Then

Usually translated “now”, “however” and “then”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• now 940
• however 767
• then 603
• and 357
• but 149
• also 20
• yet 5
• therefore 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Acts 496
• Luke 490
• Matthew 434
• John 217
• Mark 178
• 1 Corinthians 168

26 books in all.

• Then (edayin)
• Then (tote)
• Therefore/then (oun)
• Then (edayin)

• 2 Thessalonians 2:13In contextBut we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16In contextNow our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3In contextBut the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:4In contextAnd we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:5In contextAnd the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:6In contextNow we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “then” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.