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Still

עוֹדStrong’s H5750

od

Appears in 461 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Od is the Hebrew word usually translated “again”, “still” and “yet”. It appears in 461 verses of the Old Testament.

“And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;”
Daniel 9:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. A going round, continuance
  2. Still, yet, again, besidesstill, yet (of continuance or persistence) · still, yet, more (of addition or repetition) · again · still, moreover, besides
How it's translated
  • again 295
  • still 81
  • yet 33
  • still he 14
  • and still 11
  • and again 9
  • in yet 5
  • while still 5

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

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 51
  • Ezekiel 51
  • Genesis 50
  • Isaiah 47
  • 2 Samuel 30
  • Psalms 22

36 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 461 verses, by book
Ruth 2
1:111:14
Nehemiah 1
2:17
Esther 3
2:146:149:12
Lamentations 1
4:17
Jonah 1
3:4
Habakkuk 1
2:3
Zephaniah 3
2:153:113:15
Haggai 2
2:62:19
Malachi 1
2:13
Hebrew dictionary

עוֹד od · still

subst 1) a going round, continuance adv 2) still, yet, again, besides 2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence) 2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition) 2c) again 2d) still, moreover, besides Aramaic equivalent: od (עוֹד "still" H5751)

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.