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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 36 times in 34 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:17 - “Have you not done this to yourself
By your forsaking the LORD your God
When H6256 He led you in the way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to Me,
And not their face;
But in the time H6256 of their [fn]trouble they will say,
‘Arise and save us.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:28 - “But where are your gods
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can save you
In the time H6256 of your [fn]trouble;
For according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - “At that time H6256 they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the LORD,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the LORD; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 - In that time H6256 it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - ‘They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the LORD our God,
Who gives rain in its season, H6256
Both the autumn rain and the spring rain,
Who keeps for us
The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - “Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time H6256 that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:1 - “At that time,” H6256 declares the LORD, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7 - “Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons;
And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush
Observe the time H6256 of their [fn]migration;
But My people do not know
The ordinance of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - “Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done?
They certainly were not ashamed,
And they did not know how to blush;
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time H6256 of their punishment they shall be brought down,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:15 - We waited for peace, but no good came;
For a time H6256 of healing, but behold, terror!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time H6256 of their punishment they will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - “Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time H6256 of their disaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14 - “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when H6256 they call to Me because of their disaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - “O Hope of Israel,
Its Savior in time H6256 of distress,
Why are You like a stranger in the land
Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Have You completely rejected Judah?
Or have [fn]You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing?
We waited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time H6256 of healing, but behold, terror!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11 - The LORD said, “Surely I will set you free for purposes of good;
Surely I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you
In a time H6256 of disaster and a time H6256 of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - Yet You, O LORD, know
All their [fn]deadly designs against me;
Do not [fn]forgive their iniquity
Or blot out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be [fn]overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the time H6256 of Your anger!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 - But let that man be like the cities
Which the LORD overthrew without [fn]relenting,
And let him hear an outcry in the morning
And a [fn]shout of alarm at noon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:7 - “All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time H6256 of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will [fn]make him their servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - ‘Alas! for that day is great,
There is none like it;
And it is the time H6256 of Jacob’s distress,
But he will be saved from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:1 - “At that time,” H6256 declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - ‘In those days and at that time H6256 I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:20 - “Thus says the LORD, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed H6256 time, H6256

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - “Also her mercenaries in her midst
Are like [fn]fattened calves,
For even they too have turned back and have fled away together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their calamity has come upon them,
The time H6256 of their punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:8 - “Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Dedan,
For I [fn]will bring the disaster of Esau upon him
At the time H6256 I [fn]punish him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:4 - “In those days and at that time,” H6256 declares the LORD, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the LORD their God they will seek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - “Cut off the sower from Babylon
And the one who wields the sickle at the time H6256 of harvest;
From before [fn]the sword of the oppressor
They will each turn back to his own people
And they will each flee to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20 - ‘In those days and at that time,’ H6256 declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Put all her young bulls to the sword;
Let them go down to the slaughter!
Woe be upon them, for their day has come,
The time H6256 of their punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31 - “Behold, I am against you, O [fn]arrogant one,”
Declares the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
“For your day has come,
The time H6256 [fn]when I will punish you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And each of you save his life!
Do not be [fn]destroyed in her [fn]punishment,
For this is the LORD’S time H6256 of vengeance;
He is going to render recompense to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time H6256 of their punishment they will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
At the time H6256 [fn]it is stamped firm;
Yet in a little while the time H6256 of harvest will come for her.”
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