לְעָ֣לְמִ֔ין1
- עָלַם֙1
- עָלַ֥ם1
- עָ֣לְמָ֔א1
- עָֽלְמָ֔א1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine plural7AR/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)6ANcbsd/Ta
- noun · masculine or feminine singular4ANcbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1ANcbsc
- noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1ANcmpd/Ta
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AR/Ncmpd/Ta
Ezra
two uses
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- עָלְמָ֑אʾalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the antiquity
I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.
- עָֽלְמָ֔אʾalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the antiquity
Daniel
eighteen uses
Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
- לְעָלְמִ֣יןlealminpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for ever
and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
- עָלְמָ֖אʾalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the antiquity
- עָלְמָ֑אʾalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the perpetuity
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
- לְעָלְמִין֙lealminpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for ever
- לְעָלְמַיָּֽא׃lealmaiya'preposition + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: for the ever
saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!
- לְעָלְמִ֥יןlealminpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for ever
How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
- עָלַ֔םʾalamnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: perpetuity
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- עָלְמָ֖אʾalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the perpetuity
- עָלַ֔םʾalamnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: perpetuity
Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.
- לְעָלְמִ֣יןlealminpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for ever
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!
- לְעָלְמִ֥יןlealminpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for ever
Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!
- לְעָלְמִ֥יןlealminpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for ever
I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
- לְעָ֣לְמִ֔יןlealeminpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for ever
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
- עָלַם֙ʾalamnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: perpetuity
But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’
- עָ֣לְמָ֔אʾalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the perpetuity
- עָלַ֥םʾalamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the perpetuity of
- עָלְמַיָּֽא׃ʾalmaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the perpetuities
Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
- עָלַ֔םʾalamnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: perpetuity
The letters
Gematria 140· 700 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.