Hebrew · H5704

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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עַדH5704

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

until347×Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 19:22

to273×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

forever41×Genesis 13:15, Numbers 24:24, Deuteronomy 28:46, Deuteronomy 29:29

as far as40×Genesis 12:6, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 14:15, Numbers 21:30

and39×Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:11

How long38×Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:7, Exodus 16:28, Numbers 14:11

as36×Genesis 10:19, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 33:3, Numbers 13:21

before16×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 to13×Leviticus 25:50, Leviticus 27:23, Joshua 12:2, Joshua 12:5

vvv10×Joshua 4:7, Joshua 17:14, Judges 16:13, 1 Samuel 2:30

or9×Genesis 31:24, Genesis 31:29, Exodus 22:4, Leviticus 11:42

and to7×Joshua 23:9, 1 Samuel 15:35, 1 Samuel 17:52, 2 Samuel 18:18

while7×Judges 3:26, 1 Samuel 14:19, Nehemiah 7:3, Job 1:18

all the way6×Numbers 14:45, Deuteronomy 1:44, Deuteronomy 34:3, Judges 9:40

and forevermore6×Psalms 113:2, Psalms 115:18, Psalms 121:8, Psalms 125:2

So to6×Joshua 15:63, Judges 1:21, 1 Kings 12:19, 2 Kings 8:22

to Me6×Joel 2:12, Amos 4:6, Amos 4:8, Amos 4:9

at5×Judges 20:45, 2 Samuel 10:4, 2 Samuel 19:15, 1 Chronicles 19:4

by5×Exodus 22:26, Judges 4:11, Judges 6:31, 1 Samuel 25:34

even to5×Deuteronomy 11:4, Isaiah 46:4, Isaiah 57:9, Jeremiah 3:25

from5×Numbers 8:4, 2 Chronicles 8:16, Ezra 3:13, Isaiah 13:20

until today5×Numbers 22:30, 1 Samuel 29:3, 1 Samuel 29:8, Nehemiah 9:32

when5×Numbers 24:22, Psalms 71:18, Song Of Solomon 3:4, Isaiah 46:4

yet5×Genesis 15:16, Deuteronomy 12:9, 1 Kings 3:2, Nehemiah 2:16

all the way to4×Joshua 11:8, 2 Samuel 3:16, 1 Kings 18:46, Nehemiah 11:30

How4×1 Samuel 1:14, Proverbs 1:22, Daniel 8:13, Habakkuk 2:6

into4×Judges 11:19, 2 Kings 10:25, Proverbs 28:17, Isaiah 25:12

and as far as3×Deuteronomy 4:49, 1 Chronicles 5:8, Ezekiel 29:10

and until3×Joshua 20:6, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Daniel 9:26

