`owlam

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 5769

Original Word	Word Origin
~lw[	from (05956)
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
`owlam	TWOT - 1631a
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
o-lawm'	Noun Masculine

Definition

long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world
1. ancient time, long time (of past)
2. (of future)
  1. for ever, always
  2. continuous existence, perpetual
  3. everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

NAS Word Usage - Total: 435

ages 1, all successive 1, always 1, ancient 13, ancient times 3, continual 1, days of old 1, eternal 2, eternity 3, ever 10, Everlasting 2, everlasting 110, forever 136, forever and ever 1, forever* 70, forevermore* 1, lasting 1, long 2, long ago 3, long past 1, long time 3, never* 17, old 11, permanent 10, permanently 1, perpetual 29, perpetually 1

NAS Verse Count
Genesis	13
Exodus	17
Leviticus	21
Numbers	9
Deuteronomy	12
Joshua	4
Judges	1
1 Samuel	10
2 Samuel	10
1 Kings	7
2 Kings	2
1 Chronicles	20
2 Chronicles	13
Ezra	2
Nehemiah	3
Job	3
Psalms	137
Proverbs	6
Ecclesiastes	6
Isaiah	45
Jeremiah	31
Lamentations	3
Ezekiel	15
Daniel	4
Hosea	1
Joel	4
Amos	1
Obadiah	1
Jonah	1
Micah	5
Habakkuk	1
Zephaniah	1
Zechariah	1
Malachi	2

Total	412

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for `owlam". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .

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