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Still

עֲדֶןStrong’s H5728

aden (a-den)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

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Aden is the Hebrew word usually translated “still”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.”
Ecclesiastes 4:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Hitherto, still, yet
How it's translated
  • still 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ecclesiastes 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

עֲדֶן aden · still

hitherto, still, yet

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “still” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

STILL, verb transitive

[G., to put, set, place, Gr., to send, and with style, stool, stall.]

  1. To stop, as motion or agitation; to check or restrain; to make quiet; as, to still the raging sea.
  2. T stop, as noise; to silence.
  3. To appease; to calm; to quiet; as tumult, agitation or excitement; as, to still the passions.
All definitions and other forms of “still”

    STILL, adjective

    1. Silent; uttering no sound; applicable to animals or to things.
    2. Quiet; calm; not disturbed by noise; as a still evening.
    3. Motionless; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still
    4. Quiet; calm; not agitated; as a still atmosphere.

    STILL, noun

    Calm; silence; freedom from noise; as the still of midnight. [A poetic word.]

      STILL, adverb

      1. To this time; till now.
      2. Nevertheless; notwithstanding.
      3. It precedes or accompanies words denoting increase of degree.
      4. Always; ever; continually.
      5. After that; after what is stated.
      6. In continuation.

      STILL, noun

      [Latin, to drop. See Distill.]

      A vessel, boiler or copper used in the distillation of liquors; as vapor ascending of the still The word is used in a more general sense for the vessel and apparatus. A still house is also called a still

        STILL, verb transitive

        [Latin]

        To expel spirit from liquor by heat and condense it in a refrigeratory; to distill. [See Distill.]

          STILL, verb intransitive

          To drop. [Not in use. See Distill.]

            Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

            Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.