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Lexicon :: Strong's H6256 - ʿēṯ

Aa
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 5 / 6 (Jer 20:16–Mic 3:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 -

But let that man be like the cities

Which Yahweh overthrew without [fn]relenting,

And let him hear an outcry in the morning

And a [fn]shout of war at noon,

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.
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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:1 -

“At that time H6256,” declares Yahweh, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - ‘In those days and at that time H6256 I will cause a righteous Branch of David to branch forth; and He shall do justice and righteousness on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:20 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘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,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 -

“Also her mercenaries in her midst

Are like [fn]fattened calves,

For even they have turned back and have fled away together;

They did not stand their ground.

For the day of their disaster has come upon them,

The time H6256 of their punishment.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:8 -

“Flee away, turn back, inhabit 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:4 -

“In those days and at that time H6256,” declares Yahweh, “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 Yahweh their God they will seek.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 -

“Cut off the sower from Babylon

And the one who seizes 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20 - ‘In those days and at that time H6256,’ declares Yahweh, ‘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.’
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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31 -

“Behold, I am against you, O [fn]arrogant one,”

Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts,

“For your day has come,

The time H6256 [fn]when I will punish you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 -

Flee from the midst of Babylon,

And each of you escape with his life!

Do not be [fn]silenced in her [fn]iniquity,

For this is Yahweh’s time H6256 of vengeance;

He is going to render recompense to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 -

They are vanity, a work of mockery;

In the time H6256 of their punishment they will perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33 -

For thus says Yahweh 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.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - “And your food which you eat shall be [fn]twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time H6256 to time H6256.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:11 - “The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a [fn]hin by measure; you shall drink it from time H6256 to time H6256.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:7 - ‘Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time H6256 has come; the day is near—confusion rather than joyful shouting on the mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - ‘The time H6256 has come; the day has arrived. Let not the buyer be glad nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27 - “Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he beholds is for many [fn]years from now, and he prophesies of times H6256 far off.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:8 -

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, [fn]you were at the time H6256 for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57 - before your wickedness was uncovered, [fn]so now H6256 you have become the reproach of the daughters of [fn]Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistines—those all around you who despise you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:25 - ‘And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time H6256 of the iniquity of the end,’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they behold for you worthless visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time H6256 of the iniquity of the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - “And you shall say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time H6256 will come; and she makes idols against herself for defilement!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:34 -

[fn]Now H6256 that you are broken by the seas

In the depths of the waters,

Your merchandise and all your assembly

Have fallen in the midst of you.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:3 -

“For the day is near,

Even the day of Yahweh is near;

It will be a day of clouds,

A time H6256 of doom for the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - “I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season H6256; they will be showers of blessing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5 -

“Because you have had everlasting enmity and have [fn]delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time H6256 of their disaster, at the time H6256 of the [fn]punishment of the end,

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17 - So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was terrified and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time H6256 of the end.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21 - and while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision [fn]previously, [fn]touched me [fn]in my extreme weariness about the time H6256 of the evening offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - “So you are to know and have insight that from the going out of a [fn]word to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until [fn]Messiah the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be restored and rebuilt, with [fn]plaza and moat, even in times H6256 of distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “And [fn]after some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to carry out [fn]an equitable arrangement. But she will not retain her [fn]position of power, nor will he continue to stand with his [fn]power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who fathered her as well as he who strengthened her in those times H6256.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “And the king of the North will again cause a much greater multitude than the former to stand, and at the end of the times of those years, he will keep on coming with a great military force and much equipment.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 -

“Now in those times H6256 many will stand against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to cause the vision to stand, but they will [fn]fall down.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - [fn]In a time of ease he will enter the richest parts of the province, and he will do what his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time H6256.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - “And some of [fn]those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them [fn]pure until the time H6256 of the end, because it is still to come at the appointed time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:40 -

“And at the time H6256 of the end, the king of the South will collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter lands, overflow them, and pass through.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:1 -

“Now at that time H6256, Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will stand. And there will be a time H6256 of distress such as never happened since there was a nation until that time H6256; and at that time H6256 your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:4 - “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the time H6256 of the end; many will go to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9 - Then he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the time H6256 of the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - “But from the time H6256 that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the [fn]abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 -

“Therefore, I will take back My grain at [fn]harvest time H6256

And My new wine in its season.

I will also deliver My wool and My flax from them

Given to cover her nakedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 -

Sow with a view to righteousness,

Reap in accordance with lovingkindness;

Break up your fallow ground,

Indeed, it is time H6256 to seek Yahweh

Until He comes and [fn]rains righteousness on you.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:13 -

The pains of childbirth come upon him;

He is not a wise son,

For [fn]it is not the time H6256 that he should delay at the opening of the womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:1 -

[fn]For behold, in those days and at that time H6256,

When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:13 -

Therefore at [fn]such a time H6256 the one with insight keeps silent, for it is an evil time H6256.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 -

Therefore thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, I am devising against this family an evil demise

From which you cannot remove your necks;

And you will not walk haughtily,

For it will be an evil time H6256.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:4 -

Then they will cry out to Yahweh,

But He will not answer them.

Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time H6256

Because they have practiced evil deeds.


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