Words the Bible translates as now
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- deδέa small connecting word that signals what comes next is a new step, development, or shift in what the writer is saying
- nunνῦνnow: the present time, as opposed to the past or the future
- hinnehהִנֵּהbehold, look: a pointing word that grabs the listener's attention and directs it at what comes next.
- attahעַתָּהnow: at this present point in time, as opposed to the past or the future
- naנָאa short word tacked onto a command, wish, or proposal that marks it as something put to the hearer rather than simply imposed
- ēdēἤδηalready: by this point in time (often sooner than expected)
- artiἄρτιnow: at this very moment, the present instant as opposed to the past or the future
- nuniνυνίan emphatic "now": what is in fact the case at present, set over against what was before or what was only supposed
- ke'anכְּעַןnow: this present time, and above all the word that turns a letter or a speech to the point it is making
- ke'enetכְּעֶנֶתnownot studied yet
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