νῦν nun
Greek word for “now” · Strong’s G3568 · used 146 times in 139 verses
Meaning
νῦν, adv.; 1. prop., of time, now, i.e.
How it is translated
Glosses given for nun in context, with how often each is used:
- now 125
- present 11
- now on 3
- now — 1
- henceforth 1
- then 1
- presently 1
- since 1
- just now 1
- now the time 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John | 28 | 1.8 | |
| Acts | 25 | 1.4 | |
| Luke | 14 | 0.7 | |
| Romans | 14 | 2.0 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 7 | 1.6 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 6 | 0.9 | |
| Galatians | 6 | 2.7 | |
| Philippians | 5 | 3.1 | |
| Hebrews | 5 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Peter | 5 | 3.0 | |
| Matthew | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ephesians | 4 | 1.7 |
Also in 12 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
John 16 (4), Luke 22 (3), John 17 (3), Acts 7 (3), Acts 20 (3), Romans 8 (3), Romans 11 (3), Galatians 4 (3), Philippians 1 (3), Matthew 27 (2)
Forms
- νῦν 143
- Νῦν 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nun more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- καιρός kairos “time/right time” 10
- οἶδα oida “to know” 13
- αἰών aiōn “an age” 9
- οὐδείς oudeis “none” 9
- ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 9
- ἐάν ean “if” 9
- κατά kata “according to” 10
- σάρξ sarx “flesh” 7
- υἱός uhios “son” 9
- ποτέ pote “once/when” 5
- κόσμος kosmos “world” 7
- πατήρ patēr “father” 9
Key verses
The verses using nun that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Acts 24:25 — And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season,…
- Romans 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- Galatians 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son…
- Ephesians 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the…
- Philippians 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be…
- Philippians 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and…
- 1 Timothy 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- 1 Timothy 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to…
- James 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- 1 Peter 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the…
- 2 Peter 3:18 — But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- 1 John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.