Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H5956: עָלַם (ʻâlam) Definition

Strong's number
H5956
Lemma
עָלַם
Transliteration
ʻâlam
Pronunciation
aw-lam'
Strong's definition
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively) [idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing). a primitive root;

28 instances of the word עָלַם ʻâlam (H5956)


  • Leviticus 20:4 - do any ways do any ways And if the people of the land their eyes from the man when he giveth of his seed unto Molech him not and kill

  • Nahum 3:11 - Thou also shalt be drunken thou shalt be hid thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy

  • Numbers 5:13 - lie And a man with her carnally and it be hid from the eyes And a man and be kept close and she be defiled and there be no witness against her neither she be taken

  • Proverbs 28:27 - He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse

  • Psalms 10:1 - O LORD Why standest thou afar off why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble

  • Psalms 26:4 - I have not sat persons with vain with dissemblers neither will I go in

  • Psalms 55:1 - Give ear O God to my prayer and hide not thyself from my supplication

  • Psalms 90:8 - Thou hast set our iniquities before thee our secret sins in the light of thy countenance