עַדʻad
as far as, even to, up to, until, while
Pronunciation: ad · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5704
Meanings
I.
1. of space
a. with the goal a (Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:3)
b. without (Genesis 10:19; Genesis 19:4; Leviticus 11:42)
2. Of time
a. even to, until (Genesis 8:5; Exodus 12:6; Exodus 12:15)
b. During (2 Kings 9:22; Job 20:5; Judges 3:26)
3. Of degree, to suggest a higher or the highest (Psalms 147:15; Esther 5:6; Esther 5:3)
II.
1. after a negative clause, until (Psalms 110:1; Hosea 10:12; Job 14:6)
a. until that: (a), past time (Exodus 32:20; Deuteronomy 9:21; Deuteronomy 2:14)
b. until, past (Joshua 2:22; Joshua 4:23; 1 Samuel 20:41)
2. While
a. while (1 Samuel 14:19)
b. while I (Psalms 141:10)
d. while not = ere yet (Song of Solomon 1:12; Proverbs 8:26; Genesis 24:15)
3. to the point that, so that even, Of degree (Isaiah 47:7; Job 14:6; Isaiah 22:14)
III. עַד לְ, a strengthened form for עַד
1. of space (Joshua 13:5; Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5)
2. Of time (1 Chronicles 23:25; 1 Chronicles 28:7; 2 Chronicles 26:15)
3. Of degree (1 Chronicles 12:23; 2 Chronicles 16:12; 2 Chronicles 17:12)
Same root
- עַדʻad · H5703properly, 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)
- בְּעַדbᵉʻad · H1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
- עַדʻad · H5705{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
- עֲדֶןʻăden · H5728till now
Where it appears
Appears 1,261 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”
- Genesis 6:7 And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.”
- Genesis 7:23 God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
- Genesis 8:5 Two and a half months later, as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.
- Genesis 8:7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.
- Genesis 10:19 and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
See every passage
- Genesis 58 verses
- Exodus 49 verses
- Leviticus 53 verses
- Numbers 53 verses
- Deuteronomy 65 verses
- Joshua 81 verses
- Judges 52 verses
- Ruth 10 verses
- 1 Samuel 65 verses
- 2 Samuel 48 verses
- 1 Kings 45 verses
- 2 Kings 54 verses
- 1 Chronicles 47 verses
- 2 Chronicles 48 verses
- Ezra 11 verses
- Nehemiah 34 verses
- Esther 10 verses
- Job 30 verses
- Psalms 75 verses
- Proverbs 9 verses
- Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Song of Solomon 7 verses
- Isaiah 46 verses
- Jeremiah 62 verses
- Lamentations 3 verses
- Ezekiel 41 verses
- Daniel 21 verses
- Hosea 5 verses
- Joel 2 verses
- Amos 7 verses
- Obadiah 2 verses
- Jonah 5 verses
- Micah 12 verses
- Nahum 1 verses
- Habakkuk 3 verses
- Zephaniah 1 verses
- Haggai 1 verses
- Zechariah 3 verses
- Malachi 3 verses
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).