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H5750 · Hebrew · Old Testament
עוֹד
Od
Adverb / Noun
Still, Yet, Again, Continuance

Definition

The Hebrew word od (עוֹד) is a common adverb meaning still, yet, again, or besides. It appears over 480 times and carries the sense of something that continues, persists, or returns. It can also function as a noun meaning continuance or duration.

Usage & Theological Significance

Od is theologically significant in prophetic contexts where God declares that something will still happen despite present devastation. "Yet will I praise Him" (Psalm 42:5) — this od is the grammar of faith: the stubborn refusal to let present circumstances define the final word. The prophets deploy od to announce that God is not finished with His story.

Key Bible Verses

Psalm 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Zechariah 8:4
There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem.
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak.
Isaiah 54:1
For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife.
Job 1:16
While he was yet speaking, there came also another.

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