עֵתʻêth
time
Pronunciation: ayth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6256
Meanings
1. time of an event, etc.
a. in that time, at all times (Genesis 21:22; Genesis 38:1; Numbers 22:4)
b at time destitution (Jeremiah 20:16; 2 Samuel 11:12; Genesis 8:11)
2.
a. = usual time (2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Chronicles 20:1; Genesis 31:10)
b. proper, suitable time (Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24; Leviticus 26:4)
c. appointed time (1 Samuel 18:19; Ezekiel 7:7; Ezekiel 7:12)
d. as uncertain (Ecclesiastes 9:11)
3. = experiences, fortunes (Isaiah 33:6; Psalms 31:16; 1 Chronicles 29:30)
4. occurrence, occasions (= פַּעַם) (Nehemiah 9:28)
Same root
- עַדʻad · H5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
- עַתָּהʻattâh · H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
- עִתִּיʻittîy · H6261timely
- עֵת קָצִיןʻÊth Qâtsîyn · H6278Eth-Katsin, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 296 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 8:11 This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.
- Genesis 18:10 Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!” Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.
- Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Genesis 21:22 About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said.
- Genesis 24:11 He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water.
- Genesis 29:7 Jacob said, “Look, it’s still broad daylight—too early to round up the animals. Why don’t you water the sheep and goats so they can get back out to pasture?”
See every passage
- Genesis 8:11, 18:10, 18:14, 21:22, 24:11, 29:7, 31:10, 38:1, 38:27
- Exodus 9:18, 18:22, 18:26
- Leviticus 15:25, 16:2, 26:4
- Numbers 22:4, 23:23
- Deuteronomy 1:9, 1:16, 1:18, 2:34, 3:4, 3:8, 3:12, 3:18, 3:21, 3:23, 4:14, 5:5, 9:20, 10:1, 10:8, 11:14, 28:12, 32:35
- Joshua 5:2, 6:26, 8:29, 10:27, 11:6, 11:10, 11:21
- Judges 3:29, 4:4, 10:14, 11:26, 12:6, 13:23, 14:4, 21:14, 21:22, 21:24
- Ruth 2:14
- 1 Samuel 4:20, 9:16, 18:19, 20:12
- 2 Samuel 11:1, 11:2, 24:15
- 1 Kings 8:65, 11:4, 11:29, 14:1, 15:23, 19:2, 20:6
- 2 Kings 4:16, 4:17, 5:26, 7:1, 7:18, 8:22, 10:6, 16:6, 18:16, 20:12, 24:10
- 1 Chronicles 9:25, 12:22, 12:32, 20:1, 21:28, 21:29, 29:30
- 2 Chronicles 7:8, 13:18, 15:5, 16:7, 16:10, 18:34, 20:22, 21:10, 21:19, 24:11, 25:27, 28:16, 28:22, 29:27, 30:3, 35:17
- Ezra 8:34, 10:13, 10:14
- Nehemiah 4:22, 6:1, 9:27, 9:28, 10:34, 13:21, 13:31
- Esther 1:13, 4:14, 5:13, 8:9
- Job 5:26, 6:17, 22:16, 24:1, 27:10, 38:23, 38:32, 39:1, 39:2, 39:18
- Psalms 1:3, 4:7, 9:9, 10:1, 10:5, 21:9, 31:15, 32:6, 34:1, 37:19, 37:39, 62:8, 69:13, 71:9, 81:15, 102:13, 104:27, 105:19, 106:3, 119:20, 119:126, 145:15
- Proverbs 5:19, 6:14, 8:30, 15:23, 17:17
- Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 3:5, 3:6, 3:7, 3:8, 3:11, 3:17, 7:17, 8:5, 8:6, 8:9, 9:8, 9:11, 9:12, 10:17
- Song of Solomon 2:12
- Isaiah 9:1, 13:22, 17:14, 18:7, 20:2, 33:2, 33:6, 39:1, 48:16, 49:8, 60:22
- Jeremiah 2:17, 2:27, 2:28, 3:17, 4:11, 5:24, 6:15, 8:1, 8:7, 8:12, 8:15, 10:15, 11:12, 11:14, 14:8, 14:19, 15:11, 18:23, 20:16, 27:7, 30:7, 31:1, 33:15, 33:20, 46:21, 49:8, 50:4, 50:16, 50:20, 50:27, 50:31, 51:6, 51:18, 51:33
- Ezekiel 4:10, 4:11, 7:7, 7:12, 12:27, 16:8, 16:57, 21:25, 21:29, 22:3, 27:34, 30:3, 34:26, 35:5
- Daniel 8:17, 9:21, 9:25, 11:6, 11:13, 11:14, 11:24, 11:35, 11:40, 12:1, 12:4, 12:9, 12:11
- Hosea 2:9, 10:12, 13:13
- Joel 3:1
- Amos 5:13
- Micah 2:3, 3:4, 5:3
- Zephaniah 1:12, 3:19, 3:20
- Haggai 1:2, 1:4
- Zechariah 10:1, 14:7
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