Hebrew - English Dictionary
H5769 - Ancient
| Strong's No.: | H5769 |
| Hebrew: | עוֹלָם |
| Transliteration: | ʻôwlâm |
| Phonetic: | o-lawm' |
| Word Origin: | From H5956 |
| Bible Usage: | always ({-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 (+ without end). Compare {H5331 } H5703 . |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | properly {concealed} that {is} the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or {future}) that {is} (practically) eternity; frequentative adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | 1. long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world a. ancient time, long time (of past) b. (of future) 1. for ever, always 2. continuous existence, perpetual 3. everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity |
| Bible References:
Ancient |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
always ( 5 )
ancient ( 4 )
continuance ( 1 )
eternal ( 1 )
ever ( 6 )
everlasting ( 56 )
for ever ( 198 )
for evermore ( 7 )
lasting ( 1 )
long ( 2 )
never ( 2 )
old ( 15 )
perpetual ( 21 )
time ( 3 )
times ( 1 )
world ( 2 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.