עֵת
time
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
104 distinct verses where H6256 appears in the Construct state, across 24 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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 5 verses
- Genesis 8:11 לְ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
- Genesis 24:11 לְ/עֵ֣ת לְ/עֵ֖ת prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
- Genesis 29:7 עֵ֖ת n c bs cs He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the cattle together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."
- Genesis 31:10 בְּ/עֵת֙ prep + n c bs cs It happened at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
- Genesis 38:27 בְּ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 15:25 עֶת n c bs cs "'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period: she is unclean.
- Leviticus 26:4 בְּ/עִתָּ֑/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 11:14 בְּ/עִתּ֖/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 בְּ/עִתּ֔/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 לְ/עֵ֖ת prep + n c bs cs Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, The things that are to come on them shall make haste.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 8:29 עֵ֣ת n c bs cs The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, to this day.
- Joshua 10:27 לְ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
Judges 1 verse
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:20 וּ/כְ/עֵ֣ת conj + prep + n c bs cs About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.
- 1 Samuel 18:19 בְּ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 11:1 לְ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:2 לְ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.
- 2 Samuel 24:15 עֵ֣ת n c bs cs So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 11:4 לְ/עֵת֙ prep + n c bs cs For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:23 לְ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:22 לְ/עֶת prep + n c bs cs For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.
- 1 Chronicles 20:1 לְ/עֵת֩ לְ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs It happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
2 Chronicles 3 verses
- 2 Chronicles 21:19 וּ/כְ/עֵת֩ conj + prep + n c bs cs It happened, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 24:11 בְּ/עֵת֩ prep + n c bs cs It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22 וּ/בְ/עֵת֙ conj + prep + n c bs cs In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 5 verses
- Job 5:26 בְּ/עִתּֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall come to your grave in a full age, Like a shock of grain comes in its season.
- Job 38:23 לְ/עֶת prep + n c bs cs Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
- Job 38:32 בְּ/עִתּ֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
- Job 39:1 עֵ֭ת n c bs cs "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
- Job 39:2 עֵ֣ת n c bs cs Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
Psalms 12 verses
- Psalms 1:3 בְּ/עִתּ֗/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
- Psalms 4:7 מֵ/עֵ֬ת prep + n c bs cs You have put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
- Psalms 21:9 לְ/עֵ֪ת prep + n c bs cs You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
- Psalms 31:15 עִתֹּתָ֑/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
- Psalms 32:6 לְ/עֵ֪ת prep + n c bs cs For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
- Psalms 37:19 בְּ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Psalms 37:39 בְּ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
- Psalms 69:13 עֵ֤ת n c bs cs But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
- Psalms 71:9 לְ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
- Psalms 81:15 עִתָּ֣/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever.
- Psalms 104:27 בְּ/עִתּֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms These all wait for you, That you may give them their food in due season.
- Psalms 145:15 בְּ/עִתּֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
Proverbs 1 verse
Ecclesiastes 6 verses
- Ecclesiastes 3:4 עֵ֤ת וְ/עֵ֣ת עֵ֥ת וְ/עֵ֥ת n c bs conj + n c bs n c bs cs conj + n c bs cs A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
- Ecclesiastes 3:5 עֵ֚ת וְ/עֵ֖ת עֵ֣ת וְ/עֵ֖ת n c bs conj + n c bs cs n c bs conj + n c bs A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
- Ecclesiastes 3:8 עֵ֤ת וְ/עֵ֣ת עֵ֥ת וְ/עֵ֥ת n c bs conj + n c bs n c bs cs conj + n c bs cs A time to love, And a time to hate; A time for war, And a time for peace.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 בְ/עִתּ֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17 עִתֶּֽ/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 עִתּ֗/וֹ לְ/עֵ֣ת n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c bs cs For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 13:22 עִתָּ֔/הּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3fs Wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
- Isaiah 17:14 לְ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs At evening, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
- Isaiah 33:2 בְּ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Isaiah 33:6 עִתֶּ֔י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms There shall be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
- Isaiah 48:16 מֵ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs Come you near to me, hear you this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his Spirit.
