Lexical Definition

‎כְּעַן‎ kᵉʻan (keh-an') now ^A:Adv
(Aramaic) probably from ‎כֵּן‎

now.

• now

1) now, at this time, until now

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ke.e.net (‎כ‎ְּ‎ע‎ֶ֫‎נ‎ֶ‎ת‎ "now" כְּעֶנֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: פֶּרֶט
‎כְּעַן‎ adverb now (so Egyptian Aramaic (CIS^{ii. 137} = Cooke^{No.73 RÉS:361} B S-C^{Pap. C 5}); ᵑ7, e.g. Num 22:4: ‎עַן‎ probably a substantive from [‎עָנָה‎] the √ of ‎עֵת‎, time; so ‎כְּעַן‎ literally at (this) time = Hebrew ‎עַתָּה‎: K^{§ 67, 4}); — Dan 2:23 ‎וּכְעַן הוֺדַעְתַּנִי‎, Dan 3:15; Dan 4:34*; Dan 5:12; Dan 5:15; Dan 5:16; Dan 6:9*; Ezra 4:13; Ezra 4:14; Ezra 4:21; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:6 ‎עַדכְּֿעַן‎ until now Ezra 5:16 (so ᵑ7 Gen 18:22 +).

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