Definition

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

Etymology

or (shortened) דֹּר; from H1752 (דּוּר);

Where the KJV renders it

• age
• evermore
• generation
• (n-) ever
• posterity

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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