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עַד

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

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עַד H5704

What does עַד mean in the Bible?

עַד is a Hebrew word meaning "as far (or long , or much ) as , whether of space ( even unto ) or time ( during , while , until ) or degree ( equally with )".

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Questions this entry answers

What does עַד mean in the Bible?

עַד is a Hebrew word meaning "as far (or long , or much ) as , whether of space ( even unto ) or time ( during , while , until ) or degree ( equally with )".

How does the BSB render H5704?

The BSB source-word alignment has 1,261 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include until (347), to (273), . . . (117), forever (41), as far as (40).

Where does עַד appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 3:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Joshua (98), Psalms (82), 1 Samuel (81), Deuteronomy (73).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
until 347× Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 19:22
to 273× Genesis 13:3, Genesis 15:18, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:33
. . . 117× Genesis 7:23, Genesis 27:33, Genesis 27:34, Genesis 33:3
forever 41× Genesis 13:15, Numbers 24:24, Deuteronomy 28:46, Deuteronomy 29:29
as far as 40× Genesis 12:6, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 14:15, Numbers 21:30
and 39× Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:11
How long 38× Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:7, Exodus 16:28, Numbers 14:11
as 36× Genesis 10:19, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 33:3, Numbers 13:21
before 16× Genesis 48:5, Exodus 12:10, Exodus 22:9, Numbers 10:21
- 15× Genesis 6:7, Genesis 12:6, Leviticus 23:14, Leviticus 25:22
up to 13× Leviticus 25:50, Leviticus 27:23, Joshua 12:2, Joshua 12:5
vvv 10× Joshua 4:7, Joshua 17:14, Judges 16:13, 1 Samuel 2:30
or 9× Genesis 31:24, Genesis 31:29, Exodus 22:4, Leviticus 11:42
and to 7× Joshua 23:9, 1 Samuel 15:35, 1 Samuel 17:52, 2 Samuel 18:18
while 7× Judges 3:26, 1 Samuel 14:19, Nehemiah 7:3, Job 1:18
all the way 6× Numbers 14:45, Deuteronomy 1:44, Deuteronomy 34:3, Judges 9:40
and forevermore 6× Psalms 113:2, Psalms 115:18, Psalms 121:8, Psalms 125:2
So to 6× Joshua 15:63, Judges 1:21, 1 Kings 12:19, 2 Kings 8:22
to Me 6× Joel 2:12, Amos 4:6, Amos 4:8, Amos 4:9
at 5× Judges 20:45, 2 Samuel 10:4, 2 Samuel 19:15, 1 Chronicles 19:4
by 5× Exodus 22:26, Judges 4:11, Judges 6:31, 1 Samuel 25:34
even to 5× Deuteronomy 11:4, Isaiah 46:4, Isaiah 57:9, Jeremiah 3:25
from 5× Numbers 8:4, 2 Chronicles 8:16, Ezra 3:13, Isaiah 13:20
until today 5× Numbers 22:30, 1 Samuel 29:3, 1 Samuel 29:8, Nehemiah 9:32
when 5× Numbers 24:22, Psalms 71:18, Song Of Solomon 3:4, Isaiah 46:4
yet 5× Genesis 15:16, Deuteronomy 12:9, 1 Kings 3:2, Nehemiah 2:16
all the way to 4× Joshua 11:8, 2 Samuel 3:16, 1 Kings 18:46, Nehemiah 11:30
How 4× 1 Samuel 1:14, Proverbs 1:22, Daniel 8:13, Habakkuk 2:6
into 4× Judges 11:19, 2 Kings 10:25, Proverbs 28:17, Isaiah 25:12
and as far as 3× Deuteronomy 4:49, 1 Chronicles 5:8, Ezekiel 29:10
and until 3× Joshua 20:6, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Daniel 9:26
as far 3× Deuteronomy 34:1, 2 Chronicles 26:8, Nehemiah 12:39
