Quick Definition
ἄρτι Adv now, just now
Strong's Definition
adverb from a derivative of 142 (compare 740) through the idea of suspension; just now
KJV Usage: this day (hour), hence(-forth), here(-after), hither(-to), (even) now, (this) present
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἀρτίζω (prepare) · ἀπαρτισμός · ἀρτιγέννητος · ἄρτιος · ἐξαρτίζω · καταρτίζω · κατάρτισις · καταρτισμός · προκαταρτίζω
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 3:15 · MAT 11:12 · MAT 23:39 · MAT 26:29 · MAT 26:64 · JHN 5:17 · JHN 9:19 · JHN 9:25 · JHN 13:7 · JHN 13:19 · JHN 13:33 · JHN 13:37 · JHN 14:7 · JHN 16:24 · JHN 16:31 · 1CO 4:13 · 1CO 8:7 · 1CO 13:12 · 1CO 13:12 · 1CO 15:6 · 1CO 16:7 · GAL 1:9 · GAL 1:10 · GAL 4:20 · 1PE 1:6 · 1PE 1:8 · 1JN 2:9 · REV 14:13
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
67.113 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
suddenly, at once, immediately pertaining to an extremely short period of time between a previous state or event and a subsequent state or event (in a number of contexts there is the implication of unexpectedness; but this seems to be a derivative of the context as a whole and not a part of the meaning of the lexical items)
67.42 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
Collocation: ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα
at this very moment, at this very time (an idiom, literally: the present hour) an emphatic reference to a point of time which is simultaneous with another point of time
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄρτι, adv., acc. to its deriv. (fr. AP to draw close together, to join, Lat. arto; [ef. Curtius § 488]) denoting time closely connected ; 1. in Attic “just now, this moment, (Germ. gerade, eben), marking something begun or finished even now, just before the time in which we are speaking ” (Lobeck ad Phryn. p. 20): Mt. ix. 18; 1 Th. iii. 6, and perhaps Rev. xii. 10. 2. acc. to later Grk. usage univ. now, at this time; opp. to past time: Jn. ix. 19, 25; xiii. 33; 1 Co. xvi. 7; Gal.i.9 sq. opp. tofuture time: Jn. xiii. 37; xvi. 12, 31; 2 Th. ii. 7; opp. to fut. time subsequent to the return of Christ: 1 Co. xiii. 12; 1 Pet.i.6,8. of present time most closely limited, at this very time, this moment: Mt. iii. 15; xxvi. 53; Jn. xiii. 7; Gal. iv. 20. ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας, 1 Co. iv. 11; ἕως ἄρτι, hitherto; until now, up to this time: Mt. xi. 12; Jn. ii. 10; v.17; xvi. 24; 1 Co.iv. 13; viii. 7; xv.6; 1 Jn. ii. 9. ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι, see ἀπάρτι above. Cf. Lobeck ad Phryn. p- 18 sqq.; [Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 70 sq.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄρτι arti 36x
pr. at the present moment, close upon it either before of after; now, at the present juncture, Mt. 3:15; forthwith, presently; just now, recently, 1 Thess. 3:6; ἕως ἄρτι, until now, hitherto, Mt. 11:12; Jn. 2:10; ἀπ’ ἄρτι, or ἀπάρτι, from this time, henceforth, Mt. 23:39
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἄρτι, adv.,
[in LXX: Da LXX 9:22 10:11 (עַתָּה), al.;]
adv., of coincidence, denoting strictly present time, as contrasted with past or future, just, just now, this moment: Mt 3:15 9:18 26:53, Jo 13:7, Ga 4:20, I Th 3:6 (v. Lft., Notes, 44; Milligan, in l.), Re 12:10; opp. to past time, Jo 9:19, 25 13:33, I Co 16:7, Ga 1:9, 10; to future, Jo 13:37 16:12, 31, I Co 13:12, II Th 2:7, I Pe 1:6, 8; ἄχρι τῆς ἄ. ὥρας, I Co 4:11; ἕως ἄ., Mt 11:12, Jo 2:10 5:17 16:24, I Co 4:13 8:7 15:6, I Jo 2:9; ἀπ᾽ ἄ., v.s. ἀπάρτι (v. Rutherford, NPhr., 70 f; MM, s.v.).†
SYN.: νῦν, now, "the objective, immediate present; ἤδη, now, already, "the subjective present, with a suggested reference to some other time or to some expectation". (Thayer, 75.)
