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Lexicon :: Strong's H6258 - ʿatâ

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עַתָּה
Transliteration
ʿatâ
Pronunciation
at-taw'
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Part of Speech
adverb
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TWOT Reference: 1650c

Strong’s Definitions

עַתָּה ʻattâh, at-taw'; from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive:—henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6258 in the following manner: now, whereas, henceforth, this time forth, straightway.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6258 in the following manner: now, whereas, henceforth, this time forth, straightway.
  1. now

    1. now

    2. in phrases

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַתָּה ʻattâh, at-taw'; from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive:—henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
STRONGS H6258: Abbreviations
עַתָּ֫ה 435 (also Ezekiel 23:43; Psalm 74:6 עת Kt, Qr עַתָּה), עָ֑֫תָּה Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4] +, adverb of time, now (properly accusative of [`int], עֵת (Köii. 260), at the time, in particular of the present time, i.e. now; compare German zur Zeit, Arabic bdb077401at the time, i.e. now); — now:
1.
a. Genesis 12:19 ועתה הנה אשׁתך and now, behold thy wife, Genesis 22:12 ידעתי עתה ידעתי now, I know (so Exodus 18:11; Judges 17:13; H20881 Kings 17:24 [עַתָּה זֶה], Psalm 20:7 [Psalm 20:6]), Genesis 26:22, Genesis 26:29; H2088Genesis 27:36; Genesis 31:13, Genesis 31:28, etc., Exodus 5:5 הך רבים עתה עם הארץ; whether in opposed to past time, as Genesis 32:11 [Genesis 32:10]; Joshua 14:11 כְּכֹחִי אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָ֑תָּה, Judges 11:8; 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 1:21 ועתה מרצחים, Isaiah 16:14; Hosea 2:9 [Hosea 2:7] כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מַעָ֑תָּה, Hosea 13:2, Job 30:1 +, or to future, as Numbers 24:17 אֶרְאֶנּוּ ולא עתה, Judges 8:6 חֲכַף עַתָּה־בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ זֶבַח וצ׳, 1 Samuel 2:16 כִּי עַתָּה תִּתֵּן; = after all Numbers 22:38; Judges 8:2; = now at last 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 19:25; Hosea 7:2; Jeremiah 4:12; and in the phrase מעתה ועד עולם Isaiah 9:6 [Isaiah 9:7]; Isaiah 59:21; Micah 4:7 (see below), Psalm 113:2; Psalm 115:18; Psalm 121:8; Psalm 125:2; Psalm 131:3.
b. of the imminent or impending future: Genesis 19:9 מֵהֶם לְךָ נָרַע עַתָּה. Genesis 29:32 כי עתה יאהבני אישׁי, Genesis 29:34; Exodus 6:1 עתה תראה, Numbers 11:23; Numbers 22:4; 2 Samuel 20:6; Isaiah 33:10 (Psalm 12:6 [Psalm 12:5]), Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 49:19; Amos 6:7 לכן עתה יִגְלוּ, Isaiah 49:19; Micah 7:4, Micah 7:10; Daniel 10:20; and especially ἀσυνδέτως in Hosea, introducing a punishment, Hosea 4:16 וגו׳ עתה יִרְעֵם י׳ Hosea 5:7; Hosea 8:8, Hosea 8:13 (Jeremiah 14:10), Jeremiah 10:2.
c. of a time ideally present (= then, from our point of view): Isaiah 29:22 לא עתה יבושׁ יעקב, Isaiah 29:22b Hosea 10:3; Micah 4:9, Micah 4:10, Micah 4:11; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; Micah 5:3 [Micah 5:4].
d. describing a present state = as things are: 1 Samuel 8:5 thou art old, etc., עתה שִׂימָה לנו מלך, 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 13:12; 1 Samuel 14:30; 1 Samuel 25:7b; 1 Samuel 27:1 now I shall be swept away one day, etc., 2 Kings 18:20, 2 Kings 18:25; Job 6:21; Job 14:16; Job 16:7.
e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed, Genesis 31:13 צא קום עתה, Exodus 18:19 עתה שְׁמַע בקולי, Numbers 22:11; Deuteronomy 2:13; Isaiah 30:8.
2. Phrases:
a. עַתָּה זֶה (זֶה 4h) H2088 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 5:22.
b. ועתה and, now, or now, therefore (וְ 4), drawing a conclusion, especially (compare 1e) a practical one, from what has been stated: Genesis 3:22 and now (since man has once been disobedient), lest he put forth his hand, etc., Genesis 20:7; Genesis 20:23 וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעָה לִי הֵ֫נָּה, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 27:8 ועתה בני שְׁמַע בקולי, Genesis 30:30; Genesis 31:16, Genesis 31:44; Genesis 37:20 + often, Isaiah 5:3, Isaiah 5:5; Psalm 2:10; Genesis 11:6 וגו׳ מֵהֶם לֹא־יִבָּצֵר ועתה, Genesis 31:30; Genesis 45:8; 2 Samuel 19:11 [2 Samuel 19:10]; Psalm 39:8 [Psalm 39:7] אֲדֹנָי מַה־קִּוִּיתִי ועתה , Isaiah 52:5.
c. וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה stating the ground on which some conclusion or action is to be based, Exodus 3:9; Joshua 14:10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Samuel 24:21 [1 Samuel 24:20]; 1 Kings 1:18; Jeremiah 40:4 (with ועתה usually repeated afer the הנה-clause).
†e. מֵעַתָּה from now, henceforth, Jeremiah 3:4; Isaiah 48:6; Daniel 10:17 (according to some, here = from just now), 2 Chronicles 16:9; מעתה עולם ועד , see above 1a end.
f. עַדעַֿתָּה until now, Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4], עד־ע׳ וָאֵחַר, Deuteronomy 12:9 אל הנחלה לא באתם עד ע׳ (opposed to the future), H57042 Kings 13:23; especially after clause with מִן, 2Ki 46:34 מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ וְעַדעֿ׳ (2 Samuel 19:8 [2 Samuel 19:7]; Ezekiel 4:14), Exodus 9:18; 2 Kings 8:6; Ruth 2:7.
g. כִּי עַתָּה for in this case, in our idiom, for then (עתה pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr§ 141, 142);
(a) Exodus 9:15 כי עתה שׁלחתי וגו׳ for then (if the intention expressed in Exodus 9:14 had not existed) I should have put forth my hand, etc., Numbers 22:29 כי עתה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ, 1 Samuel 13:13; Job 3:13; followed by imperfect Job 6:3 for then (if it were weighed, Job 6:2) it would be heavier, etc., Job 13:19 for then would I be silent and die;
(b) after a protasis, surely then Genesis 31:42 + (see כִּי 1d b, p. 472).
—Note. Read כְּמוֺ עַתָּ) (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate) as now, for כְּמוֺ עֵת Ezekiel 16:57, עַתָּ נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate) now art thou broken ! for עֵת נִשְׁבֶּרֶת Ezekiel 27:34, and probably עַתָּ בָּא (Hi We Kö Now, compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version) for עֶתבּֿאֹ Haggai 1:2; also עַתָּה for אַתָּה 1 Kings 1:20, and אַתָּה for עַתָּה 1 Kings 1:18b 2 Samuel 18:3.
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Genesis

3:22; 11:6; 12:19; 19:9; 20:7; 22:12; 26:22; 26:29; 27:3; 27:8; 27:36; 29:32; 29:34; 30:30; 31:13; 31:13; 31:16; 31:28; 31:30; 31:42; 31:44; 32:4; 32:4; 32:10; 37:20; 44:10; 45:8

Exodus

3:9; 5:5; 6:1; 9:14; 9:15; 9:18; 18:11; 18:19

Numbers

11:23; 22:4; 22:11; 22:29; 22:38; 24:17

Deuteronomy

2:13; 12:9

Joshua

14:10; 14:11

Judges

8:2; 8:6; 11:8; 17:13

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

2:16; 8:5; 9:6; 12:2; 12:16; 13:12; 13:13; 14:30; 24:20; 25:7; 27:1

2 Samuel

18:3; 19:7; 19:10; 20:6; 24:16

1 Kings

1:18; 1:18; 1:20; 12:4; 14:14; 17:24; 17:24; 19:4

2 Kings

5:22; 8:6; 13:23; 18:20; 18:25; 19:25

2 Chronicles

16:9

Job

3:13; 6:2; 6:3; 6:21; 13:19; 14:16; 16:7; 16:19; 30:1

Psalms

2:10; 12:5; 20:6; 39:7; 74:6; 113:2; 115:18; 121:8; 125:2; 131:3

Isaiah

1:21; 5:3; 5:5; 9:7; 16:14; 29:22; 29:22; 30:8; 33:10; 43:19; 48:6; 49:19; 49:19; 52:5; 59:21

Jeremiah

3:4; 4:12; 10:2; 14:10; 40:4

Ezekiel

4:14; 16:57; 23:43; 27:34

Daniel

10:17; 10:20

Hosea

2:7; 4:16; 5:7; 7:2; 8:8; 8:13; 10:3; 13:2

Joel

2:12

Amos

6:7

Micah

4:7; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 5:1; 5:4; 7:4; 7:10

Haggai

1:2

H6258

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6258 matches the Hebrew עַתָּה (ʿatâ),
which occurs 435 times in 422 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 9 (Jos 24:23–1Sa 15:25)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23 - “So now H6258, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His wondrous deeds which our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now H6258 Yahweh has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - “So now H6258, [fn]come, call out in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So 22,000 people returned, but 10,000 remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - But he said to them, “What have I done now H6258 in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:6 - But the princes of Succoth said, “[fn]Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already H6258 in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - Then he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you reproached me, saying, ‘[fn]Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already H6258 in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 -

“So now H6258, if you have dealt in [fn]truth and integrity and made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and [fn]have dealt with him according to the bountiful works of his hands

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32 - “So now H6258, arise by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your [fn]boasting now with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you rejected? Go out now H6258 and fight with them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - Then Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me from my father’s house? So why have you come to me now H6258 when you are in distress?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “For this reason we have now H6258 returned to you, that you may go with us and fight with the sons of Ammon and become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - Then the king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan; so now H6258, return them peaceably.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:23 - ‘So now H6258 Yahweh, the God of Israel, dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel. Are you then to possess it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘So now H6258 are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - “So now H6258, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - “And he said to me, ‘Behold, you [fn]shall be with child and give birth to a son, so now H6258 you shall not drink wine or strong drink, and you shall not eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - So Manoah said, “Now H6258 your words will come to pass. What shall be the judgment governing the boy and his work?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:2 - So he came back up and told his father and [fn]mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; so now H6258, take her for me as a wife.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - Then he became very thirsty, and he called to Yahweh and said, “You have given this great salvation by the hand of Your slave, but now H6258 [fn]shall I die of thirst [fn]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:10 -

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have deceived me and told me lies; now H6258 please tell me [fn]how you may be bound.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - And he then returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I wholly set apart the silver from my hand as holy to Yahweh for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; so now H6258 I will return [fn]them to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:13 - Then Micah said, “Now H6258 I know that Yahweh will prosper me because I have a Levite as priest.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 -

And the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their relatives, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and [fn]household idols and a graven image and a molten image? So now H6258, know what you should do.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:9 - “But now H6258 this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - “So now H6258, give up the men, the [fn]vile fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and purge this evil from Israel.” But the sons of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 - “And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now H6258; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - “And now H6258, is not Boaz our [fn]kinsman, with whose young women you were? Behold, he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor tonight.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:11 - “So now H6258, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say, I will do for you; for all my people within the gates of the city know that you are a woman of excellence.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:12 - “But now H6258 it is true I am a kinsman redeemer; however, there is a kinsman redeemer closer than I.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - Then the man would say to him, “They must surely offer up the fat in smoke [fn]first, and then take as much as your soul desires,” then he would say, “No, you shall give it now H6258; and if not, I will take it by force.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now H6258 Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be cursed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - “So now H6258, take and make a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now H6258 appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:9 - “So now H6258, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly [fn]testify to them and tell them of the [fn]custom of the king who will reign over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But he said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and the man is held in honor; all that he says surely comes true. Now H6258 let us go there, perhaps he can tell us about our journey on which we have gone.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - And they answered them and said, “He is! Behold, he is ahead of you. Hurry now H6258, for he has come into the city today, for the people have a sacrifice on the high place today.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - “As soon as you enter the city you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he comes because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. So now H6258, go up for you will find him at once.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ So now H6258, take your stand before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - “So now H6258, here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - “So now H6258, take your stand, that I may judge you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh which He did for you and your fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - “And they cried out to Yahweh and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now H6258 deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:13 - “So now H6258, behold, the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16 - “Even now H6258, take your stand and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:12 - therefore I said, ‘Now H6258 the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Yahweh.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:13 - And Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which He commanded you, for now H6258 Yahweh would have established your kingdom [fn]over Israel forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:14 - “But now H6258 your kingdom shall not endure. Yahweh has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him as ruler over His people because you have not kept what Yahweh commanded you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - “How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now H6258 the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:1 -

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; so now H6258, [fn]obey the voice of the words of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now H6258 go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:25 - “So now H6258, please forgive my sin and return with me, that I may worship Yahweh.”

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