Az אָז

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Az
אָז
Transliterationaz
Strong's numberH227 (H0227A, H0227B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechconjunction
Glossthen
Occurrences141 in 133 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (16)

Az (Hebrew אָז, Strong's H227) is a Hebrew conjunction meaning “then”. It occurs 141 times in 133 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0227A: then

1) then, at that time
1a) temporal expressions
1a1) then (past)
1a2) then, if...then (future)
1a3) earlier
1b) logical expressions
1b1) in that case
1b2) that (being so)

H0227B: the past

1) in time past, of old
2)from time of, since

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtime (4), since (2), yet (2), beginning (2), even (1), hitherto (1), old (1)
BSBtime (23), long ago (5), since (3), likewise (2), ever since (1), was (1), consequently (1), this will mean (1), past (1), he (1), you were already (1), you once (1), and 4 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Az, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Micah

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Malachi

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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