עַד
ʻad · ad
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5710 (עָדָה);
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: eternity, ever(-lasting, -more), old, perpetually, [phrase] world without end.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the doorway, the way in
To see and know of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
48 occurrences · 48 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for ever24 · 49%
- and ever14 · 29%
- thou not this of old1 · 2%
- therein for ever1 · 2%
- to endure for ever1 · 2%
- for evermore1 · 2%
- them for ever1 · 2%
- the everlasting1 · 2%
- ever1 · 2%
- without end1 · 2%
- eternity1 · 2%
- perpetually1 · 2%
- and the everlasting1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.