adverb
nuni
Strong’sG3570
now, already, at present
stem nuni-20 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
νυνί is an emphatic form of the word for "now," used mainly of the present moment: now, at present, already 1234. It occurs with present, perfect, and past tenses to mark the time as strictly now, in contrast to some other time 13, and Abbott-Smith's citation shows it can also head a phrase like "the present defense" 1.
The word can also mark a shift in logical sequence rather than time itself, meaning something like "as the case now stands" or "but now" in an argument 1. This use is not found in classical Greek but appears in the New Testament 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
νυνί, an Attic strengthened form of νῦν
(in cl. always of time, and most often strictly of the pres.), [in LXX: Jb5, Pss2, II, IV Mac4, Ep. Je.*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3570 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnoo-nee'
just now
Froma prolonged form of G3568 for emphasis;
King Jamesnow.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect form of νῦν, strengthened by -ῑ demonstrative, now, at this moment, mostly of the present, Refs 5th c.BC+: less frequently with past tenses, ὧν ν. διέβαλλε Refs 5th c.BC+: also with future, ν. δὲ πειράσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: with aorist imperative, ν. μεταγνώτω Refs 5th c.BC+: rarely in the sense, as the case stands Refs 5th c.BC+; νυνδί, for νυνὶ δέ, Refs 4th c.BC+; compare νυνγαρί, for νυνὶ γάρ, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
20 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Acts 22:1… patroir, akouavar mu tau pros vin nuni apologiau.“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
Acts 24:13“now”oude parastēara dunolō si peri heiu nuni katēgoralō mu.Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
Romans 6:22nuni de, eleutherirantois apo tau hamartau doulirantois …But now that you have been set free …
Romans 7:6nuni de katargina apo tou nomou, apothnēskarantois …But now, having died to what bound us …
Romans 7:17“now”nuni de ouketi mis katergazomō autem alla …… it is no longer I who do it, but it is …
Romans 15:23nuni de mēketi topon echarōntos en tei …But now that there are no further opportunities …
Romans 15:25nuni de poreuomō eis Ierousalēm diakonarōntos toi …Now, however, I am on my way …
1 Corinthians 12:18“now”nuni de tos theos titheta teim meleim, …But in fact, God has arranged the members of the …
1 Corinthians 13:13nuni de menatō pistias, elpidas, agapas; teim …And now these three remain: faith, hope, and …
2 Corinthians 8:11nuni de kai tem poiara epitelavar, hopōs …Now finish the work, so that you …
2 Corinthians 8:22… dokimazana en pollei pollakis spoudaion arōnton, nuni de pollem spoudaioteron pepoithēsia polla ta …… times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great …
Ephesians 2:13nuni de en Christo Iēso vis hois …But now in Christ Jesus you who once …
Colossians 1:22nuni de apokatallaxiva en te sōme tau …But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s …
Colossians 3:8nuni de apotithevar kai vis teim panteim, …But now you must put aside all such …
Philemon 1:9… parakalamō, toioutos arōntos hōs Paulos presbutos nuni de kai desmios Christou Iēsu… of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ …
Philemon 1:11ton pote si achrēston nuni de si kai mi euchrēston,… he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to …
Hebrews 8:6nuni de diaforoterau tuchatē leitourgiau, hose kai …Now, however, Jesus has received a much …
Hebrews 9:26… auton pollakis paschara apo katabolau kosmou; nuni de hapax epi sunteleia toiu aiōnoiu …… the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all …
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Romans 3:21Nuni de chōris nomou dikaiosunas theou fanerotē, …But now, apart from the law, the righteousness …
1 Corinthians 15:20“now”Nuni de Christos egerotē ek nekroiu, aparchas …But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those …