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). |