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Alway, always (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

Alway (i.e. 'all the way') is originally the accus. of duration, 'all the time'; while always is the genit. of occurrence, 'at ail times.' And although by 1011 this dis- tinction was vanishing, there are some undoubted instances in AV. Cf. Mt 28™ ' Lo, I am with you alway,' with Ro 1* ' I make mention of you always in my prayers.' RV gives alway for always at Ac 24"'«, 2 Th 1» ; and always for alway at Col 4« apparently capriciously, for these changes oblite- rate the distinction noticed above.

When the dis- tinction was lost, always drove alway out of use. J. Hastings. AMAD (ivoy), Jos 19=« only.— A city of Asher. The site is doubtful ; there are several ruins called 'Amud in this region. AMADATHUS, Est 12« 16»-". See Hamme- datua. AMAIN only in 2 Mao W* 'the enemies . . fled a.' (so RV\ Gr. ch <pvy^v Sipiiriaaii). The mean- ing is ' at once, precipitately.'

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Alway, always

Alway; Always ol'-way, ol'-waz (archaic and poetic): Properly applied to acts or states perpetually occurring, but not necessarily continuous. In Hebrew, most frequently, tamiydh. In Greek dia pantos, ordinarily expresses continuity. In Mt 28:20 "alway" the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "always," translation Greek pasas tas hemeras, "all the days," corresponding to the Hebrew idiom similarly rendered in De 5:29; 6:24; 11:1; 28:33; 1Ki 11:36, etc. Greek aei in Ac 7:51; 2Co 6:10; 1Pe 3:15, means "at every and any time."

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  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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