עַד
until
also: as far as, even to, up to, while fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Adverb
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H5704 appears in the Book of Deuteronomy — 65 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 1:2 עַ֖ד prep It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:7 עַד prep turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all [the places] near thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
- Deuteronomy 1:19 עַ֖ד prep We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:20 עַד prep I said to you, You are come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives to us.
- Deuteronomy 1:24 עַד prep and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
- Deuteronomy 1:31 עַד עַד prep prep and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh your God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place.
- Deuteronomy 1:44 עַד prep The Amorites, who lived in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
- Deuteronomy 2:5 עַ֖ד prep don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:14 עַ֤ד עַד prep prep The days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.
- Deuteronomy 2:15 עַ֖ד prep Moreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
- Deuteronomy 2:22 עַ֖ד prep as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:
- Deuteronomy 2:23 עַד prep and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.)
- Deuteronomy 2:29 עַ֤ד prep as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.
- Deuteronomy 2:36 וְ/עַד conj + prep From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [from] the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered up all before us:
- Deuteronomy 3:3 עַד prep So Yahweh our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him until none was left to him remaining.
- Deuteronomy 3:8 עַד prep We took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon;
- Deuteronomy 3:10 עַד prep all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Deuteronomy 3:14 עַד עַ֖ד prep prep Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)
- Deuteronomy 3:16 וְ/עַד וְ/עַד֙ conj + prep conj + prep To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border [of it], even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
- Deuteronomy 3:17 וְ/עַ֨ד conj + prep the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
- Deuteronomy 3:20 עַ֠ד prep until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.
- Deuteronomy 4:11 עַד prep You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Deuteronomy 4:30 עַד prep When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 4:32 וְ/עַד conj + prep For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
- Deuteronomy 4:48 וְ/עַד conj + prep from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (the same is Hermon),
- Deuteronomy 4:49 וְ/עַ֖ד conj + prep and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
- Deuteronomy 7:20 עַד prep Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
- Deuteronomy 7:23 עַ֖ד prep But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 7:24 עַ֥ד prep He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name to perish from under the sky: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.
- Deuteronomy 9:7 עַד עַד prep prep Remember, don't forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you went forth out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 9:21 עַ֥ד prep I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 10:8 עַ֖ד prep At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
- Deuteronomy 11:4 עַ֖ד prep and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;
- Deuteronomy 11:5 עַד עַד prep prep and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;
- Deuteronomy 11:12 וְ/עַ֖ד conj + prep a land which Yahweh your God cares for: the eyes of Yahweh your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
- Deuteronomy 11:24 וְ/עַד֙ conj + prep Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
- Deuteronomy 12:9 עַד prep for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 12:28 עַד prep Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 13:7 וְ/עַד conj + prep of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;
- Deuteronomy 20:20 עַ֥ד prep Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
- Deuteronomy 22:2 עַ֣ד prep If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him.
- Deuteronomy 23:3 עַד prep An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever:
- Deuteronomy 28:20 עַ֣ד וְ/עַד prep conj + prep Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.
- Deuteronomy 28:21 עַ֚ד prep Yahweh will make the pestilence cleave to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 28:22 עַ֥ד prep Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
- Deuteronomy 28:24 עַ֖ד prep Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:35 וְ/עַ֥ד conj + prep Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
- Deuteronomy 28:45 עַ֖ד prep All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
- Deuteronomy 28:46 עַד prep and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.
- Deuteronomy 28:48 עַ֥ד prep therefore shall you serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he have destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 28:51 עַ֣ד עַ֥ד prep prep and shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
- Deuteronomy 28:52 עַ֣ד prep They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which Yahweh your God has given you.
