עַתָּה attah

Hebrew word for “now” · Strong’s H6258 · used 433 times in 422 verses

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Meaning

1) now; 1a) now; 1b) in phrases

How it is translated

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

• now 290
• therefore 141
• now must 1
• more than now 1

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 22 (8), Genesis 31 (6), Joshua 9 (6), Judges 11 (5), 1 Samuel 12 (5), 1 Samuel 26 (5), Genesis 27 (4), Exodus 32 (4), 1 Samuel 15 (4), 1 Samuel 25 (4)

Forms

• ועתה 272
• עתה 148
• מעתה 13

Words used with it

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

• נָא na “please” 47
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 61
• נִי ni “me” 52
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 49
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 46
• זֶה zeh “this” 47
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 47
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 42
• מָה mah “what?” 36
• אָב av “father” 41
• יָדַע yada “to know” 37
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 39

Key verses

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

• Genesis 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,…
• Exodus 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
• Deuteronomy 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land…
• Deuteronomy 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy…
• Deuteronomy 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
• 1 Chronicles 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all…
• 2 Chronicles 16:9 — For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou…
• Psalms 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
• Isaiah 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with…
• Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;…
• Micah 5:4 — And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto…

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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.