Now
כְּעֶ֫נֶתStrong’s H3706keenet (ke-e-net)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Keenet is the Aramaic word usually translated “now”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.”
Meaning
- Now, and now
How it's translated
- and now 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 4
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:11This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
- Ezra 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
Aramaic dictionary
כְּעֶ֫נֶת keenet · now
now, and now Aramaic of ke.an (כְּעַן "now" H3705)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.