- Deuteronomy 28:61 עַ֖ד prep Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Yahweh bring on you, until you are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:64 וְ/עַד conj + prep Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 29:4 עַ֖ד prep but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
- Deuteronomy 29:11 עַ֖ד prep your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;
- Deuteronomy 29:29 עַד prep The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 30:2 עַד prep and shall return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
- Deuteronomy 31:24 עַ֖ד prep It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
- Deuteronomy 31:30 עַ֖ד prep Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
- Deuteronomy 32:22 עַד prep For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, Sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Deuteronomy 34:1 עַד prep Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh shown him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
- Deuteronomy 34:2 עַ֖ד prep and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the hinder sea,
- Deuteronomy 34:3 עַד prep and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
- Deuteronomy 34:6 עַ֖ד prep He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth Peor: but no man knows of his tomb to this day.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“until” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word עד (ʻad). Older and newer Bibles part ways — “for” in the King James Version, “until” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 1,127 verses across 39 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 3:19. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “as far as”, “even to”, and “up to”. See the sense tree, 1,127-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5704 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,127
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,127 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #28
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 28 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,127 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Joshua 81 verses 7%
- Psalms 76 verses 7%
- Deuteronomy 65 verses 6%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,127 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 540 verses · 48%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 311 verses · 28%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 276 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: For 52×, Henceforth even for 3×, How long 3×
- American Standard Version†: For 49×, Time forth and for 4×, How long 3×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Until 355×, To 303×, Far as 43×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Until 492×, To 384×, Unto 87×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5704 across 98† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5704 across 98† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5704 across 1,112† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 73 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 139 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5704 across 1,235† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
29 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 29 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
עד I and וָעֶ֑ד (so always) n.m. perpetuity ( = advancing time, cf. Assyrian adû, time, at the present time)
- 1. of past time: מִנִּי עַד Jb 20:4; הררי עד Hb 3:6 ancient mountains (cf. עולם 1) so Gn 49:26 (read הַרְרֵי עַד for הוֹרַ֔י עַד). e.g. Job 20:4
- 2. of future time, לָעַד (usually לָעַ֑ד) for ever:
- a. during lifetime, of king ψ 21:7 Pr 29:14; of others ψ 9:19; 22:27; 61:9 Pr 12:19. e.g. Psalms 21:7
- b. of things, לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָֽצֵב֑וּן Jb 19:24. e.g. Job 19:24
- c. of continuous existence, of nations, גְּבֶרֶת עַד (of Babylon, cf. עולם 2 c) Is 47:7 (yet v. iii. עַד II 3); anger, לעד Am 1:11; elsewhere עֲדֵי עַד ψ 83:18; 92:8 Is 26:4; 65:18. e.g. Isaiah 47:7
- d. of divine existence, שֹׁכֵן עַד Is 57:15; attributes, לָעַד ψ 111:3, 10; 112:3, 9; residence in Zion, עֲדֵי עַד 132:14; law of God, לָעַד 19:10; promise as to dynasty of David, לָעַד 89:30; עֲדֵי עַד 132:12; inheritance of land, לָעַד 37:29; continuous relations between God and his people 1 Ch 28:9; Is 64:8; Mi 7:18 לעד. e.g. Isaiah 57:15
- e. phrases (see עולם 2 m): (לְ)עוֹלָם וָעֶ֑ד ψ 9:6; 10:16; 21:5; 45:7, 18; 48:15; 52:10; 104:5; 119:44; 145:1, 2, 21; Ex 15:18; Mi 4:5; Dn 12:3; לָעַד לְעוֹלָם ψ 111:8; 148:6; עַד־עוֹלְמֵי עַד Is 45:17.—Is 30:8 read (עַד־עוֹלָם) לְעֵד for a witness (𝔖 𝔊 𝔗 Ges Ew Di Che Du) for MT לָעַד. e.g. Psalms 9:6
עד II [m.] booty, prey (upon which one advances, falls)
עד III in poetry עֲדֵי (†Nu 24
- I. prep.
