ἄρτι, adverb, according to its derivation (from 
ΑΡΩ to draw close together, to join, Latin 
arto; [cf. Curtius, § 488]) denoting time closely connected;
1. in Attic "
just now, this moment (German 
gerade, 
eben), marking something begun or finished even now, just before the time in which we are speaking" (
Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 20): 
Matthew 9:18; 
1 Thessalonians 3:6, and perhaps 
Revelation 12:10.
2. according to later Greek usage universally, 
now, at this time; opposed to past time: 
John 9:19, 
25; 
John 13:33; 
1 Corinthians 16:7; 
Galatians 1:9f, opposed to future time: 
John 13:37; 
John 16:12, 
31; 
2 Thessalonians 2:7; opposed to future time subsequent to the return of Christ: 
1 Corinthians 13:12; 
1 Peter 1:6, 
8. of present time most closely limited, 
at this very time, this moment: 
Matthew 3:15; 
Matthew 26:53; 
John 13:7; 
Galatians 4:20. 
ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας, 
1 Corinthians 4:11; 
ἕως ἄρτι, 
hitherto; until now, up to this time: 
Matthew 11:12; 
John 2:10; 
John 5:17; 
John 16:24; 
1 Corinthians 4:13; 
1 Corinthians 8:7; 
1 Corinthians 15:6; 
1 John 2:9. 
ἀπ’ ἄρτι, see 
ἀπάρτι above. Cf. 
Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 18ff; [
Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 70f].
    [Synonyms 
ἄρτι, 
ἤδη, 
νῦν: Roughly speaking, it may be said that 
ἄρτι just now, even now, properly marks time closely connected with the present; later, strictly present time, (see above, and compare in English "just now" 
i. e. a moment ago, and "just now" (emphatic) 
i. e. at this present time). 
νῦν now, marks a definite point (or period) of time, the (objective) immediate present. 
ἤδη now (
already) with a suggested reference to some other time or to some expectation, the subjective present 
(i. e. so regarded by the writer). 
ἤδη and 
ἄρτι are associated in 
2 Thessalonians 2:7; 
νῦν and 
ἤδη in 
1 John 4:3. See Kühner §§ 498; 499; 
Bäumlein, Partikeln, p. 138ff; Ellic. on 
1 Thessalonians 3:6; 
2 Timothy 4:6.]
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