Strong’s H5956 · Hebrew
עָלַם
ʻâlam
aw-lam'
Definition
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- any ways
- blind
- dissembler
- hide (self)
- secret (thing)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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