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G3568 νῦν (nŷn)
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νῦν Adv now, already, at present

Strong's Definition

a primary particle of present time; "now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate

KJV Usage: henceforth, + hereafter, of late, soon, present, this (time). See also 3569, 3570

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

advb.

67.38 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

now a point of time simultaneous with the event of the discourse itself

MAT 24:21 · MRK 10:30 · MRK 13:19 · LUK 1:48 · LUK 5:10 · LUK 6:21 · LUK 6:21 · LUK 6:25 · LUK 6:25 · LUK 11:39 · LUK 12:52 · LUK 16:25 · LUK 19:42 · LUK 22:36 · LUK 22:69 · JHN 2:8 · JHN 4:18 · JHN 4:23 · JHN 5:25 · JHN 8:40 · JHN 8:52 · JHN 9:21 · JHN 9:41 · JHN 11:22 · JHN 12:27 · JHN 13:31 · JHN 13:36 · JHN 15:22 · JHN 15:24 · JHN 16:22 · JHN 16:29 · JHN 16:30 · JHN 17:5 · JHN 17:7 · JHN 18:36 · ACT 3:17 · ACT 5:38 · ACT 7:4 · ACT 7:34 · ACT 7:52 · ACT 10:5 · ACT 10:33 · ACT 12:11 · ACT 13:11 · ACT 13:31 · ACT 15:10 · ACT 16:36 · ACT 16:37 · ACT 17:30 · ACT 18:6 · ACT 20:22 · ACT 20:25 · ACT 20:32 · ACT 22:16 · ACT 23:15 · ACT 23:21 · ACT 24:25 · ACT 26:6 · ACT 27:22 · ROM 3:26 · ROM 5:9 · ROM 6:19 · ROM 6:21 · ROM 8:1 · ROM 8:18 · ROM 8:22 · ROM 11:5 · ROM 11:30 · ROM 11:31 · ROM 11:31 · ROM 13:11 · 1CO 3:2 · 1CO 5:11 · 1CO 7:14 · 1CO 12:20 · 1CO 14:6 · 2CO 5:16 · 2CO 5:16 · 2CO 6:2 · 2CO 6:2 · 2CO 7:9 · 2CO 8:14 · 2CO 13:2 · GAL 1:23 · GAL 2:20 · GAL 3:3 · GAL 4:9 · GAL 4:25 · GAL 4:29 · EPH 2:2 · EPH 3:5 · EPH 3:10 · EPH 5:8 · PHP 1:5 · PHP 1:20 · PHP 1:30 · PHP 2:12 · PHP 3:18 · COL 1:24 · COL 1:26 · 1TH 3:8 · 2TH 2:6 · 1TI 4:8 · 1TI 6:17 · 2TI 1:10 · 2TI 4:10 · TIT 2:12 · HEB 2:8 · HEB 9:5 · HEB 9:24 · HEB 11:16 · HEB 12:26 · JAS 4:13 · JAS 4:16 · JAS 5:1 · 1PE 2:10 · 1PE 2:10 · 1PE 2:25 · 1PE 3:21 · 2PE 3:7 · 2PE 3:18 · 1JN 2:18 · 1JN 2:28 · 1JN 3:2 · 1JN 4:3 · 2JN 1:5 · JUD 1:25

67.39 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

just now, presently a time shortly before or shortly after the time of the discourse

MAT 26:65 · MAT 27:42 · MAT 27:43 · MRK 15:32 · LUK 2:29 · LUK 22:18 · JHN 6:42 · JHN 11:8 · JHN 12:31 · JHN 12:31 · JHN 14:29 · JHN 16:5 · JHN 17:13 · JHN 21:10 · ACT 4:29 · ROM 5:11 · 1CO 16:12 · 1PE 1:12

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

νῦν nyn 147x

now, at the present time, Mk. 10:30; Lk. 6:21, et al. freq.; just now, Jn. 11:8; forthwith, Jn. 12:31; καὶ νῦν, even now, as matters stand, Jn. 11:22; now, expressive of a marked tone of address, Acts 7:34; 13:11; Jas. 4:13; 5:1; τὸ νῦν, the present time, Lk. 1:48; τανῦν, or τὰ νῦν, now, Acts 4:29

