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for ever

Meaning of “for ever”

1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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390 occurrences380 verses49 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:22

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Psalms 77:8
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 77:8 · retained source text

Is his mercy cleane gone for euer? doth his promise faile for euermore?

1611 marginal noteHeb. to generation and generation.

Psalms 78:69
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:69 · retained source text

And he built his sanctuarie like high palaces: like the earth which he hath established for euer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.

Psalms 79:5
How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 79:5 · retained source text

How long, LORD, wilt thou be angry, for euer? shall thy ielousie burne like fire?

1611 marginal notePsa 89.45

Psalms 79:13
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 79:13 · retained source text

So we thy people and sheepe of thy pasture, will giue thee thankes for euer: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to generation and generation.

Psalms 81:15
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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1611 witness · Psalms 81:15 · retained source text

The haters of the LORD should haue submitted themselues vnto him: but their time should haue endured for euer.

1611 marginal noteOr, yeelded fained obedience. Heb. lyed.

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