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עָלַם H5956

H5956 is the Hebrew word עָלַם, transliterated ʻâlam and said aw-lam'. The King James Version most often renders it hid.

Word: עָלַםTransliteration: ʻâlamSaid: aw-lam'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 24 verses

What it means

to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

hid 7×hide 7×hideth 2×if it be hidden 1×withal and it be hid 1×ways 1×blind 1×nothing hid 1×seeing it is hid 1×why hidest 1×before thee our secret 1×every secret thing 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).

Verses using עָלַם

All 24 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 4:13 · KJV

And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

Leviticus 5:2 · KJV

Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

Leviticus 5:3 · KJV

Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

Leviticus 5:4 · KJV

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Leviticus 20:4 · KJV

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

Numbers 5:13 · KJV

And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

Deuteronomy 22:1 · KJV

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

Deuteronomy 22:4 · KJV

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

1 Samuel 12:3 · KJV

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

1 Kings 10:3 · KJV

And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

2 Kings 4:27 · KJV

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

2 Chronicles 9:2 · KJV

And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

Job 28:21 · KJV

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

Job 42:3 · KJV

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Psalm 10:1 · KJV

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Psalm 55:1 · KJV

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Psalm 90:8 · KJV

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Proverbs 28:27 · KJV

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 · KJV

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Isaiah 1:15 · KJV

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 58:7 · KJV

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Lamentations 3:56 · KJV

Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Ezekiel 22:26 · KJV

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Nahum 3:11 · KJV

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5956 mean?

H5956 is the Hebrew word עָלַם (ʻâlam), meaning to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively).

How is H5956 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it hid (7 times), hide (7 times), hideth (2 times), if it be hidden (1 time), withal and it be hid (1 time), among others.

How many times does H5956 appear in the Bible?

עָלַם (ʻâlam) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5956 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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