HebrewH6256Noun

עֵת

et

239Occurrences
H6256Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

from H5703 (עַד);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. time 1a) time (of an event) 1b) time (usual) 1c) experiences, fortunes 1d) occurrence, occasion

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

עֵת appears 239 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
34
Deuteronomy
18
Ecclesiastes
18
2 Chronicles
16
Daniel
13
Psalms
13
Ezk
12
2 Kings
11

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 20:1BSB

In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

Daniel 11:6BSB

After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

Ecclesiastes 9:11BSB

I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

Judges 10:14BSB

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

Job 38:23BSB

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,for the day of war and battle?

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