Ancient of Days
English
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙.
Proper noun
[edit]- (Christianity, biblical) God, as the One who existed before the beginning of time.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 7:13-14:
- 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.
- 1618, Daniel Dyke, “Michael and the dragon, or Christ tempted and Sathan foyled”, in Two Treatises. The one, Of Repentance: the other, Of Christs Temptations, London: Edward Griffin, page 242:
- shall wee then receiue an accusation against the Ancient of daies, the Lord himselfe vpon Sathans word, a knowne and detected deceiuer?
- 1641, Joseph Hall, A Short Answer to the Vindication of Smectymnuus:
- 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.