What does עוֹלָם · αἰών mean in the Bible?
עוֹלָם · αἰών is a Hebrew phrase meaning "eternal, perpetual".
Hebrew · H5769, G165
Olam
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 · an age: age
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עוֹלָם H5769 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
αἰών G165 an age: age
Pronunciation aiṓn
An age or era; theologically, either the present evil age or the future eternal age to come.
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What does olam (olam) mean in the Bible?
עוֹלָם · αἰών is a Hebrew phrase meaning "eternal, perpetual".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5769, G165?
H5769, G165 is connected to 438 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. eternal, perpetual
Strong's H5769, G165
Lexical occurrences 438 verses Source Gloss
eternal, perpetual
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
olam is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain