Soon

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

• soon 10

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

• Luke 2
• Philippians 2
• John 1
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Galatians 1
• 2 Thessalonians 1

8 books in all.

• When/as soon as (epan)
• In order (kathexēs)

• 1 Timothy 5:22In contextLay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
• Luke 14:21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
• Luke 16:6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
• John 11:31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
• 1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
• Galatians 1:6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

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

How the English word “soon” 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.