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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