Bible Dictionary
CONTINUANCE
Continuance means persistence or steadfast duration. Biblical uses of the older term relate to the days appointed by God and to patient, steadfast endurance.
Definition
Continuance means persistence, duration, or steadfast endurance. It may refer to the appointed course of one’s days or to patient perseverance.
Biblical Usage
The term is associated with the days ordained by God and with steadfastness in doing good. In older translations it may also represent long duration.
Historical Background
The Revised Version replaces “continuance” in the cited passages with “the days that were ordained,” “of long time,” or “steadfastness,” according to context.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kon-tin'-u-ans: Not in the Revised Version (British and American); in Ps 139:16 the King James Version, as an interpretation of Hebrew yamim, "days," treating of God's prevision, where the Revised Version (British and American) has: "They were all written, even the days that were ordained for me," i.e. all my days were in view, before one of them actually existed. In Isa 64:5 the King James Version, for `olam, "of long time," the Revised Version (British and American); in Ro 2:7, for hupomone, "patience," the Revised Version (British and American), or still better, "steadlfastness," the Revised Version, margin.</p>