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for ever and ever

for ever and ever adverb: eternally; timelessly; with no beginning and no end.

Adverb

for ever and ever (not comparable)

  1. (liturgical) Eternally; timelessly; with no beginning and no end.
  2. Forever.

Forms of for ever and ever

alternative formforever and ever

Origin of for ever and ever

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).

Questions about for ever and ever

What does for ever and ever mean?
For ever and ever means eternally; timelessly; with no beginning and no end.
What part of speech is for ever and ever?
For ever and ever is an adverb.

Words near for ever and ever in the dictionary

  1. for days
  2. for dear life
  3. for dummies
  4. for England
  5. for ever
  6. for ever and ever
  7. for ever more
  8. for evermore
  9. for example
  10. for fake
  11. for fear of

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