Etymology?:
from ʿālam עָלַם ‘to conceal’
Roots:
עלם
ʿōlām n, m
1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world
1a) ancient time, long time (of past)
1b) (of future)
1b1) for ever, always
1b2) continuous existence, perpetual
1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity
Mentioned in Genesis 49:26, 17:19, 3:22, 6:3, 6:4, 9:12, 17:8, 48:4, 17:7, 21:33, 9:16, 13:15, 17:13 Exodus 3:15, 40:15, 29:9, 32:13, 21:6, 27:21, 28:43, 29:28, 31:17, 14:13, 19:9, 12:17, 12:14, 12:24, 31:16, 30:21, 15:18 Codex Leviticus 10:9, 24:3, 6:11, 7:34, 24:9, 16:29, 25:46, 16:34, 25:32, 25:34, 17:7, 3:17, 23:14, 10:15, 7:36, 6:15, 16:31, 23:41, 24:8, 23:21, 23:31 Numbers 18:23, 10:8, 18:8, 15:15, 25:13, 18:11, 19:10, 18:19, 19:21 Deuteronomy 32:7, 28:46, 15:17, 12:28, 33:27, 13:17, 32:40, 29:28, 5:29, 23:4, 33:15, 23:7 Joshua 24:2, 4:7, 14:9, 8:28 Judges 2:1 1 Samuel 2:30, 20:15, 1:22, 27:12, 13:13, 27:8, 3:14, 20:42, 3:13, 20:23 2 Samuel 3:28, 7:29, 12:10, 23:5, 7:24, 7:25, 7:26, 7:16, 7:13, 22:51 1 Kings 9:5, 1:31, 10:9, 9:3, 2:33, 8:13, 2:45 2 Kings 21:7, 5:27 Isaiah 63:16, 60:20, 61:8, 63:9, 60:19, 55:13, 64:3, 55:3, 33:14, 30:8, 47:7, 63:11, 9:6, 34:10, 40:28, 46:9, 60:15, 51:8, 51:6, 40:8, 54:8, 59:21, 35:10, 51:11, 57:11, 57:16, 42:14, 25:2, 32:14, 14:20, 24:5, 60:21, 61:7, 44:7, 56:5, 64:4, 51:9, 45:17, 26:4, 32:17, 58:12, 61:4, 63:12, 34:17, 63:19 Jeremiah 7:7, 25:5, 35:6, 51:26, 49:33, 51:62, 31:3, 32:40, 6:16, 17:4, 17:25, 5:15, 25:9, 28:8, 50:5, 3:12, 10:10, 20:17, 3:5, 5:22, 2:20, 33:11, 18:16, 25:12, 23:40, 51:39, 20:11, 49:13, 51:57, 18:15, 31:40 Ezekiel 37:25, 43:7, 25:15, 26:21, 36:2, 35:5, 27:36, 28:19, 46:14, 26:20, 16:60, 35:9, 37:28, 37:26, 43:9 Hosea 2:21 Joel 2:2, 2:27, 2:26, 4:20 Amos 9:11 Obadiah 1:10 Jonah 2:7 Micah 4:5, 5:1, 2:9, 4:7, 7:14 Habakkuk 3:6 Zephaniah 2:9 Zechariah 1:5 Malachi 1:4, 3:4 Psalms 9:6, 10:16, 136:3, 136:18, 45:3, 49:12, 77:8, 86:12, 5:12, 37:28, 61:5, 118:3, 136:7, 93:2, 78:66, 119:98, 143:3, 31:2, 66:7, 71:1, 138:8, 90:2, 136:26, 131:3, 15:5, 73:12, 30:13, 41:14, 44:9, 45:7, 48:9, 48:15, 52:10, 61:8, 73:26, 75:10, 106:48, 136:2, 146:10, 145:1, 105:8, 139:24, 89:2, 89:3, 100:5, 89:29, 89:38, 72:19, 89:53, 30:7, 118:2, 118:4, 136:19, 111:8, 117:2, 119:142, 119:160, 146:6, 79:13, 115:18, 41:13, 85:6, 21:5, 78:69, 104:5, 136:6, 136:21, 72:17, 28:9, 133:3, 136:8, 136:9, 12:8, 92:9, 102:13, 110:4, 136:4, 24:7, 24:9, 121:8, 125:1, 119:144, 136:10, 103:17, 89:5, 105:10, 111:5, 111:9, 113:2, 145:2, 145:21, 136:20, 136:25, 136:17, 136:13, 119:89, 18:51, 33:11, 45:18, 106:31, 135:13, 145:13, 55:23, 37:18, 81:16, 89:37, 104:31, 112:6, 136:16, 106:1, 25:6, 119:111, 125:2, 119:52, 136:23, 136:12, 49:9, 119:93, 136:15, 107:1, 118:1, 118:29, 136:1, 136:5, 136:11, 136:14, 136:22, 136:24, 52:11, 119:112, 148:6, 77:6, 37:27, 119:152, 9:8, 29:10, 103:9, 119:44 Proverbs 22:28, 10:25, 23:10, 27:24, 8:23, 10:30 Job 22:15, 40:28, 7:16 Lamentations 3:31, 5:19, 3:6 Ecclesiastes 9:6, 12:5, 3:11, 2:16, 3:14, 1:10, 1:4 Daniel 12:2, 12:7, 9:24, 12:3 Ezra 9:12, 3:11 Nehemiah 2:3, 13:1, 9:5 1 Chronicles 22:10, 28:4, 29:10, 29:18, 23:13, 15:2, 28:8, 16:36, 17:22, 17:24, 23:25, 16:15, 28:7, 17:23, 16:41, 17:12, 17:27, 17:14, 16:17, 16:34 2 Chronicles 30:8, 20:7, 9:8, 5:13, 20:21, 2:3, 13:5, 33:4, 6:2, 7:3, 7:6, 7:16