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

νῦν, adv.,

[in LXX chiefly for עַתָּה;]

prop., of time, now, i.e. at the present time: as opp. to past, Jo 4:18, Ac 7:52, Ro 13:11, II Co 7:9, Col 1:24, al.; opp. to fut., Jo 12:27, Ro 11:31, al.; c. art., ὁ (ἡ, τὸ) et subst., the present: Ro 3:26, Ga 4:25, I Ti 6:17, Tit 2:12, al.; ἀπὸ τοῦ ν. (LXX for מֵעַתָּה), Lk 1:48, Ac 18:6, al.; ἄχρι τοῦ ν., Ro 8:22, Phl 1:5; ἕως τοῦ ν. (LXX for עַתָּה עַד), Mt 24:21, Mk 13:19; τὰ ν., as regards the present, Ac 5:38; c. pret., just now, but now, Mt 26:65, Jo 11:8 21:10; c. fut., now, presently, Jo 12:31, Ac 20:22; so c. praes., presently, forthwith, Jo 12:31 17:13; καὶ ν., Jo 11:22 17:5, al.; ἀλλὰ ν., Lk 22:36; ἔτι ν., I Co 3:2; τότε (πότε) . . . ν. (δέ), Ro 6:21 11:30; ν. ἤδη, I Jo 4:3; ν. οὖν, Ac 10:33, al.

Of logical sequence (often difficult to disting. from the temporal sense; cf. Lft., Notes, 113 f.), now, therefore, now, however, as it is: Lk 11:39; καὶ ν., Ac 3:17, II Th 2:6, I Jo 2:28; id. seq. δεῦρο, Ac 7:34; ν. δέ, Jo 8:40 9:41 15:22, 24 18:36, I Co 5:11 7:14 12:20, al. (cf. WM, 57911).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

νῦν (nun) — now. νῦν (for νυν, νυ, see infr. II), adverb now, both of the present moment, and of the present time generally, οἳ ν. βροτοί εἰσιν mortals of our day, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Ionic dialect and Attic dialect, οἱ ν. [ἄνθρωποι] men of the present day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ν. τρόπος, τὸ ν. βαρβαρικόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Βοιωτοὶ οἱ ν.[Refs 5th c.BC+]the present, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; μέχρι ν. (variant{μ. τοῦ ν}.) [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὰ ν. simply, ={ν}., [NT+5th c.BC+]

2. of the immediate past, just now, but now, ν. Μενέλαος ἐνίκησεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. of the future, presently, ν. αὖτ᾽ ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare νῦν δή, νυνί.

4. sometimes opposed to to what might have been under other circumstances, as it is (or was), as the case stands (or stood), as a matter offact, ν. δ᾽ ὁ μὲν ὣς ἀπόλωλε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καὶ ν. even so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. coupled with other Particles, τὰ ν. γε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. δή, see entry : with other expressions of Time, ν... σήμερον, ν. ἡμέρη ἥδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. ἤδη henceforth, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (anapaest meter), etc.; ν... ἄρτι but now, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. enclitic (but see below) νυν, νυ. [νυ only Epic dialect, Boeotian dialect, and [Refs 4th c.AD+]; νῠν twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῠ [Refs 5th c.BC+], ῡ in Comedy texts [Refs 5th c.BC+]; both quantities in τοίνυν, which see]

II.1. rarely of Time, now, perhaps so used in [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. in Epic dialect mostly as a particle of emphasis, ἧκε δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ Ἀργείοισι κακὸν βέλος· οἱ δέ νυ λαοὶ θνῇσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently coupled with other Particles or Conjs., ἦ ῥά ν. [Refs]; ἐπεί νύ τοι[Refs]

II.3. in commands or entreaties, μή ν. μοι νεμεσήσετ᾽ [Refs] come now ![Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Boeotian dialect, ν. ἔνθω [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II.4. in questions, τίς ν.; τί ν.; who, what, why now? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ νυ..; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; oxytone when ={δή}, Tyrannioap.Hdn.Gr.2.27; καθ᾽ ὁμαλισμόν or κατ᾽ ἔγκλισιν when=δή, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. In codices usually perispomenon in both senses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; even νῠν is written νῦν in codices vett. [Refs 5th c.BC+] passim, also in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence νυν may frequently be restored where the sense requires it. The accent of τοίνῡ?~Xν perhaps shows that both νῠν and νῡν could be enclitic.—Position: in signf. I νῦν can occupy any position; in signf. II it prefers (like other enclitics, but also like{ἄν, δέ, γάρ}, etc.) the second place in the sentence, e.g. πρός νύν σε πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νυ (always enclitic) precedes other enclitics and allows only δέ to precede.] (Cf. Sanskrit nú, n[umacracute], nūnám, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] nū 'now', etc.)

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