Words the Bible translates as forever
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aiōnαἰώνan age: a stretch of time, from a bounded era to unending duration, and the world seen as the present order running its course
- olamעוֹלָםthe farthest horizon of time a speaker can see: the remotest past, the unending future, or simply forever, with the direction and the distance set by what is being talked about
- adעַדthe unending future: time stretching ahead with no stopping point, so most often translated forever
- netsaḥנֵצַחlasting on and on without stopping: forever, perpetually, to the very end
+1 more meaning
- eminence, glory: the enduring splendor and preeminence that marks someone out
- alamעָלַםthe farthest reach of time: unending future duration (forever, everlasting) or, less often, the distant past (of old); perpetuity.
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