- Isaiah 49:8 בְּ/עֵ֤ת prep + n c bs cs Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
- Isaiah 60:22 בְּ/עִתָּ֥/הּ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3fs The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.
Jeremiah 25 verses
- Jeremiah 2:17 בְּ/עֵ֖ת prep + n c bs cs Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?
- Jeremiah 2:27 וּ/בְ/עֵ֤ת conj + prep + n c bs cs who tell a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
- Jeremiah 2:28 בְּ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.
- Jeremiah 5:24 בְּ/עִתּ֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
- Jeremiah 6:15 בְּ/עֵת prep + n c bs cs Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 8:7 עֵ֣ת n c bs cs Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
- Jeremiah 8:12 בְּ/עֵ֧ת prep + n c bs cs Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 8:15 לְ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Jeremiah 10:15 בְּ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
- Jeremiah 11:12 בְּ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
- Jeremiah 11:14 בְּ/עֵ֛ת prep + n c bs cs Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
- Jeremiah 14:8 בְּ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs You hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
- Jeremiah 14:19 וּ/לְ/עֵ֥ת conj + prep + n c bs cs Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Jeremiah 15:11 בְּ/עֵ֥ת וּ/בְ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs conj + prep + n c bs cs Yahweh said, Most assuredly I will strengthen you for good; most assuredly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
- Jeremiah 18:23 בְּ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.
- Jeremiah 20:16 בְּ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
- Jeremiah 27:7 עֵ֤ת n c bs cs All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.
- Jeremiah 30:7 וְ/עֵֽת conj + n c bs cs Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
- Jeremiah 33:20 בְּ/עִתָּֽ/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;
- Jeremiah 46:21 עֵ֥ת n c bs cs Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn't stand: for the day of their calamity is come on them, the time of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 50:16 בְּ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.
- Jeremiah 50:27 עֵ֥ת n c bs cs Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 51:6 עֵ֨ת n c bs cs Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don't be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
- Jeremiah 51:18 בְּ/עֵ֥ת prep + n c bs cs They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
- Jeremiah 51:33 עֵ֣ת עֵֽת n c bs n c bs cs For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
Ezekiel 9 verses
- Ezekiel 16:8 עִתֵּ/ךְ֙ עֵ֣ת n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs n c bs cs Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.
- Ezekiel 16:57 עֵ֚ת n c bs cs before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all who are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, who do despite to you round about.
- Ezekiel 21:25 בְּ/עֵ֖ת prep + n c bs cs You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
- Ezekiel 21:29 בְּ/עֵ֖ת prep + n c bs cs while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
- Ezekiel 22:3 עִתָּ֑/הּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3fs You shall say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
- Ezekiel 27:34 עֵ֛ת n c bs cs In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of you.
- Ezekiel 30:3 עֵ֥ת n c bs cs For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
- Ezekiel 34:26 בְּ/עִתּ֔/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
- Ezekiel 35:5 בְּ/עֵ֣ת בְּ/עֵ֖ת prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs Because you have had a perpetual enmity, and have given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
Daniel 7 verses
- Daniel 8:17 לְ/עֶת prep + n c bs cs So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
- Daniel 9:21 כְּ/עֵ֖ת prep + n c bs cs yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.
- Daniel 11:35 עֵ֣ת n c bs cs Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
- Daniel 11:40 וּ/בְ/עֵ֣ת conj + prep + n c bs cs At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.
- Daniel 12:1 וּ/בָ/עֵ֣ת עֵ֣ת הָ/עֵ֣ת וּ/בָ/עֵ֤ת conj + prep det + n c bs n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs conj + prep det + n c bs "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.
- Daniel 12:4 עֵ֣ת n c bs cs But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased."