- 1. of space:—
- a. Gn 11:31 ויבאו עד חרן as far as Haran, 12:6; 13:3, 12 + often, Is 8:8 עד צואר יגיע, 15:4 עד יהץ נשׁמע קולם, 25:12; 26:5 ψ 36:6 אמונתך עד שׁחקים, 69:2 באו מים עד נפשׁ (cf. Jon 2:6; Mi 1:9; Je 4:10, 18), 90:3 תָּשֵׁב אֱנוֹשׁ עַד דַּכָּא, Jb 11:7, etc.; pregn. ψ 118:27 אִסְרוּ־חַג עַד וגו׳ bind … (and lead) up to …; Is 57:9 עַד מֵרָחוֹק even to afar (מִן 1 c); with the goal a person, Ex 22:8 עד האלהים יָבֹא דְבַר שְׁנֵיהֶם, 1 S 9:9 ψ 65:3 עָדֶיךָ כָל־בָּשָׂר יָבֹאוּ, Is 45:24; Jb 4:5, שׁוּב עַד י׳ Ho 14:2 al. (v. שׁוּב, stronger than שׁוּב אֶל־י׳); poet. Nu 24:20 וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ עֲדֵי אֹבֵד shall be even unto destruction, shall issue in destruction, v 24; rarely with verbs of attending, הֶאֱזִין עַד †Nu 23:18, הִתְבּוֹנֵן עַד †Jb 32:12; 38:18 (usually אֶל). Before another prep., 1 S 7:11 עַד מִתַּחַת ל׳, 1 K 4:12 עַד מֵעֵבֶר ל׳, עַד מֵעַל Ez 41:20, עַד לִפְנֵי Est 4:2, and even (si vera l.) עַד אֲלֵיהֶם 2 K 9:20: cf. עַד נֶגֶד Ne 3:16, 26, עַד נֹכַח Ju 19:10 +. e.g. Genesis 11:31
- b. In the combin. מִן … (וְ)עַד, as Gn 10:19 מצידון … עַד עַזָּה from Sidon … as far as Gaza + often (v. מן 5 a); and idiom., not of actual space, but of classes of objects, to express the idea of both … and, as Gn 19:4 מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקִן from young to old (inclusively) = both young and old (v. מִן 5 b); without מִן, even to = including, Lv 11:42 Nu 8:4 even to (i.e. including) its base and its flowers, cf. 1 S 18:4. e.g. Genesis 10:19
- 2. Of time:
- a. (a) even to, until Gn 8:5 even to the 10th month, Ex 12:6 unto the 14th day, etc., v 15, 18, etc.; עד היום unto this day, Gn 19:37, 38, עד היום הזה 26:33; 32:33, both + often; עד יום sq. inf. Ex 40:37 Jos 6:10 Ju 18:30; עד בקר till morning, Ex 12:10 + (15 times), עד הבקר 16:23 + (11 times); so עד (ה)ערב Ex 18:13, 14 +, poet. עֲדֵי ערב ψ 104:23; עַד עוֹלָם Gn 13:15 + often; עַד שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים 2 K 4:35; עַד דּוֹר וָדוֹר Is 13:20; v. also בְּלִי, and בִּלְתִּי, ad fin. And sq. another prep., Lv 23:16 עַד מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת, Ne 13:9 עַד אַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת. With the force of against, Ju 6:31 יוּמַת עַד הַבֹּקֶר; cf. (b) end. (b) sq. inf., both of past time, as Gn 8:7; 32:25 עַד עֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר, 33:3; 34:5, and especially of future time, as 3:19 עַד שׁוּבְךָ until thy returning, 19:22; 27:45 Dt 7:20, 23; 20:20; 22:2; 28:20, 22,—both + often; cf. עַד בּוֹשׁ Ju 3:25 +; עַד תֹּם … Lv 25:29 + 10 times; עַד תֻּמָּם Dt 2:15 +; עַד כַּלֵּה †2 K 13:17, 19; Ezr 9:14; עַד כַּלּוֹתָ(ם) 1 S 15:18 Je 9:15 +; עַד אוֹר הַבֹּקֶר Ju 16:2 +; also in עַד הִשְׁמִדְךָ אֹתָם Dt 7:24 (cf. 28:48 Jos 11:14; 1 K 15:29; 2 K 3:25; 10:17; 24:20 [‖ Je 52:3 הִשְׁלִיכוֹ]; on the anom. הִ׳, v. Dr, read prob. הַ׳); and most prob. (cf. Köiii. 