Hebrew · Strong’s H5956
עָלַם
ʻâlam/aw-lam'/
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
Derivation:
a primitive root;
28
Times used
28
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses
Words derived from it
- H5769עוֹלָם ʻôwlâmproperly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity
- H5867עֵילָם ʻÊylâmElam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
- H5964עָלֶמֶת ʻÂlemethAlemeth, the name of a place in Palestine and of two Israelites
- H3281יַעְלָם YaʻlâmJalam, an Edomite
- H5934עָלוּם ʻâlûwm(only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigor
- H8587תַּעֲלֻמָּה taʻălummâha secret
- H5958עֶלֶם ʻelemproperly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad
- H5960עַלְמוֹן ʻAlmôwnAlmon, a place in Palestine
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.