עַדʻad

even to, until

Pronunciation: ad · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5705

Meanings

1.

a. even to, of space (Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:28)

b. of amount, up to (Ezra 7:22)

c. of time, until (Daniel 2:20; Daniel 6:15; Daniel 6:27)

2.

a. עַדדִּֿי until (Daniel 2:34; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:21)

b. עַד alone (Ezra 4:21; Ezra 5:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 35 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:21 Therefore, issue orders to have these men stop their work. That city must not be rebuilt except at my express command.
  • Ezra 4:24 The Rebuilding Resumes So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.
  • Ezra 5:5 But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.
  • Ezra 5:16 So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The people have been working on it ever since, though it is not yet completed.’
  • Ezra 6:15 The Temple was completed on March 12, during the sixth year of King Darius’s reign.
  • Ezra 7:22 You are to give him up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of olive oil, and an unlimited supply of salt.
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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).