583) in שָׂרִיד (לָהֶם) עַד בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִיר לוֹ Dt 3:3 (v. Dr), + 5 times (v. supr. p. 117), read prob. הַשְׁאִיר. With the force of towards the end of, against, especially in עַד בֹּאָ(ם), Gn 43:25 Ex 22:25 Nu 10:21 והקימו את המשׁכן עַד בֹּאָם used to set up the tab. against their coming, 2 K 16:11; Ez 33:22; cf. 2 S 17:22. Ellipt. Ju 16:2 עַד אוֹר הַבֹּקֶר וַהֲרַגְנוּהוּ (wait) till the morning dawn, and we slay him! (GFM; Dr§ 115). (c) with various adverbs of time (q.v.), as עַד אָנָה, עַד־מָה, עַד מָתַי, עַד הֵנָּה, עַד כֹּה, עַד כֵּן, עַד עַתָּה, cf. עַד כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים (v. מָה 4 b). (d) to suggest also degree (cf. 3), עַד אֵין מָקוֹם until there is no place Is 5:8, עַד אֵין מִסְפָּר †ψ 40:13 Jb 5:9; 9:10; cf. Lv 26:18 וְאִם־עַד־אֵלֶּה and if even up to these things, even the end of all these punishments, you do not hearken to me. e.g. Genesis 8:5
- b. During (rare; proposes as far as the limit indicated, including the time previous, cf. ἕως: so often Aramaic עַד, ܥܕ, while), 2 K 9:22 with is peace עַד זְנוּנֵי אִיזֶבֶל during, etc.? Jb 20:5 עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע during a moment; sq. inf. Ju 3:26 עַד הִתְמַהְמְהָם during their delaying, Ex 33:22 Jb 7:19 עַד בִּלְעִי רֻקִּי Jon 4:2. e.g. 2 Kings 9:22
- 3. Of degree, to suggest a higher or the highest; as עַד מְאֹד even to muchness, i.e. exceedingly (v. מְאֹד), עַד מְהֵרָה even to haste †ψ 147:15; Est 5:6 וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד־חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְחֵעָשׂ, v 3; 7:2. See also עַד לְ, below. With a neg., to express not even as much as, Dt 2:5 לא אתן לכם מארצם עַד מִדְרַךְ כַּף רָ֑גֶל, and with אֶחָד, †Ex 9:7 לֹא מֵת … עַד־אֶחָד, simil. 14:28 Ju 4:16; 2 S 17:22 (read אֶחָד for אַחַד: v. Dr). Sometimes almost = Lat. adeo, 1 S 2:5 (si vera l.) עַד עֲקָרָה ילדה שׁבעה even to the barren, she hath borne seven, i.e. even the barren hath, etc., Jb 25:5 הן עד־יָרֵחַ ולא יאהיל, Hg 2:19. In comparisons, to the degree of, even like (rare), Na 1:10 עַד סִירִים סְבֻכִים (text dub.) entangled even like thorns, 1 Ch 4:27 לא הִרְבּוּ עד בני יהודה did not multiply to the degree of (i.e. like), etc. Cf. 2 S 23:19 עַד הַשְּׁלשָׁה לֹא בָא did not attain (in prowess) unto the three. e.g. Psalms 147:15
- 1. of space:—
- II. Conj.
