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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