עַד
ʻad · ad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Lexicon
Derivation: properly, the same as H5703 (עַד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition);
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
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
1261 occurrences · 1261 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for45 · 59%
- it for3 · 4%
- how long3 · 4%
- to2 · 3%
- from henceforth even for2 · 3%
- from henceforth and for2 · 3%
- till1 · 1%
- and1 · 1%
- until1 · 1%
- toward1 · 1%
- or1 · 1%
- against1 · 1%
- before1 · 1%
- no more for1 · 1%
- not so much as1 · 1%
- it unto him by1 · 1%
- may be even to1 · 1%
- while1 · 1%
- that1 · 1%
- even unto1 · 1%
- and if ye will not yet1 · 1%
- thee for1 · 1%
- them, so that1 · 1%
- forasmuch as1 · 1%
- into1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis66
- Exodus54
- Leviticus57
- Numbers59
- Deuteronomy73
- Joshua98
- Judges63
- Ruth10
- 1 Samuel81
- 2 Samuel52
- 1 Kings48
- 2 Kings56
- 1 Chronicles49
- 2 Chronicles55
- Ezra13
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.