nyni · now

What it means

nyni (νυνί) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “now”.

"Now", "at this moment"; a stronger form of "now".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. In the present time, unlike what was before.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

• Acts×2
• Romans×6
• 1 Corinthians×3
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×1
• Colossians×2
• Philemon×2
• Hebrews×2

• Acts 22:1

  “Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense before you now.”

• Acts 24:13

  nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.

• Romans 3:21

  But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been made manifest, being testified to by the law and the prophets,

• Romans 6:22

  But now, having been set free from sin and made slaves to God, you have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

• Romans 7:6

  But now we have been released from the law, having died to that in which we were held, so that we serve as slaves in newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

• Romans 7:17

  But now it is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells in me.

• Romans 15:23

  But now, no longer having a place in these regions, and having a longing to come to you for many years,

• Romans 15:25

  But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the saints.

• 1 Corinthians 12:18

  But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he wanted.

• 1 Corinthians 13:13

  But now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

• 1 Corinthians 15:20

  But now the Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

• 2 Corinthians 8:11

  So now also finish doing it, so that just as there was the eagerness to want it, so also there may be the completing of it out of what you have.

• 2 Corinthians 8:22

  And we are sending with them our brother, whom we have often tested in many things and found to be earnest, but now much more earnest because of his great confidence in you.

• Ephesians 2:13

  But now in the Messiah Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of the Messiah.

• Colossians 1:22

  but now you have been reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and above reproach before him,

• Colossians 3:8

  But now you also put away all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, obscene talk from your mouth.

• Philemon 1:9

  because of love I rather appeal to you, being such a man as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of the Messiah Jesus.

• Philemon 1:11

  who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

• Hebrews 8:6

  But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

• Hebrews 9:26

  for then it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world; but now once at the end of the ages he has been revealed for the setting aside of sin by his sacrifice.