Definition

remote time, i.e. the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5769 (עוֹלָם);

Word family

• עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm

How the KJV renders it

• for (n-)ever (lasting)
• old

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.