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Lexicon :: Strong's H3705 - kᵊʿan

Aa
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 BoxEzr 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now because we are responsible to the king, and it is not right for us to see the king's honour damaged, we have sent to give the king word of these things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21 - Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16 - Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6 - So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23 - I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent for, and he will make clear the sense of the writing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - Now, O King, put the order in force, signing the writing so that it may not be changed, like the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.
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