for ever and ever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Eternally; timelessly; with no beginning and no end.
  2. Forever.

Word forms

for ever and ever forever and ever

Etymology

Arising in the King James Bible, an approximate translation from Ancient Greek εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων (eis toùs aiônas tôn aiṓnōn, “to the aeons of the aeons”) and Hebrew לעולם ועד (“forever and until”), as well as Latin in saecula saeculorum and per omnia saecula saeculorum (themselves from the Greek).

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