אָז
then
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Every verse where H227 appears — 133 distinct verses across 27 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 6 verses
- Genesis 4:26 אָ֣ז adv There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
- Genesis 12:6 אָ֥ז adv Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.
- Genesis 13:7 אָ֖ז adv There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
- Genesis 24:41 אָ֤ז adv Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'
- Genesis 39:5 מֵ/אָז֩ prep + adv It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
- Genesis 49:4 אָ֥ז adv Boiling over as water, you shall not have the pre-eminence; Because you went up to your father's bed; Then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
Exodus 8 verses
- Exodus 4:10 מֵ/אָ֥ז prep + adv Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
- Exodus 4:26 אָ֚ז adv So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.
- Exodus 5:23 וּ/מֵ/אָ֞ז conj + prep + adv For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your people at all."
- Exodus 9:24 מֵ/אָ֖ז prep + adv So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
- Exodus 12:44 אָ֖ז adv but every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.
- Exodus 12:48 וְ/אָז֙ conj + adv When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
- Exodus 15:1 אָ֣ז adv Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:15 אָ֤ז adv Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 26:34 אָז֩ אָ֚ז adv adv Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
- Leviticus 26:41 אָ֣ז וְ/אָ֖ז adv conj + adv I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:41 אָ֣ז adv Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;
- Deuteronomy 29:20 אָ֠ז adv Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
Joshua 9 verses
- Joshua 1:8 אָ֛ז וְ/אָ֥ז adv conj + adv This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate thereon day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- Joshua 8:30 אָ֣ז adv Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
- Joshua 10:12 אָ֣ז adv Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
- Joshua 10:33 אָ֣ז adv Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
- Joshua 14:10 מֵ֠/אָז prep + adv Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
- Joshua 14:11 אָ֖ז adv As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
- Joshua 20:6 אָ֣ז adv He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.
- Joshua 22:1 אָ֚ז adv Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
- Joshua 22:31 אָ֗ז adv Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh: now have you delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh.
Judges 7 verses
- Judges 5:8 אָ֖ז adv They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
- Judges 5:11 אָ֛ז adv Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.
- Judges 5:13 אָ֚ז adv Then came down a remnant of the nobles [and] the people; Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
- Judges 5:19 אָ֤ז adv The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
- Judges 5:22 אָ֥ז adv Then did the horse hoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
- Judges 8:3 אָ֗ז adv God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- Judges 13:21 אָ֚ז adv But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 6:3 אָ֤ז adv They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."
- 1 Samuel 20:12 אָז֙ adv Jonathan said to David, Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:27 אָ֤ז adv Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed everyone his brother.
- 2 Samuel 5:24 אָ֣ז אָ֗ז adv adv It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself; for then is Yahweh gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 15:34 מֵ/אָ֔ז prep + adv but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
- 2 Samuel 19:6 אָ֖ז adv in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you: for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.
- 2 Samuel 21:17 אָ֣ז adv But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 21:18 אָ֣ז adv It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
- 2 Samuel 23:14 אָ֣ז אָ֖ז adv adv David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
1 Kings 8 verses
- 1 Kings 3:16 אָ֣ז adv Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him.
- 1 Kings 8:1 אָ֣ז adv Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- 1 Kings 8:12 אָ֖ז adv Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 1 Kings 9:11 אָ֡ז adv (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
- 1 Kings 9:24 אָ֖ז adv But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
- 1 Kings 11:7 אָז֩ adv Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
- 1 Kings 16:21 אָ֧ז adv Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
- 1 Kings 22:49 אָ֠ז adv Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
2 Kings 7 verses
- 2 Kings 5:3 אָ֛ז adv She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.
- 2 Kings 8:22 אָ֛ז adv So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
- 2 Kings 12:17 אָ֣ז adv Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:19 אָ֛ז adv The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
- 2 Kings 14:8 אָ֣ז adv Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
- 2 Kings 15:16 אָ֣ז adv Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein, and the borders of it, from Tirzah: because they didn't open to him, therefore he struck it; and all the women therein who were with child he ripped up.
- 2 Kings 16:5 אָ֣ז adv Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
1 Chronicles 7 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:16 אָ֣ז אָ֖ז adv adv David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
- 1 Chronicles 14:15 אָ֖ז adv It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2 אָ֚ז adv Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
- 1 Chronicles 16:7 אָ֣ז adv Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 16:33 אָ֥ז adv Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Yahweh; For he comes to judge the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 20:4 אָ֣ז adv It happened after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 אָ֣ז adv Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
2 Chronicles 6 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:2 אָז֩ adv Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- 2 Chronicles 6:1 אָ֖ז adv Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 2 Chronicles 8:12 אָ֣ז adv Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,
- 2 Chronicles 8:17 אָז֩ adv Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 21:10 אָ֣ז adv So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 24:17 אָ֛ז adv Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.
Job 8 verses
- Job 3:13 אָ֤ז adv For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
- Job 9:31 אָ֭ז adv Yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
- Job 11:15 אָ֤ז adv Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
- Job 13:20 אָ֥ז adv "Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face:
- Job 22:26 אָ֭ז adv For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God.