as far3×Deuteronomy 34:1, 2 Chronicles 26:8, Nehemiah 12:39

beyond3×Job 9:10, Isaiah 64:9, Isaiah 64:12

Even up to3×Esther 5:3, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2

to the point of3×2 Kings 2:17, 2 Kings 19:3, Isaiah 37:3

to You3×Psalms 65:2, Micah 4:8, Micah 7:12

toward3×Genesis 13:12, Ezekiel 48:21, Daniel 8:6

you until3×Genesis 28:15, Leviticus 25:40, Deuteronomy 28:22

[even] to2×1 Chronicles 4:41, Jeremiah 48:32

after2×Leviticus 26:18, 1 Samuel 1:22

as it is [called] to2×2 Samuel 6:8, 1 Chronicles 13:11

as they are to2×1 Kings 9:21, 2 Chronicles 8:8

became2×2 Chronicles 32:24, Daniel 8:8

down to2×2 Samuel 17:13, Job 31:12

even2×Genesis 14:23, Job 25:5

ever2×Numbers 14:19, 1 Samuel 20:15

for2×Genesis 43:25, 1 Samuel 13:13

How many2×1 Kings 22:16, 2 Chronicles 18:15

in2×Genesis 11:31, Judges 15:14

it until2×Exodus 16:20, Numbers 9:12

of2×Genesis 19:37, Genesis 19:38

reaches to2×Numbers 21:30, Psalms 108:4

till2×Exodus 18:14, Proverbs 7:18

up2×Exodus 27:5, Joshua 13:27

utterly2×Psalms 119:8, Psalms 119:51

[from beginning]1×Deuteronomy 31:30

[lasts] only1×Proverbs 12:19

[on him] until1×2 Kings 8:11

[reaches] to1×Psalms 71:19

[Remember Him] before1×Ecclesiastes 12:6

[stands] to1×1 Samuel 6:18

[where they are] to1×2 Kings 17:23

a very1×Daniel 11:25

After building as far as1×Nehemiah 3:1

and all the way1×Judges 11:13

and as1×Nehemiah 3:31

and badly1×Psalms 38:8

and brighter until1×Proverbs 4:18

and by1×Ezra 10:17

and came to1×Judges 18:2

and down to1×Ezra 4:5

and forever1×Micah 4:7

and it is in effect1×Genesis 47:26

and lay there until1×Judges 19:26

and on to1×Joshua 16:3

and the stones1×Joshua 10:27

and to this day1×Psalms 71:17

and up to1×Deuteronomy 3:16

and very1×1 Samuel 25:36

and You do so to1×Jeremiah 32:20

as [they do] to this day1×Deuteronomy 10:8

as a1×Exodus 12:24

as they are [called] to1×1 Kings 9:13

as they are to this day1×Joshua 9:27

as to1×Ezra 9:14

as well as1×Judges 15:5

as with1×Nahum 1:10

because1×Joshua 17:14

before Him1×1 Chronicles 15:2

beyond measure1×Lamentations 5:22

but for1×Numbers 11:20

but only for1×Daniel 11:24

but only up to1×Numbers 21:24

by the end1×Leviticus 25:30

can there be1×2 Kings 9:22

continued until1×2 Chronicles 29:28

continues1×Psalms 100:5

ear to me1×Numbers 23:18

end1×Jeremiah 51:64

ends1×Jeremiah 48:47

enough to1×Jonah 4:9

even as1×Deuteronomy 2:36

far1×1 Samuel 7:12

Finally1×2 Kings 17:23

flee as1×Isaiah 15:5

for all this time1×1 Samuel 1:16

forevermore1×Psalms 133:3

grain until1×Ruth 2:23

greatly1×1 Samuel 11:15

he had become1×2 Chronicles 26:8

He will yet1×Job 8:21

here until1×1 Samuel 1:23

How long will it be1×Psalms 90:13

How long will they be1×Hosea 8:5

I am severely1×Psalms 119:107

in the vicinity1×Judges 20:43

is at1×Jeremiah 4:10

it forever1×Isaiah 34:17

it into1×Isaiah 26:5

it to1×Deuteronomy 9:21

It will take1×Daniel 8:14

Let us wait until1×Judges 16:2

long1×Proverbs 6:9

Me1×2 Samuel 7:16

my permission to1×1 Samuel 20:28

near1×Genesis 38:1

nor1×Jeremiah 51:62

not even1×Deuteronomy 2:5

of the Israelites1×Exodus 9:7

of them to1×Jonah 3:5

on to1×2 Kings 2:2

Only1×2 Kings 3:25

only until1×Judges 16:3

or the other1×Deuteronomy 13:7

over1×Genesis 22:5

permanently1×1 Samuel 1:22

prior1×Joshua 20:9

should ever1×Nehemiah 13:1

so1×Job 14:6

so long that1×2 Kings 6:25

that1×2 Kings 21:16

that remains to1×Joshua 7:26

that servant until1×Ezekiel 46:17

them1×Psalms 28:9

there until1×Daniel 1:21

they will be1×Psalms 92:7

this1×1 Chronicles 17:16

this far1×Job 38:11

though1×1 Samuel 20:41

through1×Exodus 12:15

throughout1×Psalms 46:9

to come1×Psalms 106:31

to Him1×Isaiah 45:24

to Lebo-hamath1×1 Chronicles 13:5

to take1×Jonah 2:5

to the1×Jeremiah 4:18

to the top1×Isaiah 1:6

until he came1×Genesis 13:3

until he reached1×1 Kings 19:8

until now1×Jeremiah 32:31

until the last1×Numbers 14:33

was unsurpassed1×1 Kings 1:4

where they remain to1×1 Chronicles 5:26

which it is to1×2 Kings 10:27

which remains to1×Joshua 8:29

which to1×Judges 10:4

who will never1×Psalms 49:19

Yet to1×Deuteronomy 29:4

you are there until1×Ruth 3:3

you to1×Obadiah 1:7

Show sample aligned rows

Genesis 3:19עַ֤דtountilPreposition Genesis 6:7עַד־to-Preposition Genesis 6:7עַד־toandPreposition Genesis 6:7וְעַד־toandConjunctive waw | Preposition Genesis 7:23עַד־toandPreposition Genesis 7:23עַד־to. . .Preposition Genesis 7:23וְעַד־to. . .Conjunctive waw | Preposition Genesis 8:5עַ֖דtountilPreposition Genesis 8:7עַד־tountilPreposition Genesis 10:19עַד־toasPreposition

Usage map

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

First aligned rowGenesis 3:19

Aligned rows1,261

Books represented39

Genesis66Exodus54Leviticus57Numbers59Deuteronomy73Joshua98Judges63Ruth101 Samuel812 Samuel521 Kings482 Kings561 Chronicles492 Chronicles55Ezra13Nehemiah40Esther10Job32Psalms82Proverbs9Ecclesiastes5Song Of Solomon8Isaiah52Jeremiah70Lamentations3Ezekiel43Daniel21Hosea5Joel2Amos8Obadiah2Jonah5Micah15Nahum1Habakkuk3Zephaniah1Haggai1Zechariah6Malachi3

Source forms

עַד־753x‘aḏ-Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19

וְעַד־167xwə·‘aḏ-Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 19:4

עַ֖ד107x‘aḏGenesis 8:5, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 26:33, Genesis 32:24

עַ֚ד31x‘aḏGenesis 12:6, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 49:10

עַ֣ד31x‘aḏGenesis 29:8, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 32:20, Leviticus 23:16

עַ֥ד29x‘aḏGenesis 24:19, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 26:13, Genesis 27:44

וְעַ֖ד22xwə·‘aḏLeviticus 27:3, Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39

עַ֛ד21x‘aḏGenesis 33:14, Genesis 41:49, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 32:17

Parsing patterns

Preposition1,013xGenesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5

Conjunctive waw | Preposition222xGenesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 14:23

Preposition | first person common singular7xNumbers 23:18, Joel 2:12, Amos 4:6, Amos 4:8

Interrogative4xPsalms 74:9, Psalms 74:10, Psalms 79:5, Psalms 89:46

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular3xSong Of Solomon 2:7, Song Of Solomon 3:5, Song Of Solomon 8:4

Preposition | second person masculine singular3xJob 4:5, Psalms 65:2, Micah 4:8

Noun - masculine singular2xPsalms 83:17, Psalms 92:7

Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine plural1xJob 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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