5732. iddan

Strong's Lexicon

iddan: Time, period, season

Original Word: עִדָּן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `iddan
Pronunciation: id-dawn'
Phonetic Spelling: (id-dawn')
Definition: Time, period, season
Meaning: a set time, technically, a year

Word Origin: Derived from the Aramaic root עַד (ad), which means "to pass" or "to advance."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2540 (καιρός, kairos): Refers to an appointed time or season, often used in the New Testament to denote God's opportune moments.

- G5550 (χρόνος, chronos): Refers to a general period or duration of time.

Usage: The term "iddan" is used in the Aramaic portions of the Old Testament, particularly in the Book of Daniel, to denote a specific period or season of time. It often refers to a divinely appointed time or a significant epoch in God's sovereign plan.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, time was often viewed cyclically, with seasons and periods marked by agricultural cycles, religious festivals, and royal reigns. The use of "iddan" in the Book of Daniel reflects a worldview where God orchestrates the rise and fall of empires and the unfolding of history according to His divine timetable.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to iddah
Definition
time
NASB Translation
moment (2), situation (1), time (8), times (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עִדָּן noun masculine^{Daniel 2:9} time (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps loan-word from Assyrian adannu, fixed, appointed, or definite, time; [Arabic probably Aramaic loan-word, Schw^{ZMG liii (1899), 197}]); — absolute ׳ע Daniel 7:12 +; emphatic עִדָּנָא Daniel 2:8 +; plural absolute עִדָּנִין Daniel 4:13 +, emphatic עִדָּנַיָּא Daniel 2:21; —

1 in General, time, as duration Daniel 2:8; Daniel 7:12; involving specific conditions Daniel 2:9,21; (point of) time Daniel 3:5,15.

2 definite time, = year (as modern Greek χρόνος, see EASophocles¹¹⁷³): ׳שִׁבְעָה ע = seven years, Daniel 4:13; Daniel 4:20; Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:29; עִדָּן וְעִדָּנִין וּפְלַג עִדָּן Daniel 7:25 (i.e. 3 2-Janyears, see Dr; perhaps read dual for plural, compare Bev Gunk^{Schöpf. 201}).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

time

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of ed; a set time; technically, a year -- time.

see HEBREW ed

Forms and Transliterations

בְּעִדָּנָ֡א בְעִדָּנָ֡א בעדנא וְעִדָּֽן׃ וְעִדָּנִ֖ין ועדן׃ ועדנין עִדָּ֥ן עִדָּֽן׃ עִדָּנִ֖ין עִדָּנַיָּא֙ עִדָּנָ֖א עדן עדן׃ עדנא עדניא עדנין ‘id·dā·nā ‘id·dā·nay·yā ‘id·dā·nîn ‘id·dān ‘iddān ‘iddānā ‘iddānayyā ‘iddānîn bə‘iddānā ḇə‘iddānā bə·‘id·dā·nā ḇə·‘id·dā·nā beiddaNa idDan iddaNa iddanaiYa iddaNin veidDan veiddaNa veiddaNin wə‘iddān wə‘iddānîn wə·‘id·dā·nîn wə·‘id·dān

Englishman's Concordance

Daniel 2:8
HEB: אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין
NAS: that you are bargaining for time, inasmuch
KJV: would gain the time, because
INT: I for time ye you are bargaining

Daniel 2:9
HEB: עַ֛ד דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א יִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑א לָהֵ֗ן
NAS: me until the situation is changed;
KJV: me, till the time be changed:
INT: till forasmuch the situation is changed if

Daniel 2:21
HEB: וְ֠הוּא מְהַשְׁנֵ֤א עִדָּנַיָּא֙ וְזִמְנַיָּ֔א מְהַעְדֵּ֥ה
NAS: It is He who changes the times and the epochs;
KJV: And he changeth the times and the seasons:
INT: who changes the times and the epochs removes

Daniel 3:5
HEB: בְּעִדָּנָ֡א דִּֽי־ תִשְׁמְע֡וּן
NAS: that at the moment you hear the sound
KJV: [That] at what time ye hear the sound
INT: the moment forasmuch hear

Daniel 3:15
HEB: עֲתִידִ֗ין דִּ֣י בְעִדָּנָ֡א דִּֽי־ תִשְׁמְע֡וּן
NAS: you are ready, at the moment you hear
KJV: ready that at what time ye hear
INT: are ready who the moment who hear

Daniel 4:16
HEB: לֵ֑הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃
NAS: to him, And let seven periods of time pass
KJV: unto him; and let seven times pass
INT: be given seven of time pass over

Daniel 4:23
HEB: דִּֽי־ שִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃
NAS: until seven periods of time pass over
KJV: till seven times pass over
INT: forasmuch seven of time pass over

Daniel 4:25
HEB: מְצַבְּעִ֔ין וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן [עֲלַיִךְ
NAS: and seven periods of time will pass
KJV: and seven times shall pass
INT: and be drenched and seven of time will pass and

Daniel 4:32
HEB: יְטַעֲמ֔וּן וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן [עֲלַיִךְ
NAS: and seven periods of time will pass
KJV: and seven times shall pass
INT: will be given and seven of time will pass and

Daniel 7:12
HEB: עַד־ זְמַ֥ן וְעִדָּֽן׃
NAS: to them for an appointed period of time.
KJV: for a season and time.
INT: for an appointed of time

Daniel 7:25
HEB: בִּידֵ֔הּ עַד־ עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג
NAS: into his hand for a time, times,
KJV: until a time and times
INT: his hand until A time times and half

Daniel 7:25
HEB: עַד־ עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג עִדָּֽן׃
NAS: for a time, times, and half
KJV: a time and times and the dividing
INT: until A time times and half A time

Daniel 7:25
HEB: וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג עִדָּֽן׃
NAS: times, and half a time.
KJV: and times and the dividing of time.
INT: times and half A time

13 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5732
13 Occurrences

bə·‘id·dā·nā — 1 Occ.
‘id·dān — 2 Occ.
‘id·dā·nā — 2 Occ.
‘id·dā·nay·yā — 1 Occ.
‘id·dā·nîn — 4 Occ.
wə·‘id·dān — 1 Occ.
ḇə·‘id·dā·nā — 1 Occ.
wə·‘id·dā·nîn — 1 Occ.