- Daniel 12:9 עֵ֥ת n c bs cs He said, Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
Hosea 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 10:1 בְּ/עֵ֣ת prep + n c bs cs Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, And he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
- Zechariah 14:7 לְ/עֵֽת prep + n c bs cs It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
About this entry
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עת — transliterated ʻêth — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “time.” It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. With 258 verses in 33 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 8:11. From the same root come עד, עד and עד. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6256 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 →
- 258
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 258 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #167
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 167 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 258 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 34 verses 13%
- Psalms 22 verses 9%
- Deuteronomy 18 verses 7%
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 258 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 116 verses · 45%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 107 verses · 41%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 35 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).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Time 155×, Times 15×, About this time 7×
- American Standard Version†: Time 142×, Times 14×, Season 9×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Time 169×, Times 22×, Season 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Time 164×, At 71×, Time of 57×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6256 across 294† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 55 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 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6256 across 293† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 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 H6256 across 269† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 44 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 26 further occurrences.
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Renders H6256 across 371† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
11 senses and sub-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 11 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.
עת I
- 1. time of an event, etc.:
- a. usually (213 times) c. prep.: c. בְּ (142 times), especially בָּע׳ הַהִוא Gn 21:22 (E) in that time, 38:1 (J), Nu 22:4 (E), Dt 1:9 + 14 times Dt; בָּע׳ הַהִיא Jos 5:2; Am 5:13; Dn 12:1(×2) + (69 times, not in P); בָּע׳ הַזֹּאת Est 4:14, בָּעִתִּים הָהֵם 2 Ch 15:5; Dn 11:14; בְּכָל־עֵת at all times Ex 18:22, 26 (E), Lv 16:2 (P) ψ 34:2 +; = continually Pr 8:30, בְּכָל־עֵת אֲשֶׁר Est 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; c. לְ (31 times; cf. ל 6, p. 516 supr.), 2 S 11:1 + at the time, but Ez 12:27 for distant times, cf. לְעֵת כָּזֹאת Est 4:14, etc.; c. כְּ (21 times; cf. ב 1 a, p. 453 supr.), †מָחָר כָּע׳ הַזֹּאת Jos 11:6 (JE) tomorrow about this time, usually כָּע׳ מָחָר (KöSynt. 401 o) Ex 9:18 (J), 1 S 9:16 (cf. Dr), 20:12; 1 K 19:2; 20:6; 2 K 7:1, 18; 10:6 †; כָּעֵת חַיָּה v. p. 312; †כָּעֵת הָרִאשׁוֹן Is 8:23 at the former time; כָּעֵת alone Nu 23:23 (JE) at this time = now (prob., cf. Di), Ju 13:23; 21:22, etc.; c. מִן (8 times;), מִן הָעֵת הַהִא Ne 13:21, etc.; c. עַד (12 times), עַד־הָע׳ הַהִיא Ne 6:1 up to that time, מֵעֵת עַד־עֵת Ez 4:10, 11, etc. (5 times Dn); c. אֶל־, מֵעֵת אֶל־עֵת 1 Ch 9:25. e.g. Genesis 21:22
- b. often cstr. defined by n.foll.: בְּעֵת צָהֳרָ֑יִם Je 20:16, לְעֵת (הָ)עֶרֶב 2 S 11:12; Gn 8:11; 24:11 (both J), Is 17:14; Zc 14:7, עַד־עֵת הָעָ֑רֶב Jos 8:29 (JE), כְּעֵת מִנְחַת עֶרֶב Dn 9:21, redundantly לְעֶת־יוֹם בְּיוֹם 1 Ch 12:23, ע׳ (ה)קָצִיר Je 50:16; 51:33, ע׳ הַזָּמִיר Ct 2:12, ע׳ זִקְנָה 1 K 11:4; 15:23 ψ 71:9, בְּע׳ אַפְּךָ Je 18:23 = לְע׳ פָּנֶיךָ ψ 21:10 (of anger), לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה 9:10; 10:1 at times of destitution (v. בַּצָּרָה), etc. e.g. Jeremiah 20:16
- c. sq.inf. לְע׳ בּוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Jos 10:27 (JE), 2 Ch 18:34, בְּע׳ קָרְאָם Je 11:14a (read בְּעֵת also v b, Gie), etc. e.g. Joshua 10:27
- d. sq. cl. c. vb. fin. (poet. or late) Dt 32:35; Jb 6:17; 2 Ch 20:22; 24:11; 29:27 + (cf. 2 c). e.g. Deuteronomy 32:35
- 2.
