כְּעַן
kᵉʻan · keh-an'
now
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) probably from H3652 (כֵּן);
now
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: now.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
the open hand that covers › to see and know › the seed, life continuing
The open hand that covers that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּעַן 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- now10 · 77%
- ye now1 · 8%
- unto me now1 · 8%
- and now1 · 8%
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.