Hebrew adv · H3705
כְּעַן
keankeh-an'
now
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kᵉʻan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3705is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3705
now
The King James renders it: now.
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
kean is rendered "now". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:13Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.
Ezra 4:13כְּעַ֗ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- now10
- and now3
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כְּעֶנֶת | keeneth | now | Uses4 |
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 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
- וּכְעַ֞ן2
- כְּעַ֞ן2
- כְּעַ֛ן2
- כְּעַ֡ן2
- כְּעַ֗ן2
- וּכְעַ֤ן1
- כְּעַ֣ן1
- כְּעַן֙1
The grammar of each form
- adverb10AD
- conjunction (“and”) + adverb3AC/D
Ezra
six uses
Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.
- כְּעַ֗ןkeanadverbtagged: now
Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
- כְּעַ֗ןkeanadverbtagged: now
Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.
- כְּעַן֙keanadverbtagged: now
So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”
- כְּעַ֛ןkeanadverbtagged: now
Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
- וּכְעַ֞ןukheanconjunction (“and”) + adverbtagged: and now
Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!
- כְּעַ֡ןkeanadverbtagged: now
Daniel
seven uses
To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”
- וּכְעַ֤ןukheanconjunction (“and”) + adverbtagged: and now
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- כְּעַ֞ןkeanadverbtagged: now
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- כְּעַ֞ןkeanadverbtagged: now
did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”
- כְּעַ֛ןkeanadverbtagged: now
Now the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this inscription and interpret it for me, but they could not give its interpretation.
- וּכְעַ֞ןukheanconjunction (“and”) + adverbtagged: and now
But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- כְּעַ֡ןkeanadverbtagged: now
Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
- כְּעַ֣ןkeanadverbtagged: now
The letters
Gematria 140· 790 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.