Now
νυνίStrong’s G3570nuni
Appears in 19 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nuni is the Greek word usually translated “now” and “that case”. It appears in 19 verses of the New Testament.
“Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.”
Meaning
Usually translated “now” and “that case”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- now 18
- in that case 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 6
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Acts 2
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Philemon 2
- Hebrews 2
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Philemon 1:11In contextWhich in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
- Acts 22:1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
- Acts 24:13Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
- Romans 3:21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
- Romans 6:22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
- Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Greek dictionary
νυνί nuni · now
νῦνί an Attic strengthened form of νῦν (in cl. always of time, and most often strictly of the pres.), [in LXX : Job.5:1-27, Psa.2:1-12, 1-12, 4Ma.4:1-26, Ep. Je* ;] now; 1. of time: with praes., Act.24:13, Rom.15:23, 25, 1Co.13:13, 2Co.8:11 8:22, Phm 9 11; with pf., Rom.3:21; with pret., Rom.6:22 11:30 (WH, mg.) Rom.7:6, Eph.2:13, Col.1:21 3:8; ἡ ν. ἀπολογία, Act.22:1. 2. Of logical sequence (not so in cl.): Rom.7:17, 1Co.5:11 (νῦν, WH) 1Co.12:18 (νῦν, WH, txt.) 1Co.15:20, Heb.8:6 (νῦν, WH, txt.), Heb.9:26 (cf. WM, 24, 579n).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “now” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NOW, adverb
- At the present time.
- A little while ago; very lately.
- At one time; at another time.
- now sometimes expresses or implies a connection between the subsequent and preceding proposition; often it introduces an inference or an explanation of what precedes.“Not this man, but barabbas; now Barabbas was a robber” John 18:40“Then said Mich, now I know that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest” Judges 17:13
All definitions and other forms of “now”
- After this; things being so.
- In supplication, it appears to be somewhat emphatical.“I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart” 2 Kings 20:3
- now sometimes refers to a particular time past specified or understood, and may be defined, at that time.
- Applied to places which appear at intervals or in succession.
NOW, noun
The present time or moment.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.