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H5934 עָלוּם (ʻâlûwm) aw-loom'

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

youth

Strong's Definition

(only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigor

Derivation: passive participle of H5956 (עָלַם) in the denominative sense of H5958 (עֶלֶם);

KJV Usage: youth.

TWOT Reference: 1630c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) youth, youthful, vigour

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָלוּמִים (a.lum) — youth. youth, youthful, vigour

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · עֶלֶם · עַלְמָה

Young

youth = state in which humans are still relatively young; ≈ associated with strength but also with reckless living

JOB 20:11 · JOB 33:25 · PSA 89:46 · ISA 54:4

1 JOB 20:11 MT-K עלומו | MT-Q עְָלוּמָיו

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָלוּמִים] n.pl.abstr. youth, youthful vigour base

Bible Occurrences (4)

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