Hebrew

Forever

עוֹלָםStrong’s H5769

olam (o-lam)

Appears in 413 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Olam is the Hebrew word usually translated “perpetuity”, “ever” and “antiquity”. It appears in 413 verses of the Old Testament.

“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”

Daniel 9:24 KJV

Meaning

Long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, worldancient time, long time (of past) · (of future)

How it's translated

perpetuity 180
for ever 175
antiquity 35
forever 14
from long ago 12
from antiquity 4
to forever 3
antiquiti 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Psalms 138
Isaiah 45
Jeremiah 31
Leviticus 21
1 Chronicles 20
Exodus 17

34 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

All 413 verses, by book

Genesis 13: 3:22 6:3 6:4 9:12 9:16 13:15 17:7 17:8 17:13 17:19 21:33 48:4 49:26
Exodus 17: 3:15 12:14 12:17 12:24 14:13 15:18 19:9 21:6 27:21 28:43 29:9 29:28 30:21 31:16 31:17 32:13 40:15
Leviticus 21: 3:17 6:18 6:22 7:34 7:36 10:9 10:15 16:29 16:31 16:34 17:7 23:14 23:21 23:31 23:41 24:3 24:8 24:9 25:32 25:34 25:46
Numbers 9: 10:8 15:15 18:8 18:11 18:19 18:23 19:10 19:21 25:13
Deuteronomy 12: 5:29 12:28 13:16 15:17 23:3 23:6 28:46 29:29 32:7 32:40 33:15 33:27
Joshua 4: 4:7 8:28 14:9 24:2
Judges 1: 2:1
1 Samuel 10: 1:22 2:30 3:13 3:14 13:13 20:15 20:23 20:42 27:8 27:12
2 Samuel 10: 3:28 7:13 7:16 7:24 7:25 7:26 7:29 12:10 22:51 23:5
1 Kings 7: 1:31 2:33 2:45 8:13 9:3 9:5 10:9
2 Kings 2: 5:27 21:7
1 Chronicles 20: 15:2 16:15 16:17 16:34 16:36 16:41 17:12 17:14 17:22 17:23 17:24 17:27 22:10 23:13 23:25 28:4 28:7 28:8 29:10 29:18
2 Chronicles 12: 2:4 5:13 6:2 7:3 7:6 7:16 9:8 13:5 20:7 20:21 30:8 33:4
Ezra 2: 3:11 9:12
Nehemiah 3: 2:3 9:5 13:1
Job 3: 7:16 22:15 41:4
Psalms 138: 5:11 9:5 9:7 10:16 12:7 15:5 18:50 21:4 24:7 24:9 25:6 28:9 29:10 30:6 30:12 31:1 33:11 37:18 37:27 37:28 41:12 41:13 44:8 45:2 45:6 45:17 48:8 48:14 49:8 49:11 52:8 52:9 55:22 61:4 61:7 66:7 71:1 72:17 72:19 73:12 73:26 75:9 77:5 77:7 78:66 78:69 79:13 81:15 85:5 86:12 89:1 89:2 89:4 89:28 89:36 89:37 89:52 90:2 92:8 93:2 100:5 102:12 103:9 103:17 104:5 104:31 105:8 105:10 106:1 106:31 106:48 107:1 110:4 111:5 111:8 111:9 112:6 113:2 115:18 117:2 118:1 118:2 118:3 118:4 118:29 119:44 119:52 119:89 119:93 119:98 119:111 119:112 119:142 119:144 119:152 119:160 121:8 125:1 125:2 131:3 133:3 135:13 136:1 136:2 136:3 136:4 136:5 136:6 136:7 136:8 136:9 136:10 136:11 136:12 136:13 136:14 136:15 136:16 136:17 136:18 136:19 136:20 136:21 136:22 136:23 136:24 136:25 136:26 138:8 139:24 143:3 145:1 145:2 145:13 145:21 146:6 146:10 148:6
Proverbs 6: 8:23 10:25 10:30 22:28 23:10 27:24
Ecclesiastes 7: 1:4 1:10 2:16 3:11 3:14 9:6 12:5
Isaiah 45: 9:7 14:20 24:5 25:2 26:4 30:8 32:14 32:17 33:14 34:10 34:17 35:10 40:8 40:28 42:14 44:7 45:17 46:9 47:7 51:6 51:8 51:9 51:11 54:8 55:3 55:13 56:5 57:11 57:16 58:12 59:21 60:15 60:19 60:20 60:21 61:4 61:7 61:8 63:9 63:11 63:12 63:16 63:19 64:4 64:5
Jeremiah 31: 2:20 3:5 3:12 5:15 5:22 6:16 7:7 10:10 17:4 17:25 18:15 18:16 20:11 20:17 23:40 25:5 25:9 25:12 28:8 31:3 31:40 32:40 33:11 35:6 49:13 49:33 50:5 51:26 51:39 51:57 51:62
Lamentations 3: 3:6 3:31 5:19
Ezekiel 15: 16:60 25:15 26:20 26:21 27:36 28:19 35:5 35:9 36:2 37:25 37:26 37:28 43:7 43:9 46:14
Daniel 4: 9:24 12:2 12:3 12:7
Hosea 1: 2:19
Joel 4: 2:2 2:26 2:27 3:20
Amos 1: 9:11
Obadiah 1: 1:10
Jonah 1: 2:6
Micah 5: 2:9 4:5 4:7 5:2 7:14
Habakkuk 1: 3:6
Zephaniah 1: 2:9
Zechariah 1: 1:5
Malachi 2: 1:4 3:4

Hebrew dictionary

עוֹלָם olam · forever

: enduring/eternal 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world 1a) ancient time, long time (of past) 1b) (of future) 1b1) for ever, always 1b2) continuous existence, perpetual 1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “perpetuity” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PERPETU'ITY, noun

[Latin perpetuitas.]

Endless duration; continuance to eternity.

Continued uninterrupted existence, or duration for an indefinite period of time; as the perpetuity of laws and institutions; the perpetuity of fame.
Something of which there will be no end.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.