Time

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: time, times. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “time” or one of its forms.

• עֵת êth216
• יוֹם yôm78
• καιρός kairós70
• פַּעַם paam59
• χρόνος chrónos38
• מוֹעֵד môêd30
• אָז âz25
• τότε tóte21
• ἡμέρα hēméra19
• אַחַר achar14
• הָיָה hâyâh14
• ὥρα hṓra12

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• עֵת êthtimetranslated this way 216 times of its 270 uses · Strong’s H6256Noun  ·  Translated: time 182, times 22, season 10, when 6

  Genesis 18:10 Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

  Exodus 9:18 Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

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• יוֹם yômdaytranslated this way 78 times of its 2,013 uses · Strong’s H3117Noun  ·  Translated: day 1,009, days 524, today 141, time 72

  Genesis 4:3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

  Exodus 2:23 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

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• פַּעַם paambeat, foot, anvil, occurrencetranslated this way 59 times of its 105 uses · Strong’s H6471Noun  ·  Translated: times 42, time 15, feet 9, twice 6

  Genesis 29:35 And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

  Exodus 8:32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

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• מוֹעֵד môêdappointed time, place, meetingtranslated this way 30 times of its 223 uses · Strong’s H4150Noun  ·  Translated: Meeting 146, appointed feasts 20, appointed time 14, time 9

  Genesis 17:21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

  Exodus 9:5 The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

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• אָז âzat that time, thentranslated this way 25 times of its 119 uses · Strong’s H227Adverb  ·  Translated: then 63, time 23, long ago 5, and 4

  Genesis 4:26 And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

  Exodus 9:24 The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

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• אַחַר acharbehindtranslated this way 14 times of its 556 uses · Strong’s H310Preposition  ·  Translated: after 123, behind 56, and after 22, after that 19

  Genesis 22:1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

  Joshua 24:29 Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 14 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151

  Genesis 22:20 Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

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• עִדָּן iddântimetranslated this way 10 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s H5732Noun  ·  Translated: times 6, time 4, situation 1, soon 1

  Daniel 2:8 The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time because you see that my word is final.

  Daniel 2:21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

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• שֵׁנִי shênîsecondtranslated this way 8 times of its 147 uses · Strong’s H8145Number  ·  Translated: second 91, other 20, another 13, second time 7

  Genesis 22:15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

  Numbers 10:6 When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

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• זְמָן zemântimetranslated this way 7 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H2166Noun  ·  Translated: time 4, times 2, seasons 1, season 1

  Ezra 5:3 At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

  Daniel 2:16 So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give him the interpretation.

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 6 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
• רִאשׁוֹן rishônformer, first, chieftranslated this way 5 times of its 171 uses · Strong’s H7223Adjective  ·  Translated: first 85, beginning 10, former 9, former things 6

  Numbers 10:13 They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

  Joshua 8:5 Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

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• רַב rabmuch, many, greattranslated this way 4 times of its 445 uses · Strong’s H7227Adjective  ·  Translated: many 171, great 65, captain 24, long 14

  Deuteronomy 1:46 For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time — a very long time.

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• רֶגֶל regelfoottranslated this way 4 times of its 213 uses · Strong’s H7272Noun  ·  Translated: feet 128, foot 45, legs 8, times 4

  Exodus 23:14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

  Numbers 22:28 Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

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• שֶׁמֶשׁ shemeshsuntranslated this way 3 times of its 108 uses · Strong’s H8121Noun  ·  Translated: sun 88, time the sun 3, sunset 3, broad daylight 2

  Genesis 19:23 And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

  1 Samuel 11:9 So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

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• עַתָּה attâhnowtranslated this way 3 times of its 428 uses · Strong’s H6258Adverb  ·  Translated: now 178, therefore 47, and now 41, but now 31

  Exodus 9:15 For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

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• עוֹלָם ôlâmlong duration, antiquity, futuritytranslated this way 3 times of its 341 uses · Strong’s H5769Noun  ·  Translated: forever 114, everlasting 60, endures forever 43, permanent 38

  1 Samuel 13:13 “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

  Isaiah 64:4 From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

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• קָצִיר qâtsîrharvesting, harvesttranslated this way 3 times of its 51 uses · Strong’s H7105Noun  ·  Translated: harvest 39, harvest time 3, branches 3, harvesting 2

  2 Samuel 23:13 At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

  Proverbs 20:4 The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

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• חָפֵץ châphêtsdelight intranslated this way 3 times of its 73 uses · Strong’s H2654Verb  ·  Translated: delight 14, delighted 13, desire 8, pleases 5

  Song of Solomon 2:7 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

  Song of Solomon 3:5 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

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• שַׁלְוָה shalvâhquietness, easetranslated this way 3 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s H7962Noun  ·  Translated: time of peace 3, prosperity 1, complacency 1, quietness 1

  Daniel 8:25 Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.

  Daniel 11:21 In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

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• שֶׁבַע shebaseventranslated this way 3 times of its 333 uses · Strong’s H7651Number  ·  Translated: seven 257, seventh 9, seventeenth 6, seventeen 5

  Leviticus 26:21 If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

  Psalm 119:164 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.

