אָז
ʼâz · awz
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
Lexicon
Derivation: a demonstrative adverb;
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
- at that time or place
- also, as a conjunction, therefore
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to cut, to sustain
Strength, the leader that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָז 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
141 occurrences · 141 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then4 · 18%
- yet2 · 9%
- was then1 · 5%
- and it came to pass from the time1 · 5%
- nor since1 · 5%
- even since1 · 5%
- now1 · 5%
- even1 · 5%
- hitherto1 · 5%
- that then1 · 5%
- for1 · 5%
- at which time1 · 5%
- when1 · 5%
- of old1 · 5%
- since that time1 · 5%
- thee from that time1 · 5%
- from the beginning1 · 5%
- i have even from the beginning1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
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.