עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: 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 ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5703 (עַד).

Derivation: or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם);

Where it is used

• 1 Chronicles 23:25 For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
• 1 Chronicles 28:4 Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 28:7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
• 1 Chronicles 28:8 So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
• 1 Chronicles 29:10 Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
• 1 Chronicles 29:18 O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
• 2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
• 2 Chronicles 5:13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
• 2 Chronicles 6:2 But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
• 2 Chronicles 7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
• 2 Chronicles 7:6 The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
• 2 Chronicles 7:16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
• 2 Chronicles 9:8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
• 2 Chronicles 13:5 Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
• 2 Chronicles 20:7 Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
• 2 Chronicles 20:21 Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”
• 2 Chronicles 30:8 Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
• 2 Chronicles 33:4 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
• Ezra 3:11 And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
• Ezra 9:12 Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
• Nehemiah 2:3 and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
• Nehemiah 9:5 Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
• Nehemiah 13:1 At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
• Job 7:16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
• Job 22:15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
• Job 41:4 Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
• Psalms 5:11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
• Psalms 9:5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
• Psalms 9:7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
• Psalms 10:16 The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
• Psalms 12:7 You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
• Psalms 15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
• Psalms 18:50 Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
• Psalms 21:4 He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
• Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
• Psalms 24:9 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
• Psalms 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
• Psalms 28:9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
• Psalms 29:10 The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
• Psalms 30:6 In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
• Psalms 30:12 that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
• Psalms 31:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
• Psalms 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
• Psalms 37:18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
• Psalms 37:27 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
• Psalms 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
• Psalms 41:12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
• Psalms 41:13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
• Psalms 44:8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
• Psalms 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
• Psalms 45:6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
• Psalms 45:17 I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
• Psalms 48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
• Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
• Psalms 49:8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
• Psalms 49:11 Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.
• Psalms 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
• Psalms 52:9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.
• Psalms 55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
• Psalms 61:4 Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah