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Lexicon :: Strong's H6256 - ʿēṯ

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עֵת
Transliteration
ʿēṯ
Pronunciation
ayth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1650b

Strong’s Definitions

עֵת ʻêth, ayth; from H5703; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.:— after, (al-) ways, × certain, continually, evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 296x

The KJV translates Strong's H6256 in the following manner: time (257x), season (16x), when (7x), always (4x), eveningtide (with H6153) (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 296x
The KJV translates Strong's H6256 in the following manner: time (257x), season (16x), when (7x), always (4x), eveningtide (with H6153) (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. time

    1. time (of an event)

    2. time (usual)

    3. experiences, fortunes

    4. occurrence, occasion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵת ʻêth, ayth; from H5703; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.:— after, (al-) ways, × certain, continually, evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.
STRONGS H6256: Abbreviations
עֵת 297 noun feminineAmos 5:13 and (seldom, mostly late) masculineEzra 10:14 time (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician עת; Assyrian inu, ittu, time; Talmud עַנְתָּא; clearly from a √ ענה, but doubtful whether I. ע׳); — absolute ע׳ Hosea 10:12 +, construct ע׳ Genesis 24:12 + עֶתֿ Leviticus 15:25 + 5 times; suffix עִתּוֺ Hosea 2:11 +, etc.; plural, late, עִתִּים 1 Chronicles 12:32 +, suffix עִתֶּיךָ, Isaiah 33:6; עִתּוֺת Psalm 9:10; Psalm 10:1, suffix עִתֹּתָ֑י Psalm 31:16; — ע׳ only twice P, once H; —
1. time of an event, etc.:
a. usually (213 times) with preposition: with בְּ (142 times), especially הַהִוא בָּע׳ Genesis 21:22 (E) in that time, Genesis 38:1 (J), Numbers 22:4 (E), Deuteronomy 1:9 + 14 times Deuteronomy; הַהִיא בָּע׳ Joshua 5:2; Amos 5:13; Daniel 12:1 (twice in verse). + (69 times, not in P); הַזּאֹת בָּע׳ Esther 4:14, בָּעִתִּים הָהֵם 2 Chronicles 15:5; Daniel 11:14; בְּכָלעֵֿת at all times Exodus 18:22, 26 (E), Leviticus 16:2 (P) Psalm 34:2 +; = continually Proverbs 8:30, בְּכָלעֵֿת אֲשֶׁר Esther 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; with לְ (31 times; compare ל 6 above), 2 Samuel 11:1 + at the time, but Ezekiel 12:27 for distant times, compare לְעֵת כָּזֹאת Esther 4:14, etc.; with כְּ (21 times; compare כ 1a above), הַזּאֹת מָחָר כָּע׳ Joshua 11:6 (JE) tomorrow about this time, usually מָחָר כָּע׳ (KöSynt. 401 o) Exodus 9:18 (J), 1 Samuel 9:16 (compare Dr), 1 Samuel 20:12; 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 20:6; 2 Kings 7:1, 18; 2 Kings 10:6†; כָּעֵת חַיָה; † כָּעֵת הָרִאשׁוֺן Isaiah 8:23 at the former time; כָּעֵת alone Numbers 23:23 (JE) at this time = now (probably, compare Di), Judges 13:23; Judges 21:22†, etc.; with מִן (8 times), מִן הָעֵת הַהִא Nehemiah 13:21, etc.; with עַד (12 times), הַהִיא עַדהָֿע׳ Nehemiah 6:1 up to that time, מֵעֵת עַדעֵֿת Ezekiel 4:10, 11 etc. (5 times Daniel); with אלֿ, מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת 1 Chronicles 9:25.
