Hebrew · H6256

עֵת

Time , especially (adverb with preposition) now , when , etc.

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עֵת H6256

Pronunciation ‘ittōṯāy

What does עֵת (‘ittōṯāy) mean in the Bible?

עֵת (‘ittōṯāy): Denotes appointed or defined time; emphasizes temporal specificity rather than duration or abstract time itself.

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What does עֵת (‘ittōṯāy) mean in the Bible?

עֵת (‘ittōṯāy): Denotes appointed or defined time; emphasizes temporal specificity rather than duration or abstract time itself.

How does the BSB render H6256?

The BSB source-word alignment has 297 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include time (76), . . . (22), a time (17), and a time (15), the time (13).

Where does עֵת (‘ittōṯāy) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 8:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Ecclesiastes (40), Jeremiah (36), Psalms (22), Ezekiel (19).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

time 76× Genesis 21:22, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 38:1, Numbers 22:4

. . . 22× Genesis 24:11, Leviticus 16:2, Joshua 8:29, 1 Chronicles 9:25

a time 17× Ecclesiastes 3:2, Ecclesiastes 3:3, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Ecclesiastes 3:5

and a time 15× Ecclesiastes 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:2, Ecclesiastes 3:3, Ecclesiastes 3:4

the time 13× Job 39:2, Jeremiah 27:7, Jeremiah 30:7, Jeremiah 46:21

times 13× Exodus 18:22, Exodus 18:26, Nehemiah 9:28, Nehemiah 10:34

in season 7× Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 28:12, Job 5:26, Psalms 1:3

In the time 7× 2 Chronicles 28:22, Psalms 37:19, Isaiah 49:8, Jeremiah 10:15

When 6× Genesis 31:10, 2 Chronicles 29:27, Job 39:1, Jeremiah 2:17

at the time 5× Genesis 24:11, Psalms 21:9, Jeremiah 49:8, Jeremiah 51:33

- 4× Joshua 10:27, 2 Samuel 11:2, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 20:2

in your time 4× Judges 10:14, Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 15:11

