Zaman means “appoint” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2163 — euphemos (“of good report”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2163 זָמַן (zaman) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zaman (zaw-man') v. 1. to fix (a time) [a primitive root] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include appointed. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
zaman (zaw-man') v. 1. to fix (a time) [a primitive root] KJV: appoint.
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to appoint
Usage: 1) to appoint a time, be fixed, be appointed 1a) (Pual) 1a1) to be fixed, be appointed 1a2) appointed times (participle) Aramaic equivalent: ze.man (זְמַן "to agree" H2164)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zaman, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2163.
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2163, grouped by book.
Zaman (Strong's H2163) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "appoint". zaman (zaw-man') v. 1. to fix (a time) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H2163 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2163 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as appointed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.