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Alway, Always
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or has two meanings: (a) "perpetually, incessantly," Acts 7:51; 2 Corinthians 4:11; 6:10; Titus 1:12; Hebrews 3:10; (b) "invariably, at any and every time," of successive occurrences, when some thing is to be repeated, according to the circumstances, 1 Peter 3:15; 2 Peter 1:12 . See EVER.
from hekastos, "each," is used in 2 Peter 1:15 , RV, "at every time" (AV, "always"). See TIME.
is, lit., "through," pas, i.e., through all time, (dia, "through," pas, "all"). In the best texts the words are separated. The phrase, which is used of the time throughout which a thing is done, is sometimes rendered "continually," sometimes "always;" "always" or "alway" in Mark 5:5; Acts 10:2; 24:16; Romans 11:10; "continually" in Luke 24:53; Hebrews 9:6; 13:15 , the idea being that of a continuous practice carried on without being abandoned. See CONTINUALLY.
are derived from pas, "all." The former is found in Acts 24:3 . The latter is the usual word for "always." See EVER , EVERMORE.
Note: Two phrases, rendered "always" or "alway" in the AV, are en panti kairo (lit., "in every season"), Luke 21:36 , RV, "at every season," Ephesians 6:18 , RV, "at all seasons," and pasas tas hemeras, (lit., "all the days"), Matthew 28:20 , AV and RV, "alway."These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Alway, Always'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/a/alway-always.html. 1940.
