for ever and ever

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for ever and ever

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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).

adverb forever and ever

not comparable Eternally; timelessly; with no beginning and no end.
not comparable, as an intensifier Forever.

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adv eternally

Español	por los siglos de los siglos
Français	pour les siècles des siècles
Deutsch	von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit, in alle Ewigkeit
Русский	во ве́ки веко́в vo véki vekóv

adv forever

Español	por los siglos de los siglos, en los siglos de los siglos (en los siglos de los siglos), en los siglos de los siglos, para siempre jamás
Français	pour toujours et à jamais
Ελληνικά	νυν και αεί nyn kai aeí

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@misc{for_ever_and_ever_2026,
  title = {for ever and ever},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/for%20ever%20and%20ever},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}