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Psalms 89:29

“His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עוֹלָםʻôwlâm · o-lawm'
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: לְ֭ — preposition
עוֹלָ֗ם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 438 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:22 Genesis 6:3 Genesis 6:4 Genesis 9:12 Genesis 9:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.