Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ancient of days

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: an-cien-t of -days
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

God, as the One who existed before the beginning of time.

Example Sentences

"I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the sonne of man, came with the clouds of heauen, and came to the Ancient of daies, and they brought him neere before him. And there was giuen him dominion and glory, and a kingdome, that all people, nations, and languages should serue him: his dominion is an euerlasting dominion, which shall not passe away; and his kingdome that, which shall not be destroyed."
"shall wee then receiue an accusation against the Ancient of daies, the Lord himselfe vpon Sathans word, a knowne and detected deceiuer?"
"The first is true: all under the first is obnoxious to error; the puisne posthumous antiquity hath been a refuge for falsehood: the primigenous antiquity, which proceeded from the Ancient of Days, is certain."

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙.

Inflected Forms

the Ancient of Days (canonical)

Questions

What does ancient of days mean?: God, as the One who existed before the beginning of time.
Where does ancient of days come from?: Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙.

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