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אֱדַיִן

ʼĕdayin · Hebrew · Strong's H116 · 57 occurrences

The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “now”

What it means

then (of time)

(Aramaic) of uncertain derivation;

How the KJV renders it

now, that time, then

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

now
also renders loipón (G3063), éti (G2089), nyní (G3570), árti (G737), ḗdē (G2235), ʼâz (H227), ʼân (H575), ʼêphôw (H645), hênnâh (H2008), kᵉbâr (H3528), kᵉʻan (H3705), nâʼ (H4994)
then
also renders loipón (G3063), épeita (G1899), oukoûn (G3766), tóte (G5119), eîta (G1534), ʼâz (H227), ʼăzay (H233), gam (H1571)
that time
also renders tóte (G5119)

Where it appears

57 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 53 verses shown.

Daniel 2:14 · AR/D
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:15 · AD
He answered Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree so urgent from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
Daniel 2:17 · AD
Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
Daniel 2:19 · AD
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel 2:25 · AD
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: “I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”
Daniel 2:35 · AR/D
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Daniel 2:46 AR/DDaniel 2:48 ADDaniel 3:3 AR/DDaniel 3:13 AR/DDaniel 3:19 AR/DDaniel 3:21 AR/DDaniel 3:24 ADDaniel 3:26 AR/DDaniel 3:30 AR/DDaniel 4:7 AR/DDaniel 4:19 ADDaniel 5:3 AR/DDaniel 5:6 ADDaniel 5:8 ADDaniel 5:9 ADDaniel 5:13 AR/DDaniel 5:17 AR/DDaniel 5:24 AR/DDaniel 5:29 AR/DDaniel 6:3 ADDaniel 6:4 ADDaniel 6:5 ADDaniel 6:6 ADDaniel 6:11 ADDaniel 6:12 AR/DDaniel 6:13 AR/DDaniel 6:14 ADDaniel 6:15 AR/DDaniel 6:16 AR/DDaniel 6:18 ADDaniel 6:19 AR/DDaniel 6:21 ADDaniel 6:23 AR/DDaniel 6:25 AR/DDaniel 7:1 AR/DDaniel 7:11 AR/DDaniel 7:19 ADEzra 4:9 ADEzra 4:23 ADEzra 4:24 AR/DEzra 5:2 AR/DEzra 5:4 ADEzra 5:5 AC/DEzra 5:9 ADEzra 5:16 ADEzra 6:1 AR/DEzra 6:13 AD

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.