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Lexicon :: Strong's H3705 - kᵊʿan

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כְּעַן
Transliteration
kᵊʿan
Pronunciation
keh-an'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from כֵּן (H3652)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2795

Strong’s Definitions

כְּעַן kᵉʻan, keh-an'; (Aramaic) probably from H3652; now:—now.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H3705 in the following manner: now (12x), now therefore (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H3705 in the following manner: now (12x), now therefore (1x).

  1. now, at this time, until now

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּעַן kᵉʻan, keh-an'; (Aramaic) probably from H3652; now:—now.
STRONGS H3705: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† כְּעַן adverb now (so Egyptian Aramaic (CISii. 137 = CookeNo.73 RÉS:361 B S-CPap. C 5); Targum, e.g. Numbers 22:4: עַן probably a substantive from [H6030 עָנָה] the √ of H6256 עֵת, time; so כְּעַן literally at (this) time = Hebrew H6258 עַתָּה : K§ 67, 4); — Daniel 2:23 וּכְעַן הוֺדַעְתַּנִי, Daniel 3:15; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 5:12, 15, 16; Daniel 6:9; Ezra 4:13, 14, 21; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:6; עַדכְּֿעַן until now Ezra 5:16 (so Targum Genesis 18:22 +).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:22

Numbers

22:4

Ezra

4:13; 4:14; 4:21; 5:16; 5:17; 6:6

Daniel

2:23; 3:15; 4:34; 5:12; 5:15; 5:16; 6:9

H3705

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3705 matches the Hebrew כְּעַן (kᵊʿan),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they will not pay tribute, tax, and toll, and in the end it will bring damage to the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21 - Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16 - Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and since that time even until now has it been in building, and it is not completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - And now, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that orders were given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6 - Therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23 - I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, And hast made known unto me already what we desired of thee; For thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and solving of problems, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - And now the wise men, the magicians, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and solve problems. Now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.
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