alam · antiquity, forever

What it means

alam (עָלַם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “antiquity, forever”.

Distant time, backward or forward: "of old", "forever" (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "olam".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Time without end, backward and forward, in Aramaic.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• forever ×11
• eternal ×4
• everlasting ×2
• old ×2
• ever ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×2
• Daniel×18

• Ezra 4:15

  so that someone may investigate in the book of the memorials of your fathers; and you will find in the book of the memorials and know that that city is a rebellious city, causing harm to kings and provinces, and that they have been making sedition within it since the days of old; for this reason that city was laid waste.

• Ezra 4:19

  And by me an order was given, and they investigated and found that that city since the days of old has risen up against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

• Daniel 2:4

  And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:20

  Daniel answered and said, “May the name of Elah be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting, for wisdom and power are his.

• Daniel 2:44

  And in the days of those kings the Elah of the heavens will set up a kingdom that forever will not be destroyed, and its kingdom will not be left to another people; it will crush and bring to an end all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

• Daniel 3:9

  They answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

• Daniel 4:3

  His signs, how great! And his wonders, how mighty! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion is with generation and generation.

• Daniel 4:34

  And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed Illaya, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever, whose dominion is an eternal dominion, and his kingdom is with generation and generation.

• Daniel 5:10

  The queen, because of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the house of the feast. The queen answered and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, and do not let your color change.

• Daniel 6:6

  Then these supervisors and satraps came thronging to the king and said this to him: “King Darius, live forever!

• Daniel 6:21

  Then Daniel spoke with the king: “O king, live forever!

• Daniel 6:26

  From before me a decree is made that in all the dominion of my kingdom people are to be trembling and fearing before the Elah of Daniel, for he is the living Elah, and enduring forever; and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed, and his dominion is to the end.

• Daniel 7:14

  And to him was given dominion and honor and kingdom, and all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him; his dominion is an eternal dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be destroyed.

• Daniel 7:18

  But the saints of Illaya will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, and forever and ever.’

• Daniel 7:27

  And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under all the heavens will be given to the people of the saints of Illaya; his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey him.’

And 5 more times.