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Jeremiah 12:4
“How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5704 · Hebrew
- Definition
- as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- Derivation
- properly, the same as H5703 (עַד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition);
- KJV renderings
- against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
- Grammar
- עַד — preposition
- Usage
- Occurs 1,263 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:19Genesis 6:7Genesis 6:7Genesis 6:7Genesis 7:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.