English

for ever and ever

Eternally; timelessly; with no beginning and no end.

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    Arising in the King James Bible, an approximate translation from Ancient Greek εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων (eis toùs aiônas tôn aiṓnōn, “to the aeons of the aeons”) and Hebrew לעולם ועד (“forever and until”), as well as Latin in saecula saeculorum and per omnia saecula saeculorum (themselves from the Greek).

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    • derivedAncient Greekεἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων “to the aeons of the aeons”
      • derivedHebrewלעולם ועד “forever and until”
        • derivedLatinin saecula saeculorum

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