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Then

אֱדַ֫יִןStrong’s H0227

edayin (e-da-yin)

Appears in 133 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Edayin is the Hebrew word usually translated “then” and “from then”. It appears in 133 verses of the Old Testament.

“And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.”
Genesis 4:26 KJV
Meaning
  1. Then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time
  2. In time past, of old
  3. From time of, since
How it's translated
  • then 119
  • from then 17
  • and then 4
  • and from then 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 16
  • Psalms 13
  • Joshua 9
  • Exodus 8
  • 1 Kings 8
  • Job 8

27 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 133 verses, by book
Leviticus 2
26:3426:41
Numbers 1
21:17
Deuteronomy 2
4:4129:20
Ruth 1
2:7
1 Samuel 2
6:320:12
Ecclesiastes 1
2:15
Song of Solomon 1
8:10
Ezekiel 1
32:14
Hosea 1
2:7
Micah 1
3:4
Habakkuk 1
1:11
Zephaniah 2
3:93:11
Malachi 1
3:16
Hebrew dictionary

אֱדַ֫יִן edayin · then

then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time Aramaic of az (אָז "then" H0227A)

מֵאָז meaz · the past

1) in time past, of old 2)from time of, since

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

THEN, adverb

  1. At that time, referring to a time specified, either past or future.“And the Canaanite was then in the land” Genesis 12:6“Now I know in part, but then shall I know even as I am known” 1 Corinthians 13:12
  2. Afterward; soon afterward or immediately.“First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift” Matthew 5:24
  3. In that case; in consequence. Galatians 3:9Job 3:13
  4. Therefore; for this reason.
All definitions
  1. At another time; as now and then at one time and another.
  2. That time.

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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.