Strong's Lexicon
iddan: Time, period, season
Original Word:עִדָּן
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Transliteration:`iddan
Pronunciation:id-dawn'
Phonetic Spelling:(id-dawn')
Definition:Time, period, season
Meaning:a set time, technically, a year
Word Origin:Derived from the Aramaic root עַד (ad), which means "to pass" or "to advance."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2540 (καιρός, kairos): Refers to an appointed time or season, often used in the New Testament to denote God's opportune moments.
- G5550 (χρόνος, chronos): Refers to a general period or duration of time.
Usage:The term "iddan" is used in the Aramaic portions of the Old Testament, particularly in the Book of Daniel, to denote a specific period or season of time. It often refers to a divinely appointed time or a significant epoch in God's sovereign plan.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the ancient Near Eastern context, time was often viewed cyclically, with seasons and periods marked by agricultural cycles, religious festivals, and royal reigns. The use of "iddan" in the Book of Daniel reflects a worldview where God orchestrates the rise and fall of empires and the unfolding of history according to His divine timetable.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin(Aramaic) corresponding to
iddahDefinitiontime
NASB Translationmoment (2), situation (1), time (8), times (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Daniel 2:9 (
id., Syriac

, perhaps loan-word from Assyrian
adannu,
fixed,
appointed, or
definite, time; [Arabic

probably Aramaic loan-word, Schw
ZMG liii (1899), 197]); — absolute
Daniel 7:12 +; emphatic
Daniel 2:8 +; plural absolute
Daniel 4:13 +, emphatic
Daniel 2:21; —
in General,time, as durationDaniel 2:8;Daniel 7:12; involving specific conditionsDaniel 2:9,21; (point of)timeDaniel 3:5,15.
, =year (as modern Greek , see EASophocles1173): =seven years,Daniel 4:13;Daniel 4:20;Daniel 4:22;Daniel 4:29;Daniel 7:25 (i.e. 3 2-Janyears, see Dr; perhaps read dual for plural, compare Bev GunkSchöpf. 201).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
time
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that ofed; a set time; technically, a year -- time.
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Forms and Transliterations
בְּעִדָּנָ֡א בְעִדָּנָ֡א בעדנא וְעִדָּֽן׃ וְעִדָּנִ֖ין ועדן׃ ועדנין עִדָּ֥ן עִדָּֽן׃ עִדָּנִ֖ין עִדָּנַיָּא֙ עִדָּנָ֖א עדן עדן׃ עדנא עדניא עדנין ‘id·dā·nā ‘id·dā·nay·yā ‘id·dā·nîn ‘id·dān ‘iddān ‘iddānā ‘iddānayyā ‘iddānîn bə‘iddānā ḇə‘iddānā bə·‘id·dā·nā ḇə·‘id·dā·nā beiddaNa idDan iddaNa iddanaiYa iddaNin veidDan veiddaNa veiddaNin wə‘iddān wə‘iddānîn wə·‘id·dā·nîn wə·‘id·dān
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