- 1. until:—
- a. עַד אֲשֶׁר until that: (a) with pf., of past time, Ex 32:20 ויטחן עד אשׁר דָּק (Dt 9:21), Dt 2:14 עד אשׁר עָבַרְנוּ, Jos 3:17; 8:26; Ju 4:24; 1 K 10:7 (2 Ch 9:6), 2 K 17:20, 23; 21:16; with suggestion of degree, 1 S 30:4 (sq. אֵין, 1 K 17:17; rarely of future time (the ‘future perfect,’ Dr§17), 2 S 17:13 (of degree), Ez 34:21. So עַד שֶׁ- (often in NH; v. שֶׁ), †Ju 5:7 Ct 3:4(×2); עַד כִּי †Gn 26:13 עַד כִּי־גָדַל מְאֹד, 41:49 2 S 23:10 2 Ch 26:15; and (of future time) עַד אֲשֶׁר אִם †Gn 28:15; Nu 32:17; Is 6:11. (b) with impf., usually of future time, Gn 27:44 עַד אֲשֶׁר תָּשׁוּב חֲמַת אָחִיךָ, 29:8; Ex 23:30; 24:14 Lv 22:4; Nu 11:20; 20:17; 1 S 22:3; Ho 5:15 +; rarely of past time, Jon 4:5 עד אשׁר יראה till he should see, Ec 2:3. So (of the future) עַד שֶׁ- †Ct 2:7, 17; 3:5; 4:6; 8:4 ψ 123:2; and עַד כִּי †Gn 49:10 עַד כִּי־יָבֹא שִׁילֹה. e.g. Exodus 32:20
- b. עַד alone, until: (a) with pf., of past time, Jos 2:22; 4:23 עַד־עָבַרְנוּ, 1 S 20:41 עַד דָּוִד הִגְדִּיל, 2 S 21:10; 1 K 11:16; Ez 28:15; of the future (rare), 2 K 7:3 עַד מָ֑תְנוּ, Ez 39:15; Dn 11:36 עַד כָּלָה זָ֑עַם. So עַד אִם (of the fut.), †Gn 24:19, 33; Is 30:17; Ru 2:21. (b) with impf., of future time, 1 S 1:22 (ellipt.: cf. Ju 16:2, 12 a (b) end), Is 22:14; 26:20; 32:15; 62:1, 7 ψ 57:2; 71:18; Jb 27:5 +; of the past (rare), Ex 15:16 עד יעבור עמך, v 16 Jos 10:13 (poet.) עַד יִקֹּם גּוֹי אוֹיְבָיו, ψ 73:17; 2 Ch 29:34. In poetry, עַד is sometimes used to mark not an absolute close, but an epoch, or turning-point, in the fut., as ψ 110:1 (v. De) עַד אָשִׁית אֹיְבֶיךָ הֲדֹם לְרַגְלֶיךָ, Ho 10:12; Jb 14:6 (but v. 3); after a neg. cl., Gn 49:10; Nu 23:24 Is 42:4 ψ 71:18; 112:8; Jb 8:21 (but read prob. with Ew Hi Di Du al. עֹד he will yet, etc., understanding v 20 as present, not future). e.g. Joshua 2:22
- 2. While (rare: cf. 12 b):—
- a. with pf., 1 S 14:19 עד דִּבֶּר שׁאול while Saul spake. e.g. 1 Samuel 14:19
- b. with impf., ψ 141:10 יַחַד אָנֹכִי עַד אֶעֱבֹר while I at the same time pass by. e.g. Psalms 141:10
- c. with ptcp., Jb 1:18 עַד זֶה מְדַבֵּר (but read prob. עֹד, as v 16, 17), Ne 7:3. e.g. Job 1:18
- d. עַד שֶׁ- (without vb.) †Ct 1:12. So עַד לֹא while not = ere yet (of past time) †Pr 8:26 עד לא עשׂה ארץ (so עַד לָא, ܥܰܕ ܠܴܐ, often, e.g. Gn 24:15 𝔗, Mt 1:18); and עד אשׁר לא (of the fut.) †Ec 12:1, 2, 6 (cf. Talm. עַד דְּלָא, Mishn. עַד שֶׁלֹּא). e.g. Song of Solomon 1:12
