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עַד

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hebrewOld TestamentPreposition1,261 occurrences39 books1,127 verses

Definition

properly, the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Traditional renderings: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ( as) yet.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,261 total
  1. 1 Kings 18:21עַד־ · How long
    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
  2. 1 Kings 18:26וְעַד־ · until
    And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
  3. 1 Kings 18:28עַד־ · until
    So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
  4. 1 Kings 18:29עַ֖ד · until
    Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
  5. 1 Kings 18:45עַד־; וְעַד־
    Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
  6. 1 Kings 18:46עַד־ · all the way to
    And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
  7. 1 Kings 19:8עַ֛ד · until he reached
    So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  8. 1 Kings 22:11עַד־ · until
    Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
  9. 1 Kings 22:16עַד־ · How many
    But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
  10. 1 Kings 22:27עַ֖ד · until
    …and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
  11. 2 Kings 2:2עַד־ · on to
    …and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
  12. 2 Kings 2:17עַד־ · to the point of
    But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
  13. 2 Kings 2:22עַ֖ד · to
    And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
  14. 2 Kings 3:25עַד־ · Only
    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
  15. 2 Kings 4:20עַד־ · until
    After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
  16. 2 Kings 4:22עַד־ · to
    And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
  17. 2 Kings 4:35עַד־
    Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
  18. 2 Kings 6:2עַד־ · to
    Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
  19. 2 Kings 6:25עַ֣ד · so long that
    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
  20. 2 Kings 7:3עַד־ · until
    Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
  21. 2 Kings 7:5עַד־ · to
    So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
  22. 2 Kings 7:8עַד־
    When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
  23. 2 Kings 7:9עַד־ · until
    Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
  24. 2 Kings 7:15עַד־ · as
    And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
  25. 2 Kings 8:6וְעַד־ · until
    When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
  26. 2 Kings 8:7עַד־
    Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
  27. 2 Kings 8:11עַד־ · [on him] until
    Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
  28. 2 Kings 8:22עַ֖ד · So to
    So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
  29. 2 Kings 9:18עַד־
    So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
  30. 2 Kings 9:20עַד־
    Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”
  31. 2 Kings 9:22עַד־ · can there be
    When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
  32. 2 Kings 10:8עַד־ · until
    When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
  33. 2 Kings 10:11עַד־
    So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
  34. 2 Kings 10:17עַד־ · until
    When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
  35. 2 Kings 10:25עַד־ · into
    When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
  36. 2 Kings 10:27עַד־ · which it is to
    They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.
  37. 2 Kings 11:11עַד־ · to
    And the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
  38. 2 Kings 13:17עַד־ · until
    “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”
  39. 2 Kings 13:19עַד־ · until
    But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”
  40. 2 Kings 13:23עַד־ · And to
    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
  41. 2 Kings 14:7עַ֖ד · to
    Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
  42. 2 Kings 14:13עַד־ · to
    There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
  43. 2 Kings 14:25עַד־ · to
    This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
  44. 2 Kings 15:5עַד־ · until
    And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
  45. 2 Kings 16:6עַ֖ד · to
    At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
  46. 2 Kings 16:11עַד־ · before
    And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it before King Ahaz returned.
  47. 2 Kings 17:9עַד־ · to
    The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
  48. 2 Kings 17:20עַ֛ד · until
    So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
  49. 2 Kings 17:23עַ֠ד · Finally
    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.