Definition
from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
Traditional renderings: henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
Traditional renderings: henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עַתָּ֫ה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
432 total
- Exodus 10:17וְעַתָּ֗ה · NowNow please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
- Exodus 18:11עַתָּ֣ה · NowNow I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Exodus 18:19עַתָּ֞ה · NowNow listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
- Exodus 19:5וְעַתָּ֗ה · NowNow if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Exodus 32:10וְעַתָּה֙ · NowNow leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
- Exodus 32:30וְעַתָּה֙ · NowThe next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
- Exodus 32:32וְעַתָּ֖ה · Yet nowYet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
- Exodus 32:34וְעַתָּ֞ה · NowNow go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
- Exodus 33:5וְעַתָּ֗ה · NowFor the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
- Exodus 33:13וְעַתָּ֡ה · NowNow if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”
- Numbers 11:6וְעַתָּ֛ה · But nowBut now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
- Numbers 11:23עַתָּ֥ה · NowThe LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
- Numbers 14:17וְעַתָּ֕ה · So nowSo now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
- Numbers 22:4עַתָּ֞הSo the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 22:6וְעַתָּה֩ · nowSo please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
- Numbers 22:11עַתָּ֗ה · Now‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”
- Numbers 22:19וְעַתָּ֗ה · So nowSo now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
- Numbers 22:29עַתָּ֖ה · right nowBalaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
- Numbers 22:33עַתָּ֛ה · then by nowThe donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”
- Numbers 22:34וְעַתָּ֛ה · And now“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
- Numbers 22:38עַתָּ֕ה“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
- Numbers 24:11וְעַתָּ֖ה · at onceTherefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”
- Numbers 24:14וְעַתָּ֕ה · NowNow I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
- Numbers 24:17עַתָּ֔ה · nowI see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- Numbers 31:17וְעַתָּ֕ה · So nowSo now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
- Deuteronomy 2:13עַתָּ֗ה · Now“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
- Deuteronomy 4:1וְעַתָּ֣ה · nowHear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:25וְעַתָּה֙ · But nowBut now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
- Deuteronomy 10:12וְעַתָּה֙ · And nowAnd now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 10:22וְעַתָּ֗ה · and nowYour fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Deuteronomy 12:9עָ֑תָּהFor you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 26:10וְעַתָּ֗ה · And nowAnd now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
- Deuteronomy 31:19וְעַתָּ֗ה · Now thereforeNow therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
- Deuteronomy 32:39עַתָּ֗ה · nowSee now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Joshua 1:2וְעַתָּה֩ · Now therefore“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.
- Joshua 2:12וְעַתָּ֗ה · Now thereforeNow therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
- Joshua 3:12וְעַתָּ֗ה · NowNow choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
- Joshua 5:14עַתָּ֣ה · have now“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
- Joshua 9:6וְעַתָּ֖הThey went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
- Joshua 9:11וְעַתָּ֖הSo the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
- Joshua 9:12וְעַתָּה֙ · it is nowThis bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But look, it is now dry and moldy.
- Joshua 9:19וְעַתָּ֕ה · and nowAll the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
- Joshua 9:23וְעַתָּ֖ה · Now thereforeNow therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
- Joshua 9:25וְעַתָּ֖ה · NowNow we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
- Joshua 13:7וְעַתָּ֗ה · Now thereforeNow therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- Joshua 14:10וְעַתָּ֗ה · Now; וְעַתָּה֙ · SoNow behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Joshua 14:11עָ֑תָּה · is now…still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
- Joshua 14:12וְעַתָּ֗ה · Now thereforeNow therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
- Joshua 22:4וְעַתָּ֗ה · And now thatAnd now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.