beyond 3× Job 9:10, Isaiah 64:9, Isaiah 64:12
Even up to 3× Esther 5:3, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2
to the point of 3× 2 Kings 2:17, 2 Kings 19:3, Isaiah 37:3
to You 3× Psalms 65:2, Micah 4:8, Micah 7:12
toward 3× Genesis 13:12, Ezekiel 48:21, Daniel 8:6
you until 3× Genesis 28:15, Leviticus 25:40, Deuteronomy 28:22
[even] to 2× 1 Chronicles 4:41, Jeremiah 48:32
after 2× Leviticus 26:18, 1 Samuel 1:22
as it is [called] to 2× 2 Samuel 6:8, 1 Chronicles 13:11
as they are to 2× 1 Kings 9:21, 2 Chronicles 8:8
became 2× 2 Chronicles 32:24, Daniel 8:8
down to 2× 2 Samuel 17:13, Job 31:12
even 2× Genesis 14:23, Job 25:5
ever 2× Numbers 14:19, 1 Samuel 20:15
for 2× Genesis 43:25, 1 Samuel 13:13
How many 2× 1 Kings 22:16, 2 Chronicles 18:15
in 2× Genesis 11:31, Judges 15:14
it until 2× Exodus 16:20, Numbers 9:12
of 2× Genesis 19:37, Genesis 19:38
reaches to 2× Numbers 21:30, Psalms 108:4
till 2× Exodus 18:14, Proverbs 7:18
up 2× Exodus 27:5, Joshua 13:27
utterly 2× Psalms 119:8, Psalms 119:51
[from beginning] 1× Deuteronomy 31:30
[lasts] only 1× Proverbs 12:19
[on him] until 1× 2 Kings 8:11
[reaches] to 1× Psalms 71:19
[Remember Him] before 1× Ecclesiastes 12:6
[stands] to 1× 1 Samuel 6:18
[where they are] to 1× 2 Kings 17:23
a very 1× Daniel 11:25
After building as far as 1× Nehemiah 3:1
and all the way 1× Judges 11:13
and as 1× Nehemiah 3:31
and badly 1× Psalms 38:8
and brighter until 1× Proverbs 4:18
and by 1× Ezra 10:17
and came to 1× Judges 18:2
and down to 1× Ezra 4:5
and forever 1× Micah 4:7
and it is in effect 1× Genesis 47:26
and lay there until 1× Judges 19:26
and on to 1× Joshua 16:3
and the stones 1× Joshua 10:27
and to this day 1× Psalms 71:17
and up to 1× Deuteronomy 3:16
and very 1× 1 Samuel 25:36
and You do so to 1× Jeremiah 32:20
as [they do] to this day 1× Deuteronomy 10:8
as a 1× Exodus 12:24
as they are [called] to 1× 1 Kings 9:13
as they are to this day 1× Joshua 9:27
as to 1× Ezra 9:14
as well as 1× Judges 15:5
as with 1× Nahum 1:10
because 1× Joshua 17:14
before Him 1× 1 Chronicles 15:2
beyond measure 1× Lamentations 5:22
but for 1× Numbers 11:20
but only for 1× Daniel 11:24
but only up to 1× Numbers 21:24
by the end 1× Leviticus 25:30
can there be 1× 2 Kings 9:22
continued until 1× 2 Chronicles 29:28
continues 1× Psalms 100:5
ear to me 1× Numbers 23:18
end 1× Jeremiah 51:64
ends 1× Jeremiah 48:47
enough to 1× Jonah 4:9
even as 1× Deuteronomy 2:36
far 1× 1 Samuel 7:12
Finally 1× 2 Kings 17:23
flee as 1× Isaiah 15:5
for all this time 1× 1 Samuel 1:16
forevermore 1× Psalms 133:3
grain until 1× Ruth 2:23
greatly 1× 1 Samuel 11:15
he had become 1× 2 Chronicles 26:8
He will yet 1× Job 8:21
here until 1× 1 Samuel 1:23
How long will it be 1× Psalms 90:13
How long will they be 1× Hosea 8:5
I am severely 1× Psalms 119:107
in the vicinity 1× Judges 20:43
is at 1× Jeremiah 4:10
it forever 1× Isaiah 34:17
it into 1× Isaiah 26:5
it to 1× Deuteronomy 9:21
It will take 1× Daniel 8:14
Let us wait until 1× Judges 16:2
long 1× Proverbs 6:9
Me 1× 2 Samuel 7:16
my permission to 1× 1 Samuel 20:28
near 1× Genesis 38:1
nor 1× Jeremiah 51:62
not even 1× Deuteronomy 2:5
of the Israelites 1× Exodus 9:7
of them to 1× Jonah 3:5
on to 1× 2 Kings 2:2
Only 1× 2 Kings 3:25
only until 1× Judges 16:3
or the other 1× Deuteronomy 13:7
over 1× Genesis 22:5
permanently 1× 1 Samuel 1:22
prior 1× Joshua 20:9
should ever 1× Nehemiah 13:1
