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Ezra 4:13

“Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כְּעַןkᵉʻan · keh-an'
H3705 · Aramaic

Definition: now
Derivation: (Aramaic) probably from H3652 (כֵּן);
KJV renderings: now.
Grammar: כְּעַ֗ן — adverb
Code AD
Usage: Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:14 Ezra 4:21 Ezra 5:16 Ezra 5:17 Ezra 6:6

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כְּעַן here.

Verse 12 Verse 14

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.