Original Language Studio
Psalms 77:8
“Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עוֹלָםʻôwlâm · o-lawm'
H5769 · Hebrew
H5769 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- Derivation
- or עֹלָם; from H5956 (עָלַם);
- KJV renderings
- alway(-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 ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5703 (עַד).
- Grammar
- הַֽ֭ — particle (interrogative)
- לְ — preposition
- עוֹלָמִים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 438 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:22Genesis 6:3Genesis 6:4Genesis 9:12Genesis 9:16
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עוֹלָם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.