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• פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 3 times of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun  ·  Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123Full study and all 1,671 verses →
• תְּחִלָּה techillâhbeginningtranslated this way 2 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H8462Noun  ·  Translated: beginning 8, first 4, first time 2, earlier 2

  Genesis 43:18 But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

  Genesis 43:20 “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

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• מַלְאָךְ malâkmessengertranslated this way 2 times of its 212 uses · Strong’s H4397Noun  ·  Translated: angel 95, messengers 65, messenger 23, angels 9

  2 Samuel 24:16 But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  1 Chronicles 21:15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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• עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 2 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb  ·  Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42Full study and all 807 verses →
• רֶגַע regaa momenttranslated this way 2 times of its 21 uses · Strong’s H7281Noun  ·  Translated: moment 9, instant 4Full study and all 21 verses →
• מֹנֶה mônehcounted number, timetranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s H4489Noun  ·  Translated: times 2Full study and all 2 verses →
• יָד yâdhandtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,403 uses · Strong’s H3027Noun  ·  Translated: hand 664, hands 349, through 64, power 22Full study and all 1,290 verses →
• שִׁלְשׁוֹם shilshômthree days agotranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H8032Adverb  ·  Translated: times past 2, prior 1, usual 1, thirty sayings 1Full study and all 5 verses →
• יוֹם yômdaytranslated this way 2 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H3118Noun  ·  Translated: days 9, day 3, times 2, daily 1Full study and all 15 verses →
• קֶדֶם qedemfront, east, aforetimetranslated this way 2 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s H6924Noun  ·  Translated: east 35, old 13, eastern 5, east side 4Full study and all 82 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• καιρός kairósfitting season, opportunity, timetranslated this way 70 times of its 82 uses · Strong’s G2540Noun  ·  Translated: time 44, times 9, appointed time 4, harvest time 4Full study and all 77 verses →
• χρόνος chrónostime, a particular time, seasontranslated this way 38 times of its 45 uses · Strong’s G5550Noun  ·  Translated: time 31, times 6, longer 2Full study and all 45 verses →
• τότε tótethentranslated this way 21 times of its 126 uses · Strong’s G5119Adverb  ·  Translated: then 94, time 21, and 3, Afterward 1Full study and all 125 verses →
• ἡμέρα hēméraa daytranslated this way 19 times of its 368 uses · Strong’s G2250Noun  ·  Translated: day 186, days 131, time 19, daily 7Full study and all 353 verses →
• ὥρα hṓraan hour, seasontranslated this way 12 times of its 103 uses · Strong’s G5610Noun  ·  Translated: hour 82, time 11, moment 4, hours 3Full study and all 96 verses →
• τρίς trísthree timestranslated this way 12 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s G5151Adverb  ·  Translated: three times 12Full study and all 11 verses →
• δεύτερος deúterossecond, in the second place, for the second timetranslated this way 9 times of its 44 uses · Strong’s G1208Adjective  ·  Translated: second 33, second time 9, double 1, after 1Full study and all 43 verses →
• πάντοτε pántotealways, at all timestranslated this way 7 times of its 29 uses · Strong’s G3842Adverb  ·  Translated: always 21, times 5, time 2, continue 1Full study and all 29 verses →
• τρίτος trítosthirdtranslated this way 6 times of its 54 uses · Strong’s G5154Adjective  ·  Translated: third 48, third time 6Full study and all 47 verses →
• ἑπτάκις heptákisseven timestranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G2034Adverb  ·  Translated: seven times 4Full study and all 3 verses →
• διηνεκής diēnekḗscontinuous, continuallytranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G1336Adjective  ·  Translated: time 3Full study and all 3 verses →
• χρονίζω chronízōI delay, tarrytranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G5549Verb  ·  Translated: away a long time 1, delayed 1, took so long 1, long time 1Full study and all 5 verses →
• εὐκαιρέω eukairéōI have a good opportunity, have leisuretranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G2119Verb  ·  Translated: even have time 1, spent their time 1, opportunity 1Full study and all 3 verses →
• ἐπί epíon, to, against, on the basis of, attranslated this way 2 times of its 784 uses · Strong’s G1909Preposition  ·  Translated: on 288, to 87, in 83, at 48Full study and all 696 verses →
• βραχύς brachýsshort, littletranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G1024Adjective  ·  Translated: short time 2, small 1, little farther 1, briefly 1Full study and all 5 verses →
• διατρίβω diatríbōI tarry, continue, staytranslated this way 2 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s G1304Verb  ·  Translated: spent some time 2, spent 2, stayed 2, remained 1Full study and all 9 verses →
• πρό próbeforetranslated this way 2 times of its 47 uses · Strong’s G4253Preposition  ·  Translated: before 31, ahead 5, at 3, time ago 2Full study and all 47 verses →
• ἅμα hámaat the same time, along withtranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s G260Adverb  ·  Translated: time 2, as 2, together 2, with 1Full study and all 8 verses →
• νῦν nŷnnow, already, at presenttranslated this way 2 times of its 125 uses · Strong’s G3568Adverb  ·  Translated: now 96, present 10, now on 7Full study and all 120 verses →
• αἰών aiṓnan age, a cycle of timetranslated this way 2 times of its 108 uses · Strong’s G165Noun  ·  Translated: forever 43, age 22, ever 21, ages 5Full study and all 85 verses →
• ποτέ potéat one time or othertranslated this way 2 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s G4218Particle  ·  Translated: Once 6, formerly 4, last 2, time 2Full study and all 21 verses →

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.