Lexicon
עֵת
et
H6256
H:N Hebrew

time

296
Occurrences
33
Books
Hebrew
Language

et marks a time: an occasion, a period or season, and sometimes a defined endpoint.

The supplied verses most often use the noun to locate an event at a particular temporal occasion; they also show it for a bounded period or season, including times of life, recurring activity, rain, and an end-related or appointed point.

Senses in use

  1. A particular temporal occasion · dominant

    The singular absolute form commonly sets an event at a particular point: in 1 Kings 11:29 the APB renders, “At that time Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem,” and in 2 Kings 24:10 it introduces the servants of Nebuchadnezzar going up against Jerusalem. It can also specify a near future point, as in 1 Samuel 9:16, where the APB renders, “About this time tomorrow,” before the sending and anointing of a man from Benjamin.

  2. A defined period, season, or endpoint · common

    Construct forms link the noun to a specified phase or boundary. In 2 Samuel 11:2 the APB renders “the time of the evening” before David rises from his bed; in Deuteronomy 11:14 it renders rain “in its season”; and in Daniel 12:4 the sealed words remain so “until the time of the end.” Plural forms can present broader periods, as in Isaiah 33:6, “the stability of your times.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB variously presents the temporal expression as “at that time,” “tomorrow at this time,” “time of,” “season,” and “times.” These renderings show the clauses' temporal framing rather than a fixed English equivalent for every token.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture