Strong's Hebrew · H2165

H2165 zᵉmân

זְמָן

zem-awn'

time

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zᵉmân appears 4 times in Scripture, in Nehemiah, Esther and Ecclesiastes. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

an appointed occasion

In the King James Version

season, time.

Derivation

from H2163 (זָמַן);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Esther 9:27

“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.”

Nehemiah 2:6

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 3:1

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”

Esther 9:31

“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.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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