Definition

at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore

Etymology

a demonstrative adverb;

Where the KJV renders it

• beginning
• for
• from
• hitherto
• now
• of old
• once
• since
• then
• at which time
• yet

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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