עִדָּןʻiddân

time

Pronunciation: id-dawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5732

Meanings

1. in general, time, as duration (Daniel 2:8; Daniel 7:12; Daniel 2:9)

2. definite time, = year (Daniel 4:13; Daniel 4:20; Daniel 4:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 2:8 The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say,
  • Daniel 2:9 ‘If you don’t tell me the dream, you are doomed.’ So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I’ll know that you can tell me what it means.”
  • Daniel 2:21 He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.
  • Daniel 3:5 When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments, bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue.
  • Daniel 3:15 I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments. But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?”
  • Daniel 4:16 For seven periods of time, let him have the mind of a wild animal instead of the mind of a human.
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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).