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How many times does the word "eternity" appear in the Bible?

Question #77620. Asked by skysmom65.
Last updated Sep 30 2016.

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star_gazer
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That would depend on the translation being used.

Mar 21 2007, 8:33 PM
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The English word "eternity" appears only once in the King James Version of the Bible. In Is. 57:15 the Hebrew word is "ad," and appears 48 times in the Received Text, variously translated as eternity, ever, everlasting, evermore, old, perpetually, world without end.

It's in the "Message" Bible, a modern paraphrase, fifteen times.

Mar 21 2007, 11:47 PM
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It is a mistranslation there. The translator took the word "ad" out of context. The correct context, referring to God as "Shochen 'ad" - "who dwells/reigns forever" would be a much better translation.

As for "reverend", that is a translation of the Hebrew "kadosh" - holy (the same word is repeated three times in Isaiad 6:3). That word is used countless times in the Bible referring to God, Israel and the Sabbath among other things.

There are words which appear in the original Hebrew/Aramaic only once (one of them is "sullam" - "ladder" in Genesis 28:12).

Mar 22 2007, 4:48 AM
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The number of times "eternity" appears depends on the translation, as shown below:

NKJV: 3 times

Ecclesiastes 3:11

Isaiah 57:15

Acts 15:18


KJV: 1 time

Isaiah 57:15


NIV: 3 times

Psalm 93:2

Proverbs 8:23

Ecclesiastes 3:11



For any other versions or references see this site:

link http://www.biblegateway.com/

Response last updated by Terry on Sep 30 2016.
Mar 22 2007, 3:27 PM
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