3705. kean

Strong's Lexicon

kean: Now, at this time

Original Word: כְּעַן
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: kean
Pronunciation: keh-ahn
Phonetic Spelling: (keh-an')
Definition: Now, at this time
Meaning: now

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) probably from anah
Definition
now
NASB Translation
now (13).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כְּעַן adverb now (so Egyptian Aramaic (CIS^{ii. 137} = Cooke^{No.73 RÉS:361} B S-C^{Pap. C 5}); ᵑ7, e.g. Numbers 22:4: עַן probably a substantive from [עָנָה] the √ of עֵת, time; so כְּעַן literally at (this) time = Hebrew עַתָּה: K^{§ 67, 4}); — Daniel 2:23 וּכְעַן הוֺדַעְתַּנִי, Daniel 3:15; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 5:12,15,16; Daniel 6:9; Ezra 4:13,14,21; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:6; עַדכְּֿעַן until now Ezra 5:16 (so ᵑ7 Genesis 18:22 +).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

now

(Aramaic) probably from ken; now -- now.

see HEBREW ken

Forms and Transliterations

וּכְעַ֞ן וּכְעַ֤ן וכען כְּעַ֗ן כְּעַ֛ן כְּעַ֞ן כְּעַ֡ן כְּעַ֣ן כְּעַן֙ כען kə‘an kə·‘an keAn ū·ḵə·‘an ucheAn ūḵə‘an

Englishman's Concordance

Ezra 4:13
HEB: כְּעַ֗ן יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א
NAS: Now let it be known to the king,
KJV: Be it known now unto the king,
INT: Now it be known become

Ezra 4:14
HEB: כְּעַ֗ן כָּל־ קֳבֵל֙
NAS: Now because we are in the service
KJV: Now because we have
INT: Now all according to

Ezra 4:21
HEB: כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔ם
NAS: So, now issue a decree
KJV: Give ye now commandment
INT: now issue A decree

Ezra 5:16
HEB: אֱדַ֧יִן וְעַד־ כְּעַ֛ן מִתְבְּנֵ֖א וְלָ֥א
NAS: until now it has been under construction
KJV: even until now hath it been in building,
INT: then until now has been under is not

Ezra 5:17
HEB: וּכְעַ֞ן הֵ֧ן עַל־
NAS: Now if it pleases
KJV: Now therefore, if [it seem] good
INT: Now if concerning

Ezra 6:6
HEB: כְּעַ֡ן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֨ת
NAS: Now [therefore], Tattenai, governor
KJV: Now [therefore], Tatnai, governor
INT: Now Tattenai governor

Daniel 2:23
HEB: יְהַ֣בְתְּ לִ֑י וּכְעַ֤ן הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֙נִי֙ דִּֽי־
NAS: and power; Even now You have made
KJV: and hast made known unto me now what we desired
INT: and power have given now have made what

Daniel 3:15
HEB: כְּעַ֞ן הֵ֧ן אִֽיתֵיכ֣וֹן
NAS: Now if you are ready,
KJV: Now if ye be
INT: Now if be

Daniel 4:37
HEB: כְּעַ֞ן אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר
NAS: Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise,
KJV: Now I Nebuchadnezzar
INT: Now I Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 5:12
HEB: שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר כְּעַ֛ן דָּנִיֵּ֥אל יִתְקְרֵ֖י
NAS: Let Daniel now be summoned
KJV: Belteshazzar: now let Daniel
INT: named Belteshazzar now Daniel be summoned

Daniel 5:15
HEB: וּכְעַ֞ן הֻעַ֣לּוּ קָֽדָמַ֗י
NAS: Just now the wise men
KJV: And now the wise
INT: now were brought before

Daniel 5:16
HEB: וְקִטְרִ֣ין לְמִשְׁרֵ֑א כְּעַ֡ן הֵן֩ [תּוּכַל
NAS: difficult problems. Now if
KJV: and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst
INT: difficult and solve Now if be able

Daniel 6:8
HEB: כְּעַ֣ן מַלְכָּ֔א תְּקִ֥ים
NAS: Now, O king, establish
KJV: Now, O king, establish
INT: Now king establish

13 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3705
13 Occurrences

kə·‘an — 10 Occ.
ū·ḵə·‘an — 3 Occ.