- 3. Of degree, to the point that, so that even (rare), Is 47:7 Thou saidst, I shall be for ever a lady, עַד לֹא שַׂמְתְּ אֵלֶּה עַל לִבֵּךְ to the point that (going so far in thy pride that) thou didst not, etc. (but Hi Che Du al. join גְּבֶרֶת עַד I shall be for ever, a lady perpetually; v. 1. עַד); Jb 14:6 (Di De Bu Du) to the point that he may enjoy, etc., Is 22:14 (Du). In Jos 17:14 עַד אֲשֶׂר עַד כֹּה בֵּֽרְכַנִי י׳, read עַל אֲשֶׁר because that (Ges Buhl; cf. Di). e.g. Isaiah 47:7
- 1. until:—
- III. עַד לְ, a strengthened from for עַד found chiefly in Ch Ezr, and occurring in most of the above senses. Thus
- 1. of space: עַר לְבוֹא חֲמָת Jos 13:5; Ju 3:3; 1 Ch 13:5, עד ל׳ מִדְבָּ֫רָה 5:9, עד ל׳ מצרים 2 Ch 26:8; עַד לְמִזְרַח הַנָּ֑יְא 1 Ch 4:39, עַד לַמְצָד 12:17; עַד לִגְרָר 2 Ch 14:12; עַד לַשָּׁמַיִם 2 Ch 28:9; Ezr 9:6; עַד לְמֵרָחוֹק 2 Ch 26:15; Ezr 3:13. e.g. Joshua 13:5
- 2. Of time: עד לעולם 1 Ch 23:25; 28:7; עד למנחת הערבEzr 9:4; עַד לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה Ezr 10:14 prob. during (Keil: Ges Be with regard to, strengthened for לְּ); sq. inf. עַד לַעֲלוֹת הַמִּנְחָה 1 K 18:29; עַד לִכְלוֹת 1 Ch 28:20; 2 Ch 29:28; עַד לְכַלֵּה 2 Ch 24:10; 31:1; עד להשׁחית 26:16; עַד לָמוּת 32:24 (‖ 2 K 20:1 לָמוּת alone); Ezr 10:14 עד להשׁיב. e.g. 1 Chronicles 23:25
- 3. Of degree: עַד לְמַחֲנֶה גָדוֹל even unto (till there was) a great camp, 1 Ch 12:23; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה = exceedingly 2 Ch 16:12; 17:12; 26:8; עַד לִמְאֹד 2 Ch 16:14; עַד לְשִׂמְחָה 29:30; עַד לָרֹב 31:10; עַד לְאֵין מַרְפֵּא 36:16. e.g. 1 Chronicles 12:23
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
II. and וָעֶ֑ד (so always) n.m. perpetuity ( = advancing time, cf. Assyrian adû, time, at the present time);—
III. n.[m.] booty, prey (upon which one advances, falls); cf. 𝔗 עֲדִי booty, Is 10:2; 33:23 +.—יֹאכַל עַד Gn 49:27 devour prey (‖ שָׁלָל); עַד שָׁלָל מַרְבֶּה Is 33:23 prey of great spoil; קוּמִי לְעַד Zp 3:8 (of God) my rising up to the prey (BrMP); אֲבִי עַד Is 9:5 father (i.e. distributor) of booty (Hi Kn Kue BrMP Du CheHpt; > Ges Ew Di al. everlasting father).
