The word in Scripture

Time in the Bible

The word time appears 623 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Time is the unfolding of God's purposes toward their appointed end. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What time means in the Bible

Time is the unfolding of God's purposes toward their appointed end.

Where the word time appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word time appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.”Psalms 22:2

“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.”Psalms 102:13

“And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.”Matthew 21:34

“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”John 1:18

“Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.”John 7:6

“To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”Romans 3:26

“For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.”Romans 9:9

“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,”Galatians 4:4