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Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H2166

זְמָן

zemanzem-awn'

time

11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: zᵉmân

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2166is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 11
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2166

{an appointed occasion}

The King James renders it: season, time.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

zeman is rendered "time". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 5:3At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
  • The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.

The first use

At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

Ezra 5:3זִמְנָא֩

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's eleven uses are in Daniel.

The other 37 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • time the4
  • and times2
  • a time1
  • and appointed time the1
  • and appointed times the1
  • appointed times1
  • time1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

זְמָןzemantimeUses4
זְמָרzemarmusicUses4

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 11, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

11 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וְזִמְנָ֣א1
  • וְזִמְנַיָּ֔א1
  • וְזִמְנִין֩1
  • וְזִמְנִ֤ין1
  • זְמַ֥ן1
  • זְמָ֣ן1
  • זִמְנָ֡א1
  • זִמְנָ֔א1
  • זִמְנָ֞א1
  • זִמְנָא֩1
  • זִמְנִ֣ין1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4ANcbsd/Ta
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2AC/Ncmpa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular2ANcbsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AC/Ncbsd/Ta
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AC/Ncmpd/Ta
  • noun · masculine plural1ANcmpa

Ezra

one use
  • At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

    Ezra 5:3

    • זִמְנָא֩zimna'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: time the

Daniel

ten uses
  • So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give him the interpretation.

    Daniel 2:16

    • זְמָ֣ןzemannoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: time
  • He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

    Daniel 2:21

    • וְזִמְנַיָּ֔אvezimnaiya'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and appointed times the
  • Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

    Daniel 3:7

    • זִמְנָ֡אzimna'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: time the
  • At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,

    Daniel 3:8

    • זִמְנָ֔אzimna'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: time the
  • At the same time my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne, and surpassing greatness was added to me.

    Daniel 4:36

    • זִמְנָ֞אzimna'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: time the
  • Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

    Daniel 6:10

    • וְזִמְנִין֩vezimninconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and times
  • Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”

    Daniel 6:13

    • וְזִמְנִ֤יןvezimninconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and times
  • As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but they were granted an extension of life for a season and a time.

    Daniel 7:12

    • זְמַ֥ןzemannoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a time
  • until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.

    Daniel 7:22

    • וְזִמְנָ֣אvezimna'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and appointed time the
  • He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

    Daniel 7:25

    • זִמְנִ֣יןzimninnoun · masculine pluraltagged: appointed times

The letters

Gematria 97· 747 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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