- Job 28:27 אָ֣ז adv Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
- Job 33:16 אָ֣ז adv Then he opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,
- Job 38:21 אָ֣ז adv Surely you know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
Psalms 13 verses
- Psalms 2:5 אָ֤ז adv Then he will speak to them in his anger, And terrify them in his wrath:
- Psalms 19:13 אָ֣ז adv Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright, I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
- Psalms 40:7 אָ֣ז adv Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
- Psalms 51:19 אָ֤ז אָ֤ז adv adv Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
- Psalms 56:9 אָ֥֨ז adv Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
- Psalms 69:4 אָ֣ז adv Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
- Psalms 76:7 מֵ/אָ֥ז prep + adv You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
- Psalms 89:19 אָ֤ז adv Then you spoke in vision to your saints, And said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
- Psalms 93:2 מֵ/אָ֑ז prep + adv Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.
- Psalms 96:12 אָ֥ז adv Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
- Psalms 119:6 אָ֥ז adv Then I wouldn't be disappointed, When I consider all of your commandments.
- Psalms 119:92 אָ֝֗ז adv Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalms 126:2 אָ֤ז אָ֭ז adv adv Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them."
Proverbs 6 verses
- Proverbs 1:28 אָ֣ז adv Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
- Proverbs 2:5 אָ֗ז adv Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, And find the knowledge of God.
- Proverbs 2:9 אָ֗ז adv Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
- Proverbs 3:23 אָ֤ז adv Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.
- Proverbs 8:22 מֵ/אָֽז prep + adv "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old.
- Proverbs 20:14 אָ֣ז adv "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 16 verses
- Isaiah 14:8 מֵ/אָ֣ז prep + adv Yes, the fir trees rejoice at you, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since you are laid low, no lumberjack is come up against us.
- Isaiah 16:13 מֵ/אָֽז prep + adv This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.
- Isaiah 33:23 אָ֣ז adv Your rigging is untied; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.
- Isaiah 35:5 אָ֥ז adv Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- Isaiah 35:6 אָ֣ז adv Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 41:1 אָ֣ז adv Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
- Isaiah 44:8 מֵ/אָ֛ז prep + adv Don't fear, neither be afraid: haven't I declared to you of old, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any Rock.
- Isaiah 45:21 מֵ/אָ֣ז prep + adv Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yes, let them take counsel together: who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old? Haven't I, Yahweh? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
- Isaiah 48:3 מֵ/אָ֣ז prep + adv I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I shown them: suddenly I did them, and they happened.
- Isaiah 48:5 מֵ/אָ֔ז prep + adv therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I shown it you; lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
- Isaiah 48:7 מֵ/אָ֔ז prep + adv They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
- Isaiah 48:8 מֵ/אָ֖ז prep + adv Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you did deal very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
- Isaiah 58:8 אָ֣ז adv Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall by your rearward.
- Isaiah 58:9 אָ֤ז adv Then shall you call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
- Isaiah 58:14 אָ֗ז adv then shall you delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 60:5 אָ֤ז adv Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
Jeremiah 8 verses
- Jeremiah 11:15 אָ֥ז adv What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice.
- Jeremiah 11:18 אָ֖ז adv Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then you shown me their doings.
- Jeremiah 22:15 אָ֖ז adv Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
- Jeremiah 22:16 אָ֣ז adv He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 22:22 אָ֤ז adv The wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
- Jeremiah 31:13 אָ֣ז adv Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
- Jeremiah 32:2 וְ/אָ֗ז conj + adv Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.
- Jeremiah 44:18 אָ֡ז adv But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Ezekiel 1 verse
Hosea 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zephaniah 2 verses
- Zephaniah 3:9 אָ֛ז adv For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
- Zephaniah 3:11 אָ֣ז adv In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of you your proudly exulting ones, and you will no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
אז (ʼâz) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “then.” It first appears in Genesis 4:26. It turns up in 133 verses across 27 books, a common footprint. It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. From the same root come אזי. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H227 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 133
