כְּעַןkᵉʻan

now (Numbers 22:4; Daniel 2:23; Daniel 3:15; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 5:12)

Pronunciation: keh-an' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3705

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Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:13 And the king should know that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, it will be much to your disadvantage, for the Jews will then refuse to pay their tribute, customs, and tolls to you.
  • Ezra 4:14 “Since we are your loyal subjects and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.
  • Ezra 4:21 Therefore, issue orders to have these men stop their work. That city must not be rebuilt except at my express command.
  • Ezra 5:16 So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The people have been working on it ever since, though it is not yet completed.’
  • Ezra 5:17 “Therefore, if it pleases the king, we request that a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether King Cyrus ever issued a decree to rebuild God’s Temple in Jerusalem. And then let the king send us his decision in this matter.”
  • Ezra 6:6 So King Darius sent this message: “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues and other officials west of the Euphrates River—stay away from there!
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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).