STRONGS G737:
ἄρτι, adverb, according to its derivation (from
ΑΡΩ to draw close together, to join, Latin
arto; [cf. Curtius, § 488]) denoting time closely connected;
1. in Attic "
just now, this moment (German
gerade,
eben), marking something begun or finished even now, just before the time in which we are speaking" (
Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 20):
Matthew 9:18;
1 Thessalonians 3:6, and perhaps
Revelation 12:10.
2. according to later Greek usage universally,
now, at this time; opposed to past time:
John 9:19,
25;
John 13:33;
1 Corinthians 16:7;
Galatians 1:9f, opposed to future time:
John 13:37;
John 16:12,
31;
2 Thessalonians 2:7; opposed to future time subsequent to the return of Christ:
1 Corinthians 13:12;
1 Peter 1:6,
8. of present time most closely limited,
at this very time, this moment:
Matthew 3:15;
Matthew 26:53;
John 13:7;
Galatians 4:20.
ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας,
1 Corinthians 4:11;
ἕως ἄρτι,
hitherto; until now, up to this time:
Matthew 11:12;
John 2:10;
John 5:17;
John 16:24;
1 Corinthians 4:13;
1 Corinthians 8:7;
1 Corinthians 15:6;
1 John 2:9.
ἀπ’ ἄρτι, see
ἀπάρτι above. Cf.
Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 18ff; [
Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 70f].
[Synonyms
ἄρτι,
ἤδη,
νῦν: Roughly speaking, it may be said that
ἄρτι just now, even now, properly marks time closely connected with the present; later, strictly present time, (see above, and compare in English "just now"
i. e. a moment ago, and "just now" (emphatic)
i. e. at this present time).
νῦν now, marks a definite point (or period) of time, the (objective) immediate present.
ἤδη now (
already) with a suggested reference to some other time or to some expectation, the subjective present
(i. e. so regarded by the writer).
ἤδη and
ἄρτι are associated in
2 Thessalonians 2:7;
νῦν and
ἤδη in
1 John 4:3. See Kühner §§ 498; 499;
Bäumlein, Partikeln, p. 138ff; Ellic. on
1 Thessalonians 3:6;
2 Timothy 4:6.]
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