- כיון
- כֵּיוָן, כֵּיוָוןch. sam(כיון firmness, directness, fitness), 1) firmly established, true, straight-forward. Targ. Deut. 13:15 (h. text נָכוֹן). Targ. Hab. 1:4 לא כ׳ (h. text מעוקל).Pl. כֵּיוָנֵי honest men. Targ. O. Gen. 42:11; 19; a. e. 2) (conj. followed by ד־) as soon as, when, since (also כִּיוָּן). Targ. Y. Gen. 21:15. Targ. Y. II Gen. 28:10; a. fr.Ber.8a כ׳ דאמרי ליה when they told him. Ib. כ׳ דשמענא להאוכ׳ when we heard that which ; a. v. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.