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄρτι. For ἄρτι οἵ strictly present time (as Gal 19, r Th 35, etc.) cf. BGU II. 594° (c. a.p. 70-S0) λ]έγων ὅτι μετὰ τὸν θερισμὸϊν ἐργολ]αβήσομα[ι], ἄρτι yap ἀσθενῶν, P Lond 937 ὁδ1 (iii/A.p.) (- 111. p. 213) δικάζομαι χάριν τῶν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου καὶ οὐ δύναμαι ἄρτι ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σ[έ], Syl 3878 Α.Ὁ. 127—a rescript of Hadrian) δίκαια ἀξιοῦν μοι δοκεῖτε καὶ ἀναγκαῖα ἄΓρ]τι ye-vopévy πόλει: Stratonicea (in Lydia) was just ‘‘incorporated.” The word is very common in magical formulas, e.g. P Lond 121978 (iii/A.p.) iat p: 96) ἐν ah ἄρτι ὥρᾳ ἤδη ἤδη ταχὺ ταχύ, 22. 548 ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ἐν τῇ ἄρτι ὥρᾳ, and the incantation in the long Paris papyrus 5747235 (iii/A.D.) (= Sedectéons, p. 114) ἔξελθε, δαῖμον, . .. Kal ἀπόστηθι ἀπὸ τοῦ Silva) ἄρτι ἄρτι ἤδη, ““ἀερατί from so and so at once, at once, now.” For the combination of Mt 117, etc., cf. P Oxy VI. 93678 (iii/A.D.) οὐκ ἔχω ἄρτι σεῖτον οὐδὲ τὰ βιβλίδια amnp[r]orar ἕως ἄρτι, ““1πε petitions have not yet been got ready” (Edd.). According to Moeris p. 68: "Aprtu, of μὲν ᾿Αττικοὶ τὸ πρὸ ὀλίγου, of δὲ “EAAnves Kal ἐπὶ τοῦ viv λέγουσι. See also Lobeck Phryz, p. 18 ff., Rutherford VP, p. 70 ff., and Nageli, p. 78, where the word is cited as a mark of the non-literary Kown.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄρτι (arti) — now. ἄρτι [ῐ], adverb just, exactly, of coincidence of Time, just now (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
1. mostly of the present, with present tense, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to πάλαι, with perfect, τέθνηκεν ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἥκεις ἢ πάλα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ... νῦν or νῦν.. ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, ={νῦν}, [NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἄ. καὶ πρώην to-day and yesterday, i. e. very lately, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἕως ἄ. till now, [NT+3rd c.AD+]: with substantive, ὁ ἄ. λόγος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίαν.. τὴν ἄ. ἐκ παίδων[NT+5th c.BC+]; ἄ. μὲν.. ἄ. δὲ.. now.. now.., at one time.. at another.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. of the past, just now, with imperfect, ἄ. βλάστεσκε uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with aorist, λέξας ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νῦν, ὃ ἄ. ἐρρήθη.. νῦν δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 127c; ἐν τῷ ἄ., opposed to ἐν τῷ νῦν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔπειτα, [Refs]
3. in [Refs 4th c.BC+] and later also of the future, just now, presently, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, just at present, πλεύσεις, ἄ. δὲ οὔ[Refs 2nd c.AD+] (Perh. cognate with Sanskrit ṛtám 'ordinance', ṛtás 'correct'.)