כְּעַן kean

Hebrew word for “now” · Strong’s H3705 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

now, at this time, until now; Aramaic equivalent: ke.e.net (כְּעֶ֫נֶת "now" H3706)

How it is translated

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

• now 13

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 4 (3), Daniel 5 (3), Ezra 5 (2), Ezra 6 (1), Daniel 2 (1), Daniel 3 (1), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 6 (1)

Forms

• כען 10
• וכען 3

Words used with it

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

• דִּי di “that” 12
• לָא la “not” 7
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 7
• מִן־ min “from” 6
• יְדַע yeda “to know” 5
• דֵּךְ dekh “this” 4
• הֵן hen “if” 4
• בְּנָה benah “to build” 4
• קְרָא qera “to read” 3
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 4
• כְּתָב ketav “inscription” 3
• אֲנָה anah “me” 3

Key verses

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

• Ezra 4:13 — Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt…
• Ezra 4:14 — Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
• Ezra 5:16 — Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building,…
• Ezra 5:17 — Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree…
• Ezra 6:6 — Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
• Daniel 2:23 — I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou…
• Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and…
• Daniel 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able…
• Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found…
• Daniel 5:15 — And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof:…
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the…
• Daniel 6:8 — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

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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.