אָז az

Hebrew word for “then” · Strong’s H227 · used 141 times in 133 verses

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Meaning

1) then, at that time;

Senses in the lexicon

• then (122)
• the past (19)

How it is translated

Glosses given for az in context, with how often each is used:

• then 141

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 5 (5), Isaiah 48 (4), Isaiah 58 (3), Jeremiah 22 (3), Exodus 4 (2), Exodus 12 (2), Exodus 15 (2), Leviticus 26 (2), Joshua 10 (2), Joshua 14 (2)

Forms

• אז 119
• מאז 17
• ואז 4
• ומאז 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with az more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָבַר davar “to speak” 14
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 12
• זֶה zeh “this” 12
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 8
• יָדַע yada “to know” 10
• עַתָּה attah “now” 8
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 7
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 8
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 10
• דָּוִד david “David” 9
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 10
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 6

Key verses

The verses using az that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:1 — Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse…
• Leviticus 26:41 — And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they…
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Joshua 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is…
• Psalms 89:19 — Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
• Isaiah 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
• Isaiah 35:6 — Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
• Isaiah 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no…
• Isaiah 45:21 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the…
• Isaiah 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting…
• Jeremiah 22:15 — Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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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.