ʻad — H5704

H5704 · Hebrew — עד

Pronunciation: ad

Definition

preposition

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

  1. prep
  2. as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as
    1. of space
      1. as far as, up to, even to
    2. in combination
      1. from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from)
    3. of time
      1. even to, until, unto, till, during, end
    4. of degree
      1. even to, to the degree of, even like
  3. conj
  4. until, while, to the point that, so that even

Usually translated as

until, even, to, till, how long, as long, and, hitherto, while, yet, into, that, against, by, for, toward, as, before, forasmuch as, when, at

Origin

properly, the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻad occurs 1,168 times in 1,049 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (55), Exodus (43), Leviticus (52), Numbers (51), Deuteronomy (62), Joshua (78), Judges (52), Ruth (10), 1 Samuel (57), 2 Samuel (41), 1 Kings (40), 2 Kings (52), 1 Chronicles (36), 2 Chronicles (46), Ezra (10), Nehemiah (32), Esther (8), Job (29), Psalms (68), Proverbs (9), Ecclesiastes (5), Song of Songs (6), Isaiah (41), Jeremiah (58), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (40), Daniel (21), Hosea (5), Joel (2), Amos (7), Obadiah (2), Jonah (5), Micah (12), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (3), Malachi (2)