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 133 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #318
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 318 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 133 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 133 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 71 verses · 53%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 43 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 19 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Then 5×, Since 2×, Yet 2×
- American Standard Version: Then 7×, Old 2×, Time past 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Then 63×, Time 23×, Long ago 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Then 122×, Since 4×, And 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H227 across 22 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H227 across 22 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H227 across 119 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 21 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H227 across 138 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. strictly temporal:
- a. of past time:—without a verb Gn 12:6; 13:7 Jos 14:11 2 S 23:14; with a pf. Gn 4:26 Ex 4:26 Jos 10:33 Ju 8:3; 13:21 Je 22:15 אָז טוֹב לוֹ then was it well to him (cf. v 16 Ho 2:9); more usually (especially when = thereupon) with an impf. (v. Dr§ 27) Ex 15:1 Nu 21:17 Jos 8:30: 10:12; 22:1 1 K 3:16; 8:1; 9:11 (v. DrIntr. 192) al. e.g. Genesis 12:6
- b. of fut. time (usually where some emph. is intended), with impf. Is 35:5, 6; 60:5 Mi 3:4, rather differently Lv 26:41 1 S 20:12; rarely with pf. 2 S 5:24b (will have gone forth) Is 33:23: with an accompanying logical force, implying the fulfilment of a condition, then = if or when this has been done (with the impf.) Gn 24:41 Ex 12:44, 48 Dt 29:19 Jos 1:8 1 S 6:3 Is 58:8, 9 Je 11:15 Hi Ke ψ 19:14; 51:21 Pr 3:23 Jb 11:15; 13:20; 22:26. e.g. Isaiah 35:5
- c. in poetry אז is sometimes used to throw emphasis on a particular feature of the description Gn 49:4 Ex 15:15 Ju 5:8, 11, 13, 19, 22 Is 33:23; 41:1 Hb 1:11 ψ 2:5; 96:12. e.g. Genesis 49:4
- d. it points back with emphasis to an inf. with בּ 2 S 5:24a ψ 126:2(×2) Jb 28:27; 33:16; to בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא (anomalously) 1 Ch 16:7. e.g. 2 Samuel 5:24
- 2. expressing logical sequence strictly: in the apod.:—after אם (rare) for sake of special emphasis Is 58:14 Pr 2:5 Jb 9:31; = in that case, after לוּ or לוּלֵא 2 S 2:27 hadst thou not spoken, כִּי אָז surely then had the people, etc. 19:7 ψ 119:92; after אחלי 2 K 5:3 ψ 119:6; after a suppressed protasis 2 K 13:19 Jb 3:13 יָשַׁנְתִּי יָנוּחַ לִי I had slept, then were there rest for me; Jos 22:31 (strangely) = now, as things are; Ec 2:15 = that being so. (122 times besides מאז and מן־אז. Seldom used except where some special emphasis is desired. ‘Then’ of AV RV more commonly represents וְ, especially in the apodosis.) e.g. Isaiah 58:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
adv. (cf. إِذًا, ࠀࠃ: also Biblical Aramaic אֱדַיִן, proposes a subst. = time: see מֵאָז) at that time, then, whether expressing duration, or inception (= thereupon).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a demonstrative adv
Forms in the corpus
The 30 distinct written forms H227 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָ֣ז | Adverb | Deuteronomy 4:41 | 41 |
| אָ֤ז | Adverb | Exodus 15:15 | 16 |
| אָ֖ז | Adverb | Exodus 12:44 | 14 |
| אָ֚ז | Adverb | Exodus 4:26 | 9 |
| אָ֥ז | Adverb | Genesis 12:6 | 9 |
| אָ֛ז | Adverb | 2 Chronicles 24:17 | 8 |
| אָ֗ז | Adverb | 2 Samuel 5:24 | 6 |
| אָז֩ | Adverb | 1 Kings 11:7 | 4 |
| אָ֭ז | Adverb | Job 9:31 | 3 |
| מֵ/אָ֔ז | Adverb | 2 Samuel 15:34 | 3 |
| מֵ/אָ֣ז | Adverb | Isaiah 14:8 | 3 |
| אָ֠ז | Adverb | Deuteronomy 29:20 | 2 |
| אָ֡ז | Adverb | 1 Kings 9:11 | 2 |
| אָ֧ז | Adverb | 1 Kings 16:21 | 2 |
| מֵ/אָ֖ז | Adverb | Exodus 9:24 | 2 |
| מֵ/אָ֥ז | Adverb | Exodus 4:10 | 2 |
| מֵ/אָֽז | Adverb | Isaiah 16:13 | 2 |
| אָ֝֗ז | Adverb | Psalms 119:92 | 1 |
| אָ֥֨ז | Adverb | Psalms 56:9 | 1 |
| אָז֙ | Adverb | 1 Samuel 20:12 | 1 |
| וְ/אָ֖ז | Adverb | Leviticus 26:41 | 1 |
| וְ/אָ֗ז | Adverb | Jeremiah 32:2 | 1 |
| וְ/אָ֥ז | Adverb | Joshua 1:8 | 1 |
| וְ/אָז֙ | Adverb | Exodus 12:48 | 1 |
| וּ/מֵ/אָ֞ז | Adverb | Exodus 5:23 | 1 |
| מֵ/אָ֑ז | Adverb | Psalms 93:2 | 1 |
| מֵ/אָ֛ז | Adverb | Isaiah 44:8 | 1 |
| מֵ/אָ֤ז | Adverb | Ruth 2:7 | 1 |
| מֵ/אָז֩ | Adverb | Genesis 39:5 | 1 |
| מֵ֠/אָז | Adverb | Joshua 14:10 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H227, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 125 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 133 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:26
- Exodus 4:10
- Leviticus 26:34
- Numbers 21:17
- Deuteronomy 4:41
- Joshua 1:8
- Judges 5:8
- Ruth 2:7
- 1 Samuel 6:3
- 2 Samuel 2:27
- 1 Kings 3:16
- 2 Kings 5:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
