Usually translated as
everlasting, old, perpetual, never, ever, at any time, always, ancient, world, any more, long, continuance, eternal, lasting, alway, evermore
Occurrences
ʻôwlâm occurs 194 times in 184 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (11), Exodus (5), Leviticus (6), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (2), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Psalms (44), Proverbs (5), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (36), Jeremiah (21), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (13), Daniel (2), Hosea (1), Joel (3), Amos (1), Jonah (1), Micah (3), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always (לְעֹלָ֔ם) strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Genesis 6:4 — There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old (מֵעוֹלָ֖ם), men of renown.
- Genesis 9:12 — And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual (עוֹלָֽם) generations:
- Genesis 9:16 — And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting (עוֹלָ֔ם) covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
- Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting (עוֹלָ֑ם) covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Genesis 17:8 — And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting (עוֹלָ֑ם) possession; and I will be their God.
- Genesis 17:13 — He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting (עוֹלָֽם) covenant.
- Genesis 17:19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting (עוֹלָ֖ם) covenant, and with his seed after him.
- Genesis 21:33 — And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting (עוֹלָֽם) God.
- Genesis 48:4 — And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting (עוֹלָֽם) possession.
- Genesis 49:26 — The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting (עוֹלָ֑ם) hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
- Exodus 19:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee (לְעוֹלָ֑ם) for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
- Exodus 21:6 — Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him (לְעֹלָֽם) for ever.
- Exodus 29:9 — And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual (עוֹלָ֑ם) statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
- Exodus 31:16 — Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual (עוֹלָֽם) covenant.
- Exodus 40:15 — And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting (עוֹלָ֖ם) priesthood throughout their generations.
- Leviticus 3:17 — It shall be a perpetual (עוֹלָם֙) statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
- Leviticus 16:34 — And this shall be an everlasting (עוֹלָ֗ם) statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 24:8 — Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting (עוֹלָֽם) covenant.
- Leviticus 24:9 — And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual (עוֹלָֽם) statute.
- Leviticus 25:32 — Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time (עוֹלָ֖ם).
- Leviticus 25:34 — But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual (עוֹלָ֛ם) possession.
- Numbers 19:21 — And it shall be a perpetual (עוֹלָ֑ם) statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
- Numbers 25:13 — And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting (עוֹלָ֑ם) priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 12:28 — Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee (עוֹלָ֔ם) for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
- Deuteronomy 32:7 — Remember the days of old (עוֹלָ֔ם), consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
- Deuteronomy 33:15 — And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting (עוֹלָֽם) hills,
- Deuteronomy 33:27 — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting (עוֹלָ֑ם) arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- Joshua 14:9 — And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s (עוֹלָ֑ם) for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
- Joshua 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time (מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם), even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
- Judges 2:1 — And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never (לְעוֹלָֽם) break my covenant with you.
- 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me (עוֹלָ֑ם) for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 20:23 — And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee (עוֹלָֽם) and me for ever.
- 1 Samuel 27:8 — And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old (מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם) the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 7:24 — For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto (עוֹלָ֑ם) thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
- 2 Samuel 12:10 — Now therefore the sword shall never (עוֹלָ֑ם) depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
- 2 Samuel 23:5 — Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting (עוֹלָ֜ם) covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2 — Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto (עוֹלָֽם) him for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 16:15 — Be ye mindful always (לְעוֹלָם֙) of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
- 1 Chronicles 16:17 — And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting (עוֹלָֽם) covenant,
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 — Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever (הָעוֹלָ֖ם). And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 17:27 — Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee (לְעוֹלָ֖ם) for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 28:8 — Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you (עוֹלָֽם) for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10 — Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever (עוֹלָֽם).
- 2 Chronicles 9:8 — Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them (לְעוֹלָ֔ם) for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
- Nehemiah 9:5 — Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever (הָעוֹלָ֖ם): and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Job 22:15 — Hast thou marked the old (עוֹלָ֣ם) way which wicked men have trodden?
- Psalms 5:11 — But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever (לְעוֹלָ֣ם) shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- Psalms 15:5 — He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never (לְעוֹלָֽם) be moved.
- Psalms 24:7 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting (עוֹלָ֑ם) doors; and the King of glory shall come in.