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14 Hebrew and 11 Greek words behind this English word

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: continued, continue, continues, continuing. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

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How often each original word is translated “continue” or one of its forms.

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

  • אָמַר âmarutter, saytranslated this way 14 times of its 4,555 uses · Strong’s H559Verb  ·  Translated: said 1,531, says 576, say 352, replied 341

    Genesis 15:3 Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

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  • הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 9 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84

    Genesis 8:5 And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

    Leviticus 26:23 And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,

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  • יָסַף yâsaphaddtranslated this way 6 times of its 202 uses · Strong’s H3254Verb  ·  Translated: again 36, add 23, longer 20, severely 12

    1 Samuel 3:21 And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.

    2 Samuel 2:28 So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.

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  • הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 6 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
  • עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 5 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb  ·  Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35

    Genesis 18:5 And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

    Numbers 34:4 cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,

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  • עוֹד ôda going round, continuancetranslated this way 5 times of its 390 uses · Strong’s H5750Adverb  ·  Translated: longer 80, still 63, again 52, more 38

    Exodus 9:2 But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

    2 Kings 12:3 Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

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  • יָשַׁב yâshabsit, remain, dwelltranslated this way 4 times of its 1,049 uses · Strong’s H3427Verb  ·  Translated: lived 103, dwell 89, live 84, sit 70

    Leviticus 12:4 The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.

    Judges 1:29 Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.

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  • עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 4 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
  • יָרַד yâradcome or go down, descendtranslated this way 3 times of its 372 uses · Strong’s H3381Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, go 55, come 35, came 26

    Numbers 34:11 then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

    Joshua 17:9 From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.

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  • עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 2 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb  ·  Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42Full study and all 807 verses →
  • עַד adas far as, even to, up to, until, whiletranslated this way 2 times of its 1,111 uses · Strong’s H5704Preposition  ·  Translated: until 348, to 278, far 48, forever 43Full study and all 1,024 verses →
  • עָנָה ânâhanswer, respondtranslated this way 2 times of its 317 uses · Strong’s H6030Verb  ·  Translated: answered 79, answer 75, replied 47, respond 14

    Job 16:3 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

    Job 34:1 Then Elihu continued:

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  • הָוָא hâvâcome to pass, become, betranslated this way 2 times of its 51 uses · Strong’s H1934Verb  ·  Translated: he 5, was 4, be 3, happen 3

    Daniel 7:9 As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

    Daniel 7:13 In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

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  • נָשַׂג nâsagreach, overtaketranslated this way 2 times of its 47 uses · Strong’s H5381Verb  ·  Translated: overtake 16, overtook 6, afford 6, prospers 3

    Leviticus 26:5 Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.

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Greek words (New Testament)

How to study a word well
  1. Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
  2. Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
  3. Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
  4. Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
  5. See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
  6. Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
  7. Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.