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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H5769 - Continuance

Strong's No.:H5769

Hebrew:עוֹלָם

Transliteration:ʻôwlâm

Phonetic:o-lawm'

Word Origin:From H5956

Bible Usage:always ({-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 (+ without end). Compare {H5331 } H5703 .

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

properly {concealed} that {is} the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or {future}) that {is} (practically) eternity; frequentative adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world

a. ancient time, long time (of past)

b. (of future)

1. for ever, always

2. continuous existence, perpetual

3. everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity


Bible References:
Continuance

Translation
Occurrences:
always ( 5 )
ancient ( 4 )
continuance ( 1 )
eternal ( 1 )
ever ( 6 )
everlasting ( 56 )
for ever ( 198 )
for evermore ( 7 )
lasting ( 1 )
long ( 2 )
never ( 2 )
old ( 15 )
perpetual ( 21 )
time ( 3 )
times ( 1 )
world ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.