Strong's Lexicon

H5705

H5705 — עַד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

AramaicadPrepositionOccurrences: 35TWOT: 2899

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5705
Word:עַד
Part of Speech:Preposition
Etymology:(Aramaic)
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:35
Transliteration:ad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`ad (ad) prep.
Meaning:1. (properly) a (peremptory) terminus 2. corresponding to H5704 3.
KJV Renderings:X and, at, for, (hither-)to, on till, (un-)to, until, within.

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9752

עַד35 preposition and conjunction even to, until (Biblical Hebrew III. עַד ; so ᵑ7 , Syriac, Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Egyptian Aramaic ( Lzb336 S-CA 5 +)); —

1. preposition:
a. of space, even to Dan 7:13 עַדכָּֿא Dan 7:28.
b. of amount, up to Ezra 7:22 (4 t.).
c. of time, until Dan 2:20; Dan 6:15; Dan 6:27; Dan 7:18 (twice in verse); Dan 7:26 ; Ezra 4:24 ; Ezra 5:16 וְעַדכְּֿעַן; = our against Ezra 6:15 (compare Biblical Hebrew, p. 724:a top); to (the end of) = during Dan 6:8 עַד יוֺמִין תְּלָתִין, v.Dan 6:13; Dan 7:12; Dan 7:25. On עַדאָֿחֳרָן Dan 4:5 see אָחֳרָן ; and on עַדדִּֿבְרַת דִּי Dan 4:14 see [ דִּבְרָה ].
2. conjunction:
a. עַדדִּֿי until, followed by perfect (of past time) Dan 2:34; Dan 4:30; Dan 5:21; Dan 7:4; Dan 7:9; Dan 7:11; Dan 7:22 followed by imperfect (of future) Dan 2:9; Dan 4:20; Dan 4:22 (twice in verse); Dan 4:29 . — Dan 6:25 ׳ לָא מְטוֺ ֗֗֗ עַד דִּי שְׁלִטוּ וג up to the time that . . . , i.e. ere that.
b. עַד alone, Ezra 4:21; Ezra 5:5.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

↑ Top