kean · now

What it means

kean (כְּעַן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “now”.

(Aramaic).

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. At this moment, to move on to what is asked or decided (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×6
• Daniel×7

• Ezra 4:13

  Now let it be known to the king that if that city is built and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, tax, or toll, and it will cause harm to the treasury of kings.

• Ezra 4:14

  Now, because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the dishonor of the king, therefore we have sent and informed the king,

• Ezra 4:21

  Now give an order to make those men cease, and that city is not to be built until by me the order is given.

• Ezra 5:16

  Then that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of Elah which is in Jerusalem; and from then until now it has been under construction, and it is not complete.’

• Ezra 5:17

  And now, if to the king it seems good, let it be investigated in the house of the treasures of the king there in Babylon, whether it is so that by Cyrus the king an order was given to build that house of Elah in Jerusalem; and let the will of the king concerning this be sent to us.”

• Ezra 6:6

  “Now, Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, the Apharsachites who are in the other side of the river: keep away from there.

• Daniel 2:23

  To you, Elah of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for wisdom and power you have given me, and now you have made known to me what we asked of you, for the king’s matter you have made known to us.”

• Daniel 3:15

  Now if you are ready at the moment that you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the sambuca, the psaltery, and the bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and bow down to the image that I made, good; but if you do not bow down, at that very moment you will be thrown into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing; and who is the Elah who will deliver you from my hands?”

• Daniel 4:37

  Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of the heavens, for all his works are truth and his ways justice, and he is able to humble those who walk in pride.

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 5:15

  And now the wise men, the enchanters, were brought in before me that they might read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they were not able to declare the interpretation of the matter.

• Daniel 5:16

  But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.”

• Daniel 6:8

  Now, O king, establish the prohibition and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”