b. often construct defined by noun following: בְּעֵת צָהֳרָ֑יִם Jeremiah 20:16, לְעֵת (הָ)עֶרֶב 2 Samuel 11:12; Genesis 8:11; Genesis 24:11 (both J), Isaiah 17:14; Zechariah 14:7; עַדעֵֿת הָעָ֑רֶב Joshua 8:29 (JE), כְּעֵת מִנְחַת עֶרֶב Daniel 9:21, redundantly לְעֶתיֿוֺם בְּיוֺם 1 Chronicles 12:22, (ה)קָצִיר ע׳ Jeremiah 50:16; Jeremiah 51:33, הַוָּמִיר ע׳ Songs 2:12, וִקְנָה ע׳ 1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 15:23; Psalm 71:9, אַפְּךָ בְּע׳ Jeremiah 18:23 = פָּנֶיךָ לְע׳ Psalm 21:10 (of anger), לְעִתּוֺת בַּצָּרָה Psalm 9:10; Psalm 10:1 at time destitution (see בַּצָּרָה), etc.
c. followed by infinitive בּוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לְע׳ Joshua 10:27 (JE), 2 Chronicles 18:34, קָרְאָם בְּע׳ Jeremiah 11:14a (read בְּעֵת also Jeremiah 11:14b, Gie), etc.
d. followed by clause with finite verb (in poetry or late) Deuteronomy 32:35; Job 6:17; 2 Chronicles 20:22; 24:11; 29:27 + (compare 2c).
2.
a. = usual time: צֵאת לְע׳ 2 Samuel 11:1 at time of kings' going forth = 1 Chronicles 20:1; בְּעֵת יַחֵם Genesis 31:10; עֵת לֶדֶת Job 39:1, 2.
b. proper, suitable time: rain בְּעִתּוֺ Deuteronomy 11:14 Jeremiah 5:24 +, compare Leviticus 26:4 (H), also Psalm 1:3; Psalm 104:27; Psalm 145:15; Proverbs 15:23; Isaiah 60:22; Ecclesiastes 3:11 עֵת מִלְחָמָה Ecclesiastes 3:8; שָׁלוֺם ע׳ Ecclesiastes 3:8; followed by infinitive Hosea 10:12, הַעֵת לָקַחַת 2 Kings 5:26 is it a time to take money? Haggai 1:4, עֶתבֵּֿית לְהִבָּנוֺת י׳ Haggai 1:2 (Haggai 1:2a read עַתָּ בָּא Hi We Now and others); עֵת לַעֲשׂוֺת Psalm 119:126, compare Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 (26 times); absolute כִּי עֵת Hosea 13:13 (Hi We and others; GuKau gives עַתָּ; > Now כָּעֵת); absolute with negative Job 22:16; Ecclesiastes 7:17; hence (late) יוֺדְעֵי בִינָה לָעִתִּים 1 Chronicles 12:32, יִדְעֵי הָעִתִּים Esther 1:13 i.e. astrologers, etc.
c. appointed time, בְּעֵת תֵּת וגו׳ 1 Samuel 18:19 at the appointed time of giving, Ezekiel 7:7, 12; Isaiah 13:22, פְּקֻדָּתָם ע׳ Jeremiah 8:12; Jeremiah 10:15 = Jeremiah 51:18; Jeremiah 46:21; Jeremiah 50:27 compare (with finite verb) Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 49:8; Jeremiah 50:31, אַרְצוֺ ע׳ Jeremiah 27:7, גּוֺיִם ע׳ Ezekiel 30:3,לְעִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים Ezra 10:14; Nehemiah 10:35 compareNehemiah 13:31; מוֺעֵד עַדעֿ׳ 2 Samuel 24:15; Psalm 103:14 (|| מוֺעֵד), etc.; compare וּמִשְׁפָּט עֵת Ecclesiastes 8:5, 6 (for time of judgment),עִתּוֺ Ecclesiastes 9:12; especially לְעֵת קֵץ Daniel 8:7; compare Daniel 11:35, 40; Daniel 12:4, 9, עֲוֺן קֵץ כְּע׳ Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 21:34; compare Ezekiel 35:5; לְקֵץ הָעִתִּים Daniel 11:13.
d. as uncertain עֵת וָפֶגַע Ecclesiastes 9:11.
3. = experiences, fortunes, plural אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ Isaiah 33:6; Psalm 31:16; הָעִתִּים אֲשֶׁר עָֽבְרוּ עָלָיו 1 Chronicles 29:30
† 4. occurrence, occasions (= פַּעַם), רַבּוֺת עִתִּים Nehemiah 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:11; 21:22; 24:11; 24:12; 31:10; 38:1

Exodus

9:18; 18:22; 18:26

Leviticus

15:25; 16:2; 26:4

Numbers

22:4; 23:23

Deuteronomy

1:9; 11:14; 32:35

Joshua

5:2; 8:29; 10:27; 11:6

Judges

13:23; 21:22

1 Samuel

9:16; 18:19; 20:12

2 Samuel

11:1; 11:1; 11:12; 24:15

1 Kings

11:4; 15:23; 19:2; 20:6

2 Kings

5:26; 7:1; 7:18; 10:6

1 Chronicles

9:25; 12:22; 12:32; 12:32; 20:1; 29:30

2 Chronicles

15:5; 18:34; 20:22; 24:11; 29:27

Ezra

10:14; 10:14

Nehemiah

6:1; 9:28; 10:35; 13:21

Esther

1:13; 4:14; 4:14; 5:13

Job

6:17; 22:16; 39:1; 39:2

Psalms

1:3; 9:10; 9:10; 10:1; 10:1; 21:10; 31:16; 31:16; 34:2; 71:9; 103:14; 104:27; 119:126; 145:15

Proverbs

8:30; 15:23

Ecclesiastes

3:2; 3:3; 3:4; 3:5; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 3:8; 3:8; 3:11; 7:17; 8:5; 8:6; 9:11; 9:12

Song of Songs

2:12

Isaiah

13:22; 17:14; 33:6; 33:6; 60:22

Jeremiah

5:24; 6:15; 8:12; 10:15; 11:14; 11:14; 18:23; 20:16; 27:7; 46:21; 49:8; 50:16; 50:27; 50:31; 51:18; 51:33

Ezekiel

4:10; 4:11; 7:7; 7:12; 12:27; 21:30; 30:3; 35:5

Daniel

8:7; 9:21; 11:13; 11:14; 11:35; 11:40; 12:1; 12:4; 12:9

Hosea

2:11; 10:12; 10:12; 13:13

Amos

5:13; 5:13

Haggai

1:2; 1:2; 1:4

Zechariah

14:7

H6256

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Strong's Number H6256 matches the Hebrew עֵת (ʿēṯ),
which occurs 296 times in 258 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (2Ch 35:17–Pro 8:30)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:17 - And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, H6256 and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:34 - By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. H6256

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But the people are many, and it is a time H6256 of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, H6256 and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - Likewise at the same time H6256 said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time H6256 I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time H6256 of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times H6256 didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times H6256 appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time H6256 forth came they no more on the sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:31 - And for the wood offering, at times H6256 appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 - Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, H6256 (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, H6256 then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time H6256 as this?

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as H6256 I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - Then were the king's scribes called at that time H6256 in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:26 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. H6256

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:17 - What time H6256 they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:16 - Which were cut down out of time, H6256 whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - Why, seeing times H6256 are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:10 - Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always H6256 call upon God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - Which I have reserved against the time H6256 of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 - Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? H6256 or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:1 - Knowest thou the time H6256 when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:2 - Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time H6256 when they bring forth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 - What time H6256 she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:3 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; H6256 his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time H6256 that their corn and their wine increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times H6256 of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times H6256 of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 - His ways are always H6256 grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time H6256 of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:15 - My times H6256 are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time H6256 when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:1 - [[A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.]] I will bless the LORD at all times: H6256 his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 - They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: H6256 and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time H6256 of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 - Trust in him at all times; H6256 ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:13 - But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: H6256 O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:9 - Cast me not off in the time H6256 of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:15 - The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time H6256 should have endured for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:13 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time H6256 to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:27 - These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. H6256

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - Until the time H6256 that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:3 - Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. H6256

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:20 - My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. H6256

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:126

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:126 - It is time H6256 for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:15 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. H6256

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 - Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; H6256 and be thou ravished always with her love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 - Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; H6256 he soweth discord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30 - Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always H6256 before him;

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