אֱדַ֫יִן
e.da.yin
then
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredIn the Hebrew Bible, the word "אֱדַ֫יִן" (e.da.yin) is translated as "then." It is a versatile word that serves as an adverb, used to connect clauses and signal the sequence of events. This word is used an impressive 122 times throughout the text. The primary function of "אֱדַ֫יִן" is to indicate a transition or a result, often linking the immediate past action to the following one. It can also mark the outcome or consequence of a previous action. The significance of "אֱדַ֫יִן" lies in its ability to convey a sense of timing and progression, helping the reader to follow the narrative flow of the story. The frequent use of "אֱדַ֫יִן" underscores its importance in the Hebrew narrative style. It allows the writer to guide the listener or reader through the sequence of events, creating a clear and cohesive storyline. As a result, "אֱדַ֫יִן" plays a crucial role in shaping the reader's understanding of the narrative structure and the unfolding events in the biblical story.
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Occurrences in Scripture
122 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came, and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
Job 3:13For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
Job 9:31yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.
Job 11:15Surely then you will lift up your face without spot; Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear:
Job 13:20“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
Job 22:26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
Job 28:27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
Job 33:16Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
Job 38:21Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
Psalms 2:5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
Psalms 19:13Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
Psalms 51:19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
Psalms 51:19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
Psalms 56:9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
Psalms 89:19Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
Psalms 96:12Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
Psalms 119:6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
Psalms 119:92Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Psalms 126:2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”
Psalms 126:2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
Proverbs 2:5then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
Proverbs 3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
Proverbs 20:14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
Song of Solomon 8:10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
Isaiah 33:23Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 41:1“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.
Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
Isaiah 58:14then you will delight yourself in Yahweh, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father;” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.
Isaiah 60:5Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.
Jeremiah 11:15What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has behaved lewdly with many, and the holy flesh has passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice.”
Jeremiah 11:18Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it. Then you showed me their doings.
Jeremiah 22:15“Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so it was well, then. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 22:22The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
2 Samuel 2:27Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”
Jeremiah 31:13Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Jeremiah 32:2Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
Ezekiel 32:14Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Hosea 2:7She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.’
Micah 3:4Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”