so 1× Job 14:6
so long that 1× 2 Kings 6:25
that 1× 2 Kings 21:16
that remains to 1× Joshua 7:26
that servant until 1× Ezekiel 46:17
them 1× Psalms 28:9
there until 1× Daniel 1:21
they will be 1× Psalms 92:7
this 1× 1 Chronicles 17:16
this far 1× Job 38:11
though 1× 1 Samuel 20:41
through 1× Exodus 12:15
throughout 1× Psalms 46:9
to come 1× Psalms 106:31
to Him 1× Isaiah 45:24
to Lebo-hamath 1× 1 Chronicles 13:5
to take 1× Jonah 2:5
to the 1× Jeremiah 4:18
to the top 1× Isaiah 1:6
until he came 1× Genesis 13:3
until he reached 1× 1 Kings 19:8
until now 1× Jeremiah 32:31
until the last 1× Numbers 14:33
was unsurpassed 1× 1 Kings 1:4
where they remain to 1× 1 Chronicles 5:26
which it is to 1× 2 Kings 10:27
which remains to 1× Joshua 8:29
which to 1× Judges 10:4
who will never 1× Psalms 49:19
Yet to 1× Deuteronomy 29:4
you are there until 1× Ruth 3:3
you to 1× Obadiah 1:7
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 3:19 עַ֤ד to until Preposition Genesis 6:7 עַד־ to - Preposition Genesis 6:7 עַד־ to and Preposition Genesis 6:7 וְעַד־ to and Conjunctive waw | Preposition Genesis 7:23 עַד־ to and Preposition Genesis 7:23 עַד־ to . . . Preposition Genesis 7:23 וְעַד־ to . . . Conjunctive waw | Preposition Genesis 8:5 עַ֖ד to until Preposition Genesis 8:7 עַד־ to until Preposition Genesis 10:19 עַד־ to as Preposition
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 3:19
Aligned rows 1,261
Books represented 39
Genesis 66 Exodus 54 Leviticus 57 Numbers 59 Deuteronomy 73 Joshua 98 Judges 63 Ruth 10 1 Samuel 81 2 Samuel 52 1 Kings 48 2 Kings 56 1 Chronicles 49 2 Chronicles 55 Ezra 13 Nehemiah 40 Esther 10 Job 32 Psalms 82 Proverbs 9 Ecclesiastes 5 Song Of Solomon 8 Isaiah 52 Jeremiah 70 Lamentations 3 Ezekiel 43 Daniel 21 Hosea 5 Joel 2 Amos 8 Obadiah 2 Jonah 5 Micah 15 Nahum 1 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 6 Malachi 3
Source forms
עַד־ 753x ‘aḏ- Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19
וְעַד־ 167x wə·‘aḏ- Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 19:4
עַ֖ד 107x ‘aḏ Genesis 8:5, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 26:33, Genesis 32:24
עַ֚ד 31x ‘aḏ Genesis 12:6, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 49:10
עַ֣ד 31x ‘aḏ Genesis 29:8, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 32:20, Leviticus 23:16
עַ֥ד 29x ‘aḏ Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 26:13, Genesis 27:44
וְעַ֖ד 22x wə·‘aḏ Leviticus 27:3, Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39
עַ֛ד 21x ‘aḏ Genesis 33:14, Genesis 41:49, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 32:17
Parsing patterns
Preposition 1,013x Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5
Conjunctive waw | Preposition 222x Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 14:23
Preposition | first person common singular 7x Numbers 23:18, Joel 2:12, Amos 4:6, Amos 4:8
Interrogative 4x Psalms 74:9, Psalms 74:10, Psalms 79:5, Psalms 89:46
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular 3x Song Of Solomon 2:7, Song Of Solomon 3:5, Song Of Solomon 8:4
Preposition | second person masculine singular 3x Job 4:5, Psalms 65:2, Micah 4:8
Noun - masculine singular 2x Psalms 83:17, Psalms 92:7
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine plural 1x Job 32:12
Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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