Strong’s H5705 · Hebrew

עַד
ʻad
ad

Definition

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5704 (עַד)

Where the KJV renders it

  • and
  • at
  • for
  • (hither-) to
  • on till
  • (un-) to
  • until
  • within

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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