Topic
Everlasting
30 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 49:26Easton · ISBE
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
- Deuteronomy 33:27Easton · ISBE
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- Genesis 21:33Easton
¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
- Exodus 40:15Easton
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
- Numbers 25:13Easton
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 33:15ISBE
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
- 1 Chronicles 16:36ISBE
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
- Nehemiah 9:5ISBE
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Psalms 41:13Easton
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
- Psalms 90:2Easton
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
- Psalms 100:5ISBE
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
- Psalms 119:144ISBE
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Show 18 more
- Isaiah 9:6 ISBE
- Jeremiah 50:5 ISBE
- Habakkuk 1:12 ISBE
- Habakkuk 3:6 ISBE
- Matthew 18:8 ISBE
- Matthew 25:41 ISBE
- Matthew 25:46 ISBE
- Luke 16:9 ISBE
- Luke 18:30 ISBE
- John 3:16 ISBE
- John 3:36 ISBE
- Acts 13:46 ISBE
- Romans 1:20 ISBE
- Romans 6:22 ISBE
- Romans 16:26 ISBE
- Galatians 6:8 ISBE
- Hebrews 13:20 ISBE
- Jude 1:6 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
Eternal, applied to God (Gen. 21:33; Deut. 33:27; Ps. 41:13; 90:2). We also read of the “everlasting hills” (Gen. 49:26); an “everlasting priesthood” (Ex. 40:15; Num. 25:13). (See ETERNAL.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 28 references
ev-er-last'-ing (olam, `adh; aidios, aionios):
"Everlasting," in strictness, is that which endures forever; either that which has no beginning and will have no end (in which sense it is applicable to God only), or that which, having a beginning, will have no end, but henceforth will exist forever (thus of beings created for immortality; see IMMORTALITY). Figuratively also the term is applied to objects of impressive stability and long duration, as mountains, hills (eg. Ge 49:26; Hab 3:6).
Of the terms indicated as rendered by this word, `olam in the Old Testament and aionios in the New Testament, literally, "age-long," generally bear the full sense of "eternal" (always as applied to God, His mercy, His covenant, His kingdom and to the eternal life of believers). Hence, in the Revised Version (British and American) the rendering "everlasting" in the King James Version is, in the New Testament, uniformly changed to "eternal" (eg. Mt 18:8; 25:41,46; Lu 16:9; 18:30; Joh 3:16,36, etc.; Ac 13:46; Ro 6:22; 16:26; Ga 6:8; Heb 13:20). In the Old Testament the rendering "everlasting" is usually retained in the Revised Version (British and American), and sometimes takes the place of other words or phrases, as "lasting" (De 33:15), "ever," "forever" (1Ch 16:36; Ne 9:5), "perpetual" (Hab 3:6; Jer 50:5), "of old" (Hab 3:6 margin). In Ps 100:5; 119:144, on the other hand, the Revised Version (British and American) changes the word to "for ever." In much the larger number of places `olam is translated "ever" or "for ever."
The word `adh, in the two cases in which it is translated "everlasting" in the King James Version (more frequently "for ever"), is in the Revised Version (British and American), in Isa 9:6, retained, with margin, "Father of Eternity," and in Hab 3:6 is changed into "eternal." Another word, qedhem, with the meaning "ancient time," is rendered "everlasting" in Hab 1:12 ("Art not thou from everlasting?"). With the same meaning it occurs in De 33:27, "The eternal God is thy dwelling-place."
The word which strictly answers to "everlasting" in the New Testament is aidios (Ro 1:20; Jude 1:6), rendered by the King James Version in the former passages "eternal," but correctly by the Revised Version (British and American) in both passages, "everlasting." The sense of the word "everlasting," in application to future punishment, is considered in the article PUNISHMENT, EVERLASTING.
The term "everlasting" or "eternal," applied to God, describes Him as filling, or enduring through, all the "ages" of time. It is only thus that we can symbolically represent eternity. In reality, however, the eternity of God is not simply His filling of ever-flowing "ages," but rather that aspect of His being in which He is above time; for which time (the succession-form of existence) does not exist; to which the terms past, present and future do not apply. Yet, while God is not in time (rather holds time in Himself), time-sequence, as the form of existence of the world, is a reality for God.
James Orr
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.