Zeman זְמָ֑ן
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| זְמָ֑ן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | zeman |
| Strong's number | H2165 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | time |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Esther (2) |
Zeman (Hebrew זְמָ֑ן, Strong's H2165) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “time”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
a set time, appointed time, time
Aramaic equivalent: ze.man (זְמַן "time" H2166)
Aramaic equivalent: ze.man (זְמַן "time" H2166)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | time (2), times (1), season (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | time (1), there is a season (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Zeman, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 2:6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
Esther
- Esther 9:27The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
- Esther 9:31To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 3:1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).