Definition

properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad

Etymology

from H5956 (עָלַם); (compare H5959 (עַלְמָה))

Word family

• עָלַם ʻâlam
• עַלְמָה ʻalmâh

How the KJV renders it

• young man
• stripling

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.