Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5703
עַד
adad
perpetuity
49 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻad
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5703is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5703
properly, 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)
The King James renders it: eternity, ever(-lasting, -more), old, perpetually, [phrase] world without end.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ad is rendered "perpetuity". It stands 49 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Thirty-one of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 15:18The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
Exodus 15:18וָעֶֽד׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- for ever21
- and ever15
- perpetuity6
- until4
- antiquity2
- father of perpetuity1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 49, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וָעֶֽד׃10
- לָעַֽד׃6
- לָעַ֑ד4
- לָעַ֣ד4
- עַ֑ד4
- עֲדֵי־4
- וָעֶ֑ד3
- וָעֶֽד׃ פ2
- לָעַ֖ד2
- לָעַד֙2
- עַ֔ד2
- אֲבִיעַ֖ד1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular21HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular15HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular8HNcmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + noun · masculine singular1HNcmsc/Ncmsa
Exodus
one use
The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
1 Chronicles
one use
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- לָעַֽד׃laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
Job
two uses
Psalms
thirty-one uses
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
- לָעַֽד׃laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
- וָעֶ֑דvaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
- לָ֫עַ֥דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
- לָעַ֑דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- לָעַֽד׃laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
- לָעַ֣דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- וָעֶ֑דvaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- וָעֶ֑דvaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day.
- לָעַ֑דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- עֲדֵי־ʾadei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: until
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
- לָעַ֣דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- עֲדֵי־ʾadei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: until
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.
- לָעַֽד׃laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.
- לָעַ֣דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- לָעַֽד׃laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
- לָעַֽד׃laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
- לָעַ֑דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
- עֲדֵי־ʾadei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: until
- עַ֑דʾadnoun · masculine singulartagged: perpetuity
“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
- עֲדֵי־ʾadei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: until
- עַ֑דʾadnoun · masculine singulartagged: perpetuity
I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃vaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- לָעַ֣דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
Proverbs
two uses
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- לָעַ֑דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.
- לָעַ֥דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
Isaiah
seven uses
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- אֲבִיעַ֖דʾaviadnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: father of perpetuity
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- עַ֑דʾadnoun · masculine singulartagged: perpetuity
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- לָעַ֖דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- עַֽד׃ פʾadnoun · masculine singulartagged: perpetuity
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- עַד֙ʾadnoun · masculine singulartagged: perpetuity
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
- לָעַ֖דlaadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
- עַ֔דʾadnoun · masculine singulartagged: perpetuity
Daniel
one use
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃ פvaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
Amos
one use
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
- לָעַד֙laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
Micah
two uses
Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
- וָעֶֽד׃ פvaedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ever
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- לָעַד֙laadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for ever
Habakkuk
one use
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- עַ֔דʾadnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.