IV. in poetry עֲדֵי (†Nu 24:20, 24 ψ 104:23; 147:6; Jb 7:4; 20:5, and in עֲדֵי עַד Is 26:4; 65:18 ψ 83:18; 92:8; 132:12, 14: cf. אֱלֵי, עֲלֵי), prep. as far as, even to, up to, until, while (Aramaic עד, ܥܕ; Sab. עד, עדי, MordtmZMG xxx (1876), 27; DHMxxxvii (1883), 414, Assyrian adi Dl§ 81 a (Arabic عَدَا is except); perhaps akin to عَدَا pass on, advance to, Köii. 304, 309: עֲדֵי prob. from ground-form ʿădăy, Ol428, 421 Köii. 309 ff.; but LagSym. ii. 101–3, Mitth. i. 231 f.; as plur. like אַחֲרֵי);—with sf. עָדַי Nu 23:18 +, עָדֶיךָ Mi 4:8 +, etc., עָֽדֵיכֶם †Jb 32:12; 2 K 9:18 עַד־הֵם occurs; —as far as,- even to (differing from אֶל, in that the limit is included, as in Arabic حَتَّى FlKl.Schr. i. 402 f.):
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Derived from עד (ʻad) (H5703) — perpetuity.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עַד
- turn, continuation; (prep.) up to, until, during, while; in place of. B. Mets. 87ᵃ; Snh. 107ᵇ עד אברהם up to Abraham’s time, v. זִקְנָה. B. Kam. 55ᵃ עד שאתה שואלני וכ׳ during the time that &c., instead of asking me &c. Gen. R. s. 58 עד שלא ישקיע וכ׳ before yet the Lord causes the sun of one righteous man to set, he causes that of another to rise. Kidd. 29ᵇ עד כ׳ שנה until a person is twenty years old. Ib. 31ᵃ עד היכן כיבוד וכ׳ how far does the duty of honoring parents go?; a. v. fr.—Ber. 26ᵇ (ref. to ib. IV, 1 ‘up to four hours’) עד וָעַד בכלל וכ׳ does it mean ‘up to’, and that ‘up to’ included, i.e. including the whole fourth hour of the day, or excluding the fourth hour? Nidd. 58ᵇ לימא בעד ועד בכלל קמיפלגי shall we say, their difference turns on the question whether ‘until’ is meant to include or to exclude the terminus? Ib. איכא עד ועד בכלל ואיכא עד ולא עד בכלל sometimes ‘until’ means inclusive of, and sometimes exclusive of. Ib. קמיפלגי בעד ועד דהכא they differ as to the meaning of the word ‘until’ in this case (in the Mishnah); a. fr.—בַּעַד, בְּעַד (cmp. עֲבוּר) in behalf of, for, about. Midr. Till. to Ps. IV וכי … הפונדק בַּעֲדֵינוּ (our w. missing in ed. Bub.) has that innkeeper opened his shop for the first time today, for our benefit? Midr. Till. to Ps. XII שאל בַּעֲדוֹ וכ׳ he inquired about him, where is he?; a. e.—וָעֶד, v. עוֹלָם.
עַד ²
- Targ. Gen. II, 5. Ib. XIV, 14; a. v. fr.—B. Bath. 21ᵃ עד שית לא תקביל up to six years of age admit no child to school. Gen. R. s. 44ᵃ, a. e. עד דסנדלך, v. כּוּבָּא I. Lam. R. to III, 20 עד דשמינא וכ׳, v. חֲשִׁיךְ II; a. fr.
עֹד
- v. עוֹד
עד
- , Targ. O. Lev. XI, 13 ed. Amst., v. עַר.
עֵד
- [present, confirming,] (cmp. סהד) witness, evidence. Ḥull. 10ᵇ, a. e. עד אחד נאמן וכ׳ in matters of ritual the statement of one witness is sufficient. Bekh. 36ᵃ, a. e. עד מפי עד a witness testifying to what he has heard from an eye-witness. R. Hash. 26, a. e. אין עד נעשה דיין a witness in the case cannot act as judge. Keth. 21ᵇ עד נעשה דיין a witness may act as judge; a. v. fr.—Pl. עֵדִים. Ib. דיינים המכירין חתימות ידי ע׳ if the judges know (can identify) the signatures of the witnesses to a document. Ib. II, 3 הע׳ שאמרו וכ׳ if witnesses declare, this is our signature, but we have been forced &c. Ib. 5 אם יש ע׳ וכ׳ if there is evidence that she was a married woman.