Definition

"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate

Etymology

a primary particle of present time;

Where the KJV renders it

• henceforth
• + hereafter
• of late
• soon
• present
• this (time)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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