Lexical Definition

‎עִדָּן‎ ʻiddân (id-dawn') time ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of ‎עֵד‎

time.

• a set time
• technically, a year

1) time
1a) time (of duration)
1b) year

See Greek: καιρός · ὥρα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עִדָּן‎ noun masculine^{Dan 2:9} time (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps loan-word from Assyrian adannu, fixed, appointed, or definite, time; [Arabic probably Aramaic loan-word, Schw^{ZMG liii (1899), 197}]); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Dan 7:12 +; emphatic ‎עִדָּנָא‎ Dan 2:8 +; plural absolute ‎עִדָּנִין‎ Dan 4:13* +, emphatic ‎עִדָּנַיָּא‎ Dan 2:21 —

1. in general, time, as duration Dan 2:8; Dan 7:12 involving specific conditions Dan 2:9; Dan 2:21 (point of) time Dan 3:5; Dan 3:15.

2. definite time, = year (as modern Greek χρόνος, see EASophocles¹¹⁷³): ‎׳‎‎שִׁבְעָה ע‎ = seven years, Dan 4:13*; Dan 4:20*; Dan 4:22*; Dan 4:29* ‎עִדָּן וְעִדָּנִין וּפְלַג עִדָּן‎ Dan 7:25 (i.e. 3 1/2 years, see Dr; perhaps read dual for plural, compare Bev Gunk^{Schöpf. 201}).

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