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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:17 - Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time H6256, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:34 - Everything was numbered and weighed, and all the weight was written down at that time H6256.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “But there are many people; it is the rainy season H6256, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor can the task be done in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - “Let our princes stand in for the whole assembly, and let all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at set times H6256, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the burning anger of our God on account of this matter is turned away from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time H6256 I also said to the people, “Let each man with his young man spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard for us by night and a worker by day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 -

Now it happened when it was heard by Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time H6256 I had not made the doors to stand in the gates,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 -

“Therefore You gave them into the hand of the ones who distressed them, and they afflicted them with distress,

But at the time H6256 of their distress they cried to You,

And You listened from heaven, and according to Your abundant compassion

You gave them saviors and they saved them from the hand of the ones that distressed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 -

“But as soon as they had rest, they returned to do evil before You;

Therefore You forsook them in the hand of their enemies, so they had dominion over them.

Then they returned and cried to You. And You listened from heaven,

And many times H6256 You delivered them according to Your compassion,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 -

Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, in order to bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times H6256 annually, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I [fn]warned them and said to them, “Why do you spend the night in front of the wall? If you do so again, I will send forth my hand against you.” From that time H6256 on they did not come on the sabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:31 - and I arranged for the supply of wood at fixed times H6256 and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 -

Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times H6256—for it was the custom of the king thus to speak before all who knew law and justice

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - “For if you remain silent at this time H6256, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not reached royalty for such a time H6256 as this?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - “Yet all of this is worth nothing to me every time H6256 I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 -

So the king’s scribes were called at that time H6256 in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third [fn]day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to [fn]Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their tongue as well as to the Jews according to their script and their tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:26 -

“You will come to the grave in full vigor,

Like the stacking of grain in its season H6256.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:17 -

“When H6256 they become waterless, they [fn]are silent;

When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:16 -

Who were snatched away before their time H6256,

Whose foundations were [fn]washed away by a river?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 -

“Why are [fn]times H6256 not stored up by the Almighty,

And why do those who know Him not behold His days?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:10 -

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?

Will he call on God at all times H6256?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 -

Which I have reserved for the time H6256 of distress,

For the day of war and battle?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 -

“Can you lead forth a [fn]constellation in its season H6256,

And guide the Bear with her [fn]satellites?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:1 -

“Do you know the time H6256 the [fn]mountain goats give birth?

Do you keep watch over the calving of the deer?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:2 -

“Can you count the months they fulfill,

Or do you know the time H6256 they give birth?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 -

“When H6256 she raises herself up high,

She laughs at the horse and his rider.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:3 -

And he will be like a tree firmly planted by [fn]streams of water,

Which yields its fruit in its season H6256

And its [fn]leaf does not wither;

And [fn]in whatever he does, he prospers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 -

You have put gladness in my heart,

More than when H6256 their grain and new wine abound.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 -

Vav

[fn]Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,

A stronghold in times H6256 of [fn]distress;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 -

Lamedh

[fn]Why do You stand afar off, O Yahweh?

Why do You hide [fn]Yourself in times H6256 of distress?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 -

His ways [fn]prosper at all times H6256;

Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;

As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 -

You will make them as a fiery oven in the time H6256 of your [fn]anger;

Yahweh will swallow them up in His wrath,

And fire will devour them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:15 -

My times H6256 are in Your hand;

Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 -

Therefore, let every holy one pray to You [fn]at a time H6256 when You may be found;

Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:1 -

Of David. When he feigned madness before [fn]Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed.

Aleph

I will bless Yahweh at all times H6256;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 -

They will not be ashamed in the time H6256 of evil,

And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 -

Tav

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;

He is their strength in time H6256 of distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 -

Trust in Him at all times H6256, O people;

Pour out your heart before Him;

God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:13 -

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, at an acceptable time H6256;

O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,

Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:9 -

Do not cast me off in the time H6256 of old age;

Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:15 -

“Those who hate Yahweh would cower before Him,

And their time H6256 of punishment would be forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:13 -

You will arise and have compassion on Zion

For it is time H6256 to be gracious to it,

For the appointed time has come.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:27 -

They all wait for You

To give them their food in [fn]due season H6256.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 -

Until the time H6256 that his word came to pass,

The word of Yahweh refined him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:3 -

How blessed are those who keep [fn]justice,

[fn]And he who does righteousness at all times H6256!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:20 -

My soul is crushed [fn]with longing

For Your judgments at all times H6256.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:126 -

It is time H6256 for Yahweh to act,

For they have broken Your law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:15 -

Ayin

The eyes of all wait on You,

And You give them their food in due time H6256.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 -

As a loving hind and a graceful doe,

Let her breasts satisfy you at all times H6256;

Be [fn]intoxicated always with her love.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 -

Who with perversity in his heart continually H6256 devises evil,

Who [fn]spreads contentions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30 -

Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;

And I was a daily delight,

[fn]Rejoicing always H6256 before Him,


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