- a. = usual time: לְע׳ צֵאת 2 S 11:1 at the time of kings’ going forth = 1 Ch 20:1; בְּעֵת יַחֵם Gn 31:10; עֵת לֶדֶת Jb 39:1, 2. e.g. 2 Samuel 11:1
- b. proper, suitable time: rain בְּעִתּוֹ Dt 11:14; Je 5:24 +, cf. Lv 26:4 (H), also ψ 1:3; 104:27; 145:15; Pr 15:23; Is 60:22; Ec 3:11; עֵת מִלְחָמָה v 8, ע׳ שָׁלוֹם v 8; sq.inf. Ho 10:12, הַעֵת לָקַחַת 2 K 5:26 is it a time to take money? Hg 1:4, לְהִבָּנוֹת עֶת־בֵּית י׳ v 2 (v a read עַתָּ בָּא Hi We Now al.); עֵת לַעֲשׂוֹת ψ 119:126, cf. Ec 3:2–8 (26 times); abs. כִּי עֵת Ho 13:13 (Hi We al.; GuKau gives עַתָּ; > Now כָּעֵת); abs. c. neg. Jb 22:16; Ec 7:17; hence (late) יוֹדְעֵי בִינָה לָעִתִּים 1 Ch 12:32, יֹדְעֵי הָעִתִּים Est 1:13 i.e. astrologers, etc. e.g. Deuteronomy 11:14
- c. appointed time, בְּעֵת תֵּת וגו׳ 1 S 18:19 at the appointed time of giving, Ez 7:7, 12 Is 13:22, ע׳ פְּקֻדָּתָם Je 8:12; 10:15 = 51:18, 46:21; 50:27 cf. (c.vb. fin.) 6:15; 49:8; 50:31, ע׳ אַרְצוֹ Je 27:7, ע׳ גּוֹיִם Ez 30:3, מְזֻמָּנִים לְעִתִּים Ezr 10:14 Ne 10:35 cf. 13:31; עַד־ע׳ מוֹעֵד 2 S 24:15, ψ 102:14 (‖ מוֹעֵד), etc.; cf. עֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט Ec 8:5, 6 (for time of judgment), עִתּוֹ 9:12; especially לְעֵת קֵץ Dn 8:7 cf. 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9, בְּע׳ עֲוֹן קֵץ Ez 21:30, 34 cf. 35:5; לְקֵץ הָעִתּים Dn 11:13. e.g. 1 Samuel 18:19
- d. as uncertain עֵת וָפֶגַע Ec 9:11. e.g. Ecclesiastes 9:11
- 3. = experiences, fortunes, pl. אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ Is 33:6, ψ 31:16; הָעִתִּים אֲשֶׁר עָֽבְרוּ עָלָיו 1 Ch 29:30. e.g. Isaiah 33:6
- 4. occurrence, occasion (= פַּעַם), רַבּוֹת עִתִּים Ne 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often). e.g. Nehemiah 9:28
עת II [עֵת] n.pr.loc. on border of Zebulun, only c. ה loc., עִתָּה ק׳ Jos 19
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
I. n.f. Am 5:13 and (seldom, mostly late) m. Ezr 10:14 time (NH id.; Ph. עת; Assyrian inu, ittu, time; Talm עַנְתָּא; clearly from a √ ענה, but doubtful whether I. ע׳);—abs. ע׳ Ho 10:12 +, cstr. ע׳ Gn 24:12 +, עֶת־ Lv 15:25 + 5 times; sf. עִתּוֹ Ho 2:11 +, etc.; pl., late, עִתִּים 1 Ch 12:32 +, sf. עִתֶּיךָ Is 33:6; עִתּוֹת ψ 9:10; 10:1, sf. עִתֹּתָ֑י 31:16;—ע׳ only twice P, once H;—
I. [עֵת] n.pr.loc. on border of Zebulun, only c. ה loc., עִתָּה ק׳ Jos 19:13; site unknown.
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Derived from עד (ʻad) (H5703) — perpetuity.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עֵת
- , v. עוּד; or of ענת, v. עוֹנָה I) [duration, turn,]
- 1. ʿEth, the twenty-fourth part of an ʿonah. Tosef. Ber. I, 1; a. e., v. עוֹנָה I.
- 2. time. Pes. 109ᵃ; מימיו לא אמר הגיע עת לעמוד וכ׳ never in his life did he (R. ʿAḳiba) say, it is time to rise from (leave) the house of study, except &c.; Succ. 28ᵃ. Ber. 8ᵃ (ref. to Ps. LXIX, 14) אימתי עת רצון בשעה וכ׳ when is the time of favor? When the congregation is at prayer. Taan. 24ᵇ שמע מינה עת רצון היא I learn from this (dream) that this is an auspicious time for prayer. Yeb. 72ᵃ עת רצון מילתא היא there is something in the idea of a time of favor for prayer; a. fr.—מֵעֵת לָעֵת (abbrev. מעל"ע) the time of twenty-four astronomical hours. Nidd. I, 1 מעל"ע ממעטת עליד מפקידה לפקידה וכ׳ the term of twenty-four hours (of retrospective uncleanness) reduces the term of the interval from one examination to the other &c., i.e. we go by the shorter term whichever it may be. Ḥull. 51ᵇ; Zeb. 74ᵇ צריכה מעל"ע requires the intervening of twenty-four hours (before it may be slaughtered); a. fr.—Pl. עִתִּים, עִתּוֹת, עִי׳. R. Hash. 28ᵃ ע׳ חלים ע׳ שוטה (Tosef. Ter. I, 3 פעמים), v. חָלַם I. Tam. I, 2 לא כל הע׳ שוות the time (for the appearance of the superintendent) was not always the same. Y. Ber. IX, end, 14ᵈ (ref. to Ps. CXIX, 126) העושה תורתו ע׳ … מיפר ברית he who makes the study of the Law a matter of time, destroys the covenant. Sabb. 31ᵃ בשעה … נשאת ונתת באמונה קבעת ע׳ לתורה when man is brought up for judgment, he is asked, hast thou been dealing with integrity? hast thou had regular times for the study of the Law? Snh. 65ᵇ ע׳ ושעות, v. עוּן; a. e.—לְעִיתּוֹתֵי עֶרֶב at the evening appointments (when labor is stopped, the work reviewed, wages paid &c.), in gen. towards evening. Tosef. Ab. Zar. VII (VIII), 10; Bab. Ber. 65ᵃ. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ top. Y. Succ. IV, beg. 54ᵇ. Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᵈ top לציצותי, Var. לציתותי (read: לציתותי ערב); a. e. e.g. Psalms 69:14
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Forms in the corpus
The 108 distinct written forms H6256 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.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 48 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 237 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 258 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 8:11
- Exodus 9:18
- Leviticus 15:25
- Numbers 22:4
- Deuteronomy 1:9
- Joshua 5:2
- Judges 3:29
- Ruth 2:14
- 1 Samuel 4:20
- 2 Samuel 11:1
- 1 Kings 8:65
- 2 Kings 4:16
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.
