Strongs Number: H5956
- Hebrew Word
- עָלַם
- Transliteration
- ʻâlam
- Phonetic
- aw-lam'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to veil from {sight} that {is} conceal (literally or figuratively)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret
a. (Qal) secret (participle)
b. (Niphal)
1. to be concealed
2. concealed, dissembler (participle)
c. (Hiphil) to conceal, hide
d. (Hithpael) to hide oneself
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- X-(idiom) any {ways} {blind} {dissembler} hide ({self}) secret (thing).