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עֵת

et

time

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Strong’s H6256Noun296 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

time113

the time of49

a time42

a time of21

the time16

times16

appropriate time14

this time11

In the text

Deuteronomy 1:9בָּעֵת
At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
2 Chronicles 7:8בָּעֵת
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
Psalm 4:7מֵעֵת
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
Ecclesiastes 3:2עֵת
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
Jeremiah 2:17בְּעֵת
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
Ezekiel 4:10מֵעֵת
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֵת 297 n.f. time

1. time of an event

2.

a. = usual time

b. proper, suitable time

c. appointed time

d. as uncertain

3. = experience, fortunes

4. occurrence, occasion

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.