Definition

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)

Etymology

from H5710 (עָדָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• eternity
• ever(-lasting
• -more)
• old
• perpetually
• world without end

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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