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Alway; Always

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ôl´wā , ôl´wāz (archaic and poetic): Properly applied to acts or states perpetually occurring, but not necessarily continuous. In Hebrew, most frequently, תּמיד , tāmı̄dh ̌ . In Greek διὰ παντός , diá pantós , ordinarily expresses continuity. In Matthew 28:20 "alway" the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "always," translation Greek pásas tás hēméras , "all the days," corresponding to the Hebrew idiom similarly rendered in Deuteronomy 5:29; Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 28:33; 1 Kings 11:36 , etc. Greek aeı́ in Acts 7:51; 2 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Peter 3:15 , means "at every and any time.»