H5958 עלם - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


עלם
‛elem
eh'-lem
From H5956; properly something kept out of sight (compare H5959), that is, a lad

KJV Usage: young man, stripling.


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB6115

עלם

1. young man
Origin: from H5956
TWOT: 1630a
Parts of Speech: Noun Masculine

TBESH:
עֶ֫לֶם
e.lem
H:N-M
youth
1) young man

View how H5958 עלם is used in the Bible

2 occurrences of H5958 עלם

1 Samuel 17:56 the stripling
1 Samuel 20:22 thus to the young man,

Distinct usage

1 the stripling
1 thus to the young man,

Corresponding Greek Words

elem G3495 neaniskos


Related words

H5958

H5934 עלוּם ‛âlûm
עלוּם
‛âlûm
aw-loom'
Passive participle of H5956 in the denominative sense of H5958; (only in plural as abstraction) adolescence; figuratively vigor

KJV Usage: youth.


H5959 עלמה ‛almâh
עלמה
‛almâh
al-maw'
Feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private)

KJV Usage: damsel, maid, virgin.


H5956 עלם ‛âlam

עלם
‛âlam
aw-lam'
A primitive root; to veil from sight, that is, conceal (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).


H3281 יעלם ya‛lâm
יעלם
ya‛lâm
yah-lawm'
From H5956; occult; Jalam, an Edomite

KJV Usage: Jalam.


H5769 עלם עולם ‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm
עלם עולם
‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm
o-lawm', o-lawm'
From H5956; properly concealed, that is, the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or future), that is, (practically) eternity; frequentative adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always

KJV Usage: always (-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-]) ever (-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end).

Compare H5331, H5703.

H5867
עולם עילם o
‛êylâm ‛ôlâm
ay-lawm', o-lawm'
Probably from H5956; hidden, that is, distant; Elam, a son of Shem, and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites

KJV Usage: Elam.


H5934 עלוּם ‛âlûm
עלוּם
‛âlûm
aw-loom'
Passive participle of H5956 in the denominative sense of H5958; (only in plural as abstraction) adolescence; figuratively vigor

KJV Usage: youth.


H5960 עלמון ‛almôn
עלמון
‛almôn
al-mone'
From H5956; hidden; Almon, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: See also H5963.


H5964 עלמת ‛âlemeth
עלמת
‛âlemeth
aw-leh'-meth
From H5956; a covering; Alemeth, the name of a place in Palestine and two Israelites

KJV Usage: Alameth, Alemeth.


H8587 תּעלמּה ta‛ălûmmâh
תּעלמּה
ta‛ălûmmâh
tah-al-oom-maw'
From H5956; a secret

KJV Usage: thing that is hid, secret.


H5959 עלמה ‛almâh

עלמה
‛almâh
al-maw'
Feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private)

KJV Usage: damsel, maid, virgin.


H5961 עלמות ‛ălâmôth
עלמות
‛ălâmôth
al-aw-moth'
Plural of H5959; properly girls, that is, the soprano or female voice, perhaps falsetto

KJV Usage: Alamoth.