by this time 3× 1 Samuel 20:12, 1 Kings 19:2, 2 Kings 10:6

in its time 3× Ecclesiastes 3:11, Isaiah 60:22, Hosea 2:9

in times 3× Psalms 9:9, Psalms 10:1, Jeremiah 14:8

About this time 2× 2 Kings 7:1, 2 Kings 7:18

at set times 2× Ezekiel 4:10, Ezekiel 4:11

at the time when 2× 2 Samuel 11:1, 1 Chronicles 20:1

at this time 2× Exodus 9:18, 1 Samuel 9:16

From the time 2× 2 Chronicles 25:27, Isaiah 48:16

in their time 2× Jeremiah 11:12, Jeremiah 11:14

in time 2× Psalms 37:39, Isaiah 33:2

it is time 2× Psalms 102:13, Psalms 119:126

Now 2× Ezekiel 23:43, Ezekiel 27:34

the times 2× 1 Chronicles 12:32, Esther 1:13

their time 2× Job 22:16, Jeremiah 8:7

vvv 2× 1 Kings 15:23, Jeremiah 20:16

[Babylon’s] time 1× Isaiah 13:22

[there is] a time 1× Ecclesiastes 8:9

a right time 1× Ecclesiastes 8:6

a timely 1× Proverbs 15:23

about the time 1× Daniel 9:21

actually 1× Judges 21:22

and for the time 1× Jeremiah 14:19

And from the time 1× Daniel 12:11

and in their time 1× Nehemiah 9:27

and the circumstances 1× 1 Chronicles 29:30

and their doom 1× Psalms 81:15

As 1× 1 Samuel 4:20

at [that] time 1× 1 Chronicles 12:22

at a time 1× Leviticus 15:25

at fixed times 1× 1 Chronicles 9:25

At mealtime 1× Ruth 2:14

At once 1× Esther 8:9

At that time 1× Daniel 11:6

at the final stage 1× Ezekiel 35:5

at the proper time 1× Ecclesiastes 10:17

at this time next year 1× Genesis 18:10

but in times 1× Daniel 9:25

concerns the time 1× Daniel 8:17

days 1× 2 Chronicles 15:5

For [it is] time 1× Hosea 10:12

for a time 1× Jeremiah 8:15

for such a time 1× Esther 4:14

for times 1× Job 38:23

For when 1× 1 Kings 11:4

for your times 1× Isaiah 33:6

future 1× Ezekiel 12:27

his time 1× Ecclesiastes 9:12

In 1× 1 Chronicles 20:1

in about a year 1× Genesis 18:14

in due season 1× Psalms 104:27

In due time 1× Deuteronomy 32:35

in springtime 1× Zechariah 10:1

in the dry season 1× Job 6:17

in the evening 1× Genesis 8:11

in their season 1× Leviticus 26:4

in their seasons 1× Job 38:32

is for a time 1× Psalms 69:13

Is it a time 1× Haggai 1:4

is the time 1× Jeremiah 51:6

Is this the time 1× 2 Kings 5:26

It will now 1× Numbers 23:23

long 1× Esther 5:13

My times 1× Psalms 31:15

next year 1× 2 Kings 4:16

old enough 1× Ezekiel 16:8

season 1× Ezra 10:13

than when 1× Psalms 4:7

the days 1× Amos 5:13

The moment 1× 2 Chronicles 20:22

the next year 1× 2 Kings 4:17

the right time 1× Ecclesiastes 8:5

the season 1× Song Of Solomon 2:12

the time arrives 1× Hosea 13:13

their appointed time 1× Jeremiah 33:20

there is a time 1× Ecclesiastes 3:17

this time 1× 1 Kings 20:6

time on 1× Nehemiah 13:21

times for judgment 1× Job 24:1

to us 1× Judges 13:23

were presently 1× 1 Chronicles 21:29

When the time 1× Genesis 38:27

Whenever 1× 2 Chronicles 24:11

while 1× Psalms 32:6

who brings her own doom 1× Ezekiel 22:3

will be a time 1× Micah 2:3

yes, at that time 1× Zephaniah 3:20

Yet in the time 1× Jeremiah 2:27

Yet when 1× Job 39:18

you are now 1× Ezekiel 16:57

your time 1× Ecclesiastes 7:17

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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 8:11

Aligned rows 297

Books represented 33

Genesis 10 Exodus 3 Leviticus 3 Numbers 2 Deuteronomy 18 Joshua 7 Judges 10 Ruth 1 1 Samuel 4 2 Samuel 3 1 Kings 7 2 Kings 11 1 Chronicles 9 2 Chronicles 16 Ezra 3 Nehemiah 7 Esther 5 Job 10 Psalms 22 Proverbs 5 Ecclesiastes 40 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 11 Jeremiah 36 Ezekiel 19 Daniel 16 Hosea 3 Joel 1 Amos 2 Micah 3 Zephaniah 4 Haggai 3 Zechariah 2

Source forms

בָּעֵ֣ת 36x bā·‘êṯ Genesis 21:22, Genesis 38:1, Deuteronomy 1:18, Deuteronomy 2:34

עֵ֥ת 20x ‘êṯ Psalms 102:13, Psalms 105:19, Ecclesiastes 3:2, Ecclesiastes 3:3

בָּעֵ֥ת 15x bā·‘êṯ Numbers 22:4, Deuteronomy 1:9, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 3:18

עֵ֣ת 13x ‘êṯ Joshua 8:29, 2 Samuel 24:15, Job 39:2, Ecclesiastes 3:2

בְּעֵ֣ת 8x bə·‘êṯ Genesis 38:27, Psalms 37:19, Psalms 37:39, Jeremiah 2:28

בְּעֵ֥ת 8x bə·‘êṯ Judges 10:14, 1 Samuel 18:19, Isaiah 33:2, Jeremiah 10:15

כָּעֵ֣ת 8x kā·‘êṯ Genesis 18:10, Exodus 9:18, Joshua 11:6, 1 Kings 20:6

לְעֵ֣ת 8x lə·‘êṯ Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:11, Ruth 2:14, 2 Samuel 11:2

Parsing patterns

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular 62x Genesis 21:22, Genesis 38:1, Numbers 22:4, Deuteronomy 1:9

Noun - common singular 49x Exodus 18:22, Exodus 18:26, Leviticus 16:2, 1 Chronicles 9:25

Noun - common singular construct 23x Genesis 29:7, Leviticus 15:25, Joshua 8:29, 2 Samuel 24:15

Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct 23x Genesis 38:27, Judges 10:14, Psalms 37:19, Psalms 37:39

Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular 16x Ecclesiastes 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:2, Ecclesiastes 3:3, Ecclesiastes 3:4

Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct 16x Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:11, Ruth 2:14, 2 Samuel 11:2

Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular 13x Exodus 9:18, Numbers 23:23, Joshua 11:6, Judges 21:22

Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular 12x Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 28:12, Job 5:26, Job 38:32

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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What does עֵת (‘ittōṯāy) mean in the Bible?

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