Aramaic

Enduring

קַיָּםStrong’s H7011

qayyam (qay-yam)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qayyam is the Aramaic word usually translated “enduring”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.”

Daniel 4:26 KJV

Meaning

Secure, enduring

How it's translated

enduring 1
and enduring 1

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

Where it's used most

Daniel 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Daniel 6:26In contextI make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

Aramaic dictionary

קַיָּם qayyam · enduring

secure, enduring

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

ENDU'RING, participle present

tense Lasting; continuing without perishing; bearing; sustaining; supporting with patience, or without opposition or yielding.

Lasting long; permanent.

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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.