till
ad marks a limit of place, time, extent, or continuing duration in the sampled biblical clauses.
As a preposition, ad marks an endpoint or limit in the sampled clauses: geographical reach, a time up to a stated point, continuing duration, or an extent such as “this far.”
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Preposition marking a limit or endpoint · dominant
The supplied forms are tagged as prepositions. In 1 Chronicles 13:5 the APB renders Israel’s assembly as extending “from Shihor in Egypt to the entrance of Bo and Hamath,” while 1 Chronicles 28:20 renders God’s presence as continuing “until all the work ... is finished”; 1 Chronicles 17:16 renders David’s question with “you have brought me this far.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Its wording only illustrates the clauses’ limits. Across the cited verses it uses expressions such as “to,” “until,” “this far,” and “from everlasting to everlasting.”