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Continual [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Proceeding without interruption or cessation; unceasing; not intermitting; used in reference to time.

2. He that hath a merry heart hath a continual feast. Proverbs 15:15 .

3. I have great heaviness and continual sorrow of heart. Romans 9:2 .

4. Very frequent; often repeated; as, the charitable man has continual application for alms.

5. continual fever, or continued fever, a fever that abates, but never entirely intermits, till it comes to a crisis; thus distinguished from remitting and intermitting fever.

6. continual claim, in law, a claim that is made from time to time within every year or day, to land or other estate, the possession of which cannot be obtained without hazard.

7. Perpetual.

Continual [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.

Continually [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Without pause or cessation; unceasingly; as, the ocean is continually rolling its waves on the shore.

2. Very often; in repeated succession; from time to time.

3. Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually 2 Samuel 9:7 .

Continually [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.

2. In regular or repeated succession; very often.

Continualness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Permanence.

Perpetuity Roget’s Thesaurus §112

N. perpetuity, eternity, everness, aye, sempiternity, immortality, athanasia, interminability, agelessness, everlastingness, perpetuation, continued existence, uninterrupted existence, perennity, permanence (durability) 110

V. last forever, endure forever, go on forever, have no end, eternize, perpetuate

Adj. perpetual, eternal, everduring, everlasting, ever-living, ever-flowing, continual, sempiternal, coeternal, endless, unending, ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent, unceasing, endless, unending, interminable, having no end, unfading, evergreen, amaranthine, neverending, never-dying, never-fading, deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable

Adv. perpetually, always, ever, evermore, aye, for ever, for aye, till the end of the universe, forevermore, forever and a day, for ever and ever, in all ages, from age to age, without end, world without end, time without end, in secula seculorum, to the end of time, to the crack of doom, to the "last syllable of recorded time", till doomsday, constantly

Phr. esto perpetuum, labitur et labetur in omne volubilis oevum, "but thou shall flourish in immortal youth", "eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought", "her immortal part with angels lives", ohne rast, ora e sempre

Frequency Roget’s Thesaurus §136

N. frequency, oftness, oftenness, commonness, repetition, normality, example (conformity) 82, routine, custom (habit) 613, regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision, punctuality, even tenor, system, routine, formula, rule, keynote, standard, model, precedent, conformity

V. recur, do nothing but, keep, keep on

Adj. frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick, uniform, repeated, customary (habit) 613, regular (normal) 80, according to rule, common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar, old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial

Adv. often, oft, ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, repeatedly, unseldom, not unfrequently, in quick succession, in rapid succession, many a time and oft, daily, hourly &c, every day, every hour, every moment &c. perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit) 613, most often, commonly, sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again

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Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Genesis 8:5

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

Exodus 27:20

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Exodus 28:29

And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

Exodus 29:38

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.

Exodus 29:42

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

Leviticus 6:13

The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.

Leviticus 24:2

Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Leviticus 24:3

Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Leviticus 24:4

He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.

He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

Numbers 4:7

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.

Numbers 9:16

So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

Numbers 28:3

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.

Numbers 28:6

It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Numbers 28:10

This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 28:15

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.

Numbers 28:23

Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.

You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.