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everlasting

Meaning of “everlasting”

1. Continuing without end. 2. Extending backward without beginning. 3. Enduring or permanent throughout the duration in view.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
97 occurrences91 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:16

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Matthew 18:8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 18:8 · retained source text

Wherefore if thy hand or thy foote offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather then hauing two hands or two feete, to be cast into euerlasting fire.

1611 marginal noteChap. 5.30. mar. 9.45.

Matthew 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 19:29 · retained source text

And euery one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, shall receiue an hundred fold, and shall inherite euerlasting life.

Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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1611 witness · Matthew 25:41 · retained source text

Then shall he say also vnto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into euerlasting fire, prepared for the deuill and his angels.

1611 marginal notePsal. 6.8. chap. 7.23.

Matthew 25:46
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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1611 witness · Matthew 25:46 · retained source text

And these shall goe away into euerlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternall.

1611 marginal noteDan. 12.2. iohn 5.29.

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Lasting or enduring forever; eternal; continuing without end. Also perpetual or continuing indefinitely through the present state or duration of a thing.

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