Quick Definition
now, already, at present
Strong's Definition
just now
Derivation: a prolonged form of G3568 (νῦν) for emphasis;
KJV Usage: now
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νυνί; (νῦν with iota demonstrative (Krüger, § 25, 6, 4f; Kühner, § 180, e. (Jelf, § 160, e.); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 80, 2)), in Attic note, at this very moment (precisely now, neither before nor after; Latinnunc ipsum), and only of Time, almost always with the present, very rarely with the future (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 19). Not found in the N. T. except in the writings of Paul and in a few places in Acts and the Epistle to the Hebrews; and it differs here in no respect from the simple νῦν; cf. Fritzsche, Romans, i., p. 182; (Winer's Grammar, 23);
1. of Time: with a present (Job_30:9), Act_24:13 L T Tr WH; Rom_15:23; Rom_15:25; 1Co_13:13 (ἄρτι ... τότε δέ ... νυνί δέ); 2Co_8:11; 2Co_8:22; Phm_1:9; Phm_1:11 (namely, ὄντα); with a perfect indicating continuance, Rom_3:21 (others refer this to 2); with a preterite (Psa_16:11 ()), Rom_6:22 (opposed to τότε); Rom_7:6; Eph_2:13 (opposed to 1, τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ); Col_1:22 () (and Col_3:8; also Rom_11:30 WH marginal reading) (opposed to πότε); Col_1:26 (R G L marginal reading; cf. Winers Grammar, § 63 I. 2 b.; Buttmann, 382 (328)) (opposed to ἀπό τῶν αἰώνων); with a future, Job_7:21; Bar_6:4 (Epistle Jer_3:1-25); 2Ma_10:10; τῆς πρός ὑμᾶς νυνί ἀπολογίας, Act_22:1.
2. contrary to Greek usage, in stating a conclusion (see νῦν, 2), but since the case stands thus (as it is): 1 Cor. ( R G T L marginal reading); R G (i. e. since ὁ γλώσσῃ λαλῶν without an interpretation cannot edify the church); but now (German so aber), Heb_9:26 L T Tr WH; after a conditional statement with εἰ (see νῦν, at the end), Rom_7:17; 1Co_12:18 (R G T WH marginal reading); ; Heb_8:6 (here L Tr marginal reading WH text νῦν), cf. ; Rec., cf. ; (Buttmann, § 151, 26).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νυνί nyni 20x
of time, now, at this very moment, an emphatic form of νῦν although it now carries the same meaning now.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νῦνί ,
an Attic strengthened form of νῦν
(in cl . always of time, and most often strictly of the pres.),
[in LXX : Job_5:1-27 , Psa_2:1-12 ; Psa_2:1-12 , 4Ma_4:1-26 , Ep. Je * ;]
now;
1. of time: c . praes., Act_24:13 , Rom_15:23 ; Rom_15:25 , 1Co_13:13 , 2Co_8:11 ; 2Co_8:22 , Phm_1:9 ; Phm_1:11 ; c . pf ., Rom_3:21 ; c . pret., Rom_6:22 ; Rom_11:30 ( WH , mg .) Rom_7:6 , Eph_2:13 , Col_1:21 ; Col_3:8 ; ἡ ν . ἀπολογία , Act_22:1 .
2. Of logical sequence (not so in cl .): Rom_7:17 , 1Co_5:11 (νῦν , WH ) 1Co_12:18 (νῦν , WH , txt .) 1Co_15:20 , Heb_8:6 (νῦν , WH , txt .), Heb_9:26 ( cf. WM , 24, 579n).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νυνί [page 431]
The evidence of the papyri, so far as we have remarked it, confirms the equivalence of νυνί to νῦν in the NT (as Grimm notes) : cf. e.g. P Petr III. 42 H(8) f. .4 (iii/B.C.) νυνὶ [δὲ ἐν φόβωι ε ]ἰ̣μὶ οὐ μετρίωι , P Oxy III. 49O .5 (A.D. 124) Διονυσίῳ . . νυνεὶ ἀφήλικι , Dionysius now a minor, ib. 506 .25 (A.D. 143) τὸ πρὶν ἀμπελικοῦ κτήματος νυνεὶ δὲ χερσαμπέλ [ου , what was previously a vineyard but is now dry vine-land (Edd.), ib , VI. 908 .5 (A.D. 199) Σαραπίων . . νυνεὶ εὐθηνιάρχης τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως , Sarapion at present eutheniarch of the said city. The adverb is joined to a subst. (cf. Gal_4:25 al. ) in P Ryl II. 111 .4 (A.D. 161) τὴν νυνεὶ γυναῖ [κά μου .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νυνί [Etym: attic form of νῦν, strengthd. by -ι_ demonstr.] "now, at this moment", Dem. , Aeschin.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νῦνί an Attic strengthened form of νῦν
(in cl. always of time, and most often strictly of the pres.), [in LXX : Job.5:1-27, Psa.2:1-12, 1-12, 4Ma.4:1-26, Ep. Je* ;]
now;
__1. of time: with praes., Act.24:13, Rom.15:23, 25, 1Co.13:13, 2Co.8:11 8:22, Phm 9 11; with pf., Rom.3:21; with pret., Rom.6:22 11:30 (WH, mg.) Rom.7:6, Eph.2:13, Col.1:21 3:8; ἡ ν. ἀπολογία, Act.22:1.
__2. Of logical sequence (not so in cl.): Rom.7:17, 1Co.5:11 (νῦν, WH) 1Co.12:18 (νῦν, WH, txt.) 1Co.15:20, Heb.8:6 (νῦν, WH, txt.), Heb.9:26 (cf. WM, 24, 579n).†
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