—Kidd. 48ᵃ, a. fr. עידֵי חתימה, ע׳ מסירה, v. כְּרַת; a. v. fr.—Trnsf. evidence, proof. Sabb. 81ᵃ אם יש עליה עד (euphem.) if there is an evidence (stain of excrements) on it. B. Kam. 11ᵃ top (ref. to Ex. XXII, 12) יביא עד עורה Ar. (ed. אדורה, עדודה, v. אָדַר) he shall offer in evidence its hide.—Esp. a piece of cloth used by women for ascertaining their condition of cleanness or uncleanness. Nidd. VIII, 4 עד שהוא נתון וכ׳ if an examining rag (after use) has been put under the cushion &c. Ib. 14ᵇ; 12ᵃ משל לשמש ועד וכ׳ to speak allegorically (euphemistically), the servant and the examiner stand by the side of the threshold &c. (v. שַׁמָּשׁ). Ib. זהו עֵדָן של צנועות (Ar. עֵידָן) this (special) rag is that of the chaste women; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. I, 7. Ib. II, 1; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 22:12
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Forms in the corpus
The 36 distinct written forms H5704 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַד | Preposition | Amos 6:14 | 752 |
| וְ/עַד | Preposition | Amos 8:12 | 167 |
| עַ֖ד | Preposition | Daniel 12:1 | 107 |
| עַ֣ד | Preposition | Deuteronomy 22:2 | 34 |
| עַ֚ד | Preposition | Daniel 8:14 | 31 |
| עַ֥ד | Preposition | Deuteronomy 7:24 | 29 |
| וְ/עַ֖ד | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:49 | 22 |
| עַ֛ד | Preposition | Ezra 2:63 | 21 |
| עַ֤ד | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:14 | 13 |
| עַ֠ד | Preposition | Deuteronomy 3:20 | 11 |
| עַֽד | Preposition | Exodus 15:16 | 10 |
| וְ/עַד֙ | Preposition | Daniel 9:26 | 9 |
| עָדַ֖/י | Preposition | Amos 4:6 | 7 |
| וְ/עַ֣ד | Preposition | Genesis 14:23 | 6 |
| עֲדֵי | Preposition | Isaiah 26:4 | 6 |
| וְ/עַ֥ד | Preposition | Daniel 8:11 | 4 |
| וְ/עַ֨ד | Preposition | Deuteronomy 3:17 | 4 |
| וְֽ/עַד | Preposition | 1 Chronicles 9:18 | 4 |
| וְ/עַ֛ד | Preposition | 1 Samuel 30:19 | 3 |
| עַ֝֗ד | Preposition | Psalms 57:1 | 3 |
| עַ֗ד | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Psalms 83:17 | 2 |
| וְ֠/עַד | Preposition | Joshua 12:3 | 2 |
| עָ֝דֶ֗י/ךָ | Preposition | Job 4:5 | 2 |
| בְּ/עֹ֖ד | Adverb | Psalms 39:1 | 1 |
| בַּעֲדֵ֔/נוּ | Preposition | Jeremiah 42:20 | 1 |
| בַּעֲדֵ֖י/נוּ | Preposition | Amos 9:10 | 1 |
| בַּעֲדֵ֨/נוּ֙ | Preposition | Jeremiah 42:2 | 1 |
| וְ/עַ֬ד | Preposition | Psalms 106:48 | 1 |
| וְ/עָֽדֵי/כֶ֗ם | Preposition | Job 32:12 | 1 |
| וְ/עָדֶ֣י/ךָ | Preposition | Micah 7:12 | 1 |
| עַ֧ד | Preposition | Numbers 32:21 | 1 |
| עַד֩ | Preposition | Micah 7:9 | 1 |
| עָ֝דֶ֗י/הָ | Preposition | Job 6:20 | 1 |
| עָדֶ֣י/ךָ | Preposition | Micah 4:8 | 1 |
| עָדָי/ו֙ | Preposition | Isaiah 45:24 | 1 |
| עד | Preposition | Job 2:7 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5704, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,046 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,127 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:19
- Exodus 7:16
- Leviticus 6:9
- Numbers 3:13
- Deuteronomy 1:2
- Joshua 1:4
- Judges 1:21
- Ruth 1:13
- 1 Samuel 1:14
- 2 Samuel 1:12
- 1 Kings 1:4
- 2 Kings 2:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.