νῦν

nu'n nu'n, and
nuniv (which see in its place), adverb now, Latin nunc (the Septuagint for hT;['; (from Homer down));1. adverb of Time, now, i. e. at the present time; a. so used that by the thing which is now said to be or to be done the present time is opposed to past time: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , etc.; frequently it denotes a somewhat extended portion of present time as opposed to a former state of things: ; ; ; ; specifically, the time since certain persons received the Christian religion, ,; ,; ; ; ; ,; or the time since man has had the blessing of the gospel, as opposed to past times, equivalent to in our times, our age: ; ; ; ,; ; ; ,(cf. Epistle ad Diogn. 1). b. opposed to future time: ; (opposed to
u{steron); ; ; ;
nu'n
kaiv
eij"
pavnta"
touv"
aijw'na", ; used to distinguish this present age, preceding Christ's return, from the age which follows that return: ,; ; ; ; ; with
ejn
tw'/
kairw'/
touvtw/ added, . c. Sometimes
nu'n with the present is used of what will occur forthwith or soon, ; ; ; ; . with a preterite, of what has just been done, ; ; or very lately (but now, just now, hyperbolically, equivalent to a short time ago),
nu'n
ejzhvtoun
se
liqavsai
oiJ
!Ioudai'oi, ; cf. Kypke at the passage; Vig. edition Herm., p. 425f with a future, of those future things which are thought of as already begun to be done, ; or of those which will be done instantly, (here others supply
ejsti; Winer's Grammar, sec. 64, 2 a.); or soon, (here
poreuvomai merely has inherent future force; cf. Buttmann, sec. 137, 10 a.). d. with the imperative it often marks the proper or fit time for doing a thing: f; ; . Hence, it serves to point an exhortation in
a[ge
nu'n, come now: ; (where it is more correctly written
a[ge
nu'n, cf. Passow, ii., p. 372). e. with other particles, by whic