אֱדַיִן
ʼĕdayin · ed-ah'-yin
then (of time)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation;
then (of time)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: now, that time, then.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱדַיִן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then53 · 93%
- now1 · 2%
- and then1 · 2%
- that time1 · 2%
- hither. then1 · 2%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.