Strong’s H6258 · Hebrew
עַתָּה
ʻattâh
at-taw'
Definition
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
Etymology
from H6256 (עֵת);
Where the KJV renders it
- henceforth
- now
- straightway
- this time
- whereas
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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