זְמָןzᵉmân
appointed time, time (Nehemiah 2:6; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Esther 9:27; Esther 9:31)
Pronunciation: zem-awn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2165
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Nehemiah 2:6 The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.
- Esther 9:27 the Jews throughout the realm agreed to inaugurate this tradition and to pass it on to their descendants and to all who became Jews. They declared they would never fail to celebrate these two prescribed days at the appointed time each year.
- Esther 9:31 These letters established the Festival of Purim—an annual celebration of these days at the appointed time, decreed by both Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther. (The people decided to observe this festival, just as they had decided for themselves and their descendants to establish the times of fasting and mourning.)
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).