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ἡμέρα

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine389 occurrences23 books368 verses

Definition

ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם ;]

day;

1. as distinct from night: genitive ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Revelation 21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ̔ἡ.), Acts 9:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, Revelation 4:8 (BL, §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης, at mid-day, Acts 26:13; accusative durat., τ. ἡμέρας, Luke 21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ., Romans 8:36; ἐν ἡμέρα, John 11:9, Romans 13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Luke 2:44; ἡ. γίνεται, Luke 4:42; 22:66; κλίνει, Luke 9:12, al.; metaphorically, John 9:4, Romans 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5 8, 2 Peter 1:19.

2. Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Matthew 6:34, Mark 6:21, Luke 13:14, al.; τρίτῃ ἡ., Matthew 16:21; ἡμέρᾳ κ. ἡ. (cf. יוֹם בְּיוֹם, Esther 3:4), 2 Corinthians 4:16; ὅλην τ. ἡ., Romans 8:36; 10:21; pl., John 2:12, Acts 9:19, al.; ἡ. τῶν ἀζύμων, Acts 12:3; τ. σαββάτου, Luke 13:14, 16; ἡ κυριάκη ἡ., Revelation 1:10.

3. In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ. (ἐκείνη, τ. κυρίου, etc.), Matthew 7:22, Luke 6:23, Romans 13:12, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Peter 3:10, al; by meton., as compared with the divine judgment on that day, ἡ. ἀνθρωπίνη, of a human tribunal, 1 Corinthians 4:3 (EV, man's judgment).

4. As in Heb. (also in Gk. writers; Bl, §46, 9; M, Pr., 81), of time in general: John 8:56; 14:20, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Ephesians 6:13, 2 Peter 3:18; pl. Acts 15:7, Ephesians 5:16, Hebrews 10:32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ. (cf. כָּל הַיָּמִים, Deuteronomy 4:40, al.; MM, Exp., xv), Matthew 28:20; ἐλεύσονται ἡ. ὅταν (ὅτε), Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:20, Luke 5:35; 17:22; αἱ ἡ., with genitive of person(s) (Genesis 26:1, al.), Matthew 2:1, Luke 1:5, Acts 7:45, 1 Peter 3:20; ἀρχ̀ ἡμερῶν, Hebrews 7:3.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἡμέρα:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

389 total
  1. Matthew 2:1ἡμέραις · [the] time
    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
  2. Matthew 3:1ἡμέραις · days
    In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
  3. Matthew 4:2ἡμέρας · days
    After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
  4. Matthew 6:34ἡμέρᾳ · Today
    Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
  5. Matthew 7:22ἡμέρᾳ · day
    Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
  6. Matthew 9:15ἡμέραι · [the] time
    Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
  7. Matthew 10:15ἡμέρᾳ · [the] day
    Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
  8. Matthew 11:12ἡμερῶν · days
    From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
  9. Matthew 11:22ἡμέρᾳ · [the] day
    But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
  10. Matthew 11:24ἡμέρᾳ · [the] day
    But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
  11. Matthew 12:36ἡμέρᾳ · [the] day
    But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
  12. Matthew 12:40ἡμέρας · days; ἡμέρας · days
    For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  13. Matthew 13:1ἡμέρᾳ · day
    That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
  14. Matthew 15:32ἡμέραι · days
    Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
  15. Matthew 16:21ἡμέρᾳ · day
    From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
  16. Matthew 17:1ἡμέρας · days
    After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
  17. Matthew 17:23ἡμέρᾳ · day
    They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
  18. Matthew 20:2ἡμέραν · day
    He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
  19. Matthew 20:6ἡμέραν · day [long]
    About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
  20. Matthew 20:12ἡμέρας · day
    ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
  21. Matthew 20:19ἡμέρᾳ · day
    …and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
  22. Matthew 22:23ἡμέρᾳ · day
    That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
  23. Matthew 22:46ἡμέρας · day [on]
    No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
  24. Matthew 23:30ἡμέραις · days
    And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
  25. Matthew 24:19ἡμέραις · days [will be]
    How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
  26. Matthew 24:22ἡμέραι · days; ἡμέραι · days
    If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
  27. Matthew 24:29ἡμερῶν · days
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
  28. Matthew 24:36ἡμέρας · day
    No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
  29. Matthew 24:37ἡμέραι · days
    As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  30. Matthew 24:38ἡμέραις · days; ἡμέρας · day
    For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
  31. Matthew 24:42ἡμέρᾳ · [the] day
    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
  32. Matthew 24:50ἡμέρᾳ · a day
    The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
  33. Matthew 25:13ἡμέραν · day
    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
  34. Matthew 26:2ἡμέρας · days
    “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
  35. Matthew 26:29ἡμέρας · day
    I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
  36. Matthew 26:55ἡμέραν · day
    At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
  37. Matthew 26:61ἡμερῶν · days
    …and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
  38. Matthew 27:40ἡμέραις · days
    …and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
  39. Matthew 27:63ἡμέρας · days
    “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
  40. Matthew 27:64ἡμέρας · day
    So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
  41. Matthew 28:15ἡμέρας · day
    So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
  42. Matthew 28:20ἡμέρας
    …and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  43. Mark 1:9ἡμέραις · days
    In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
  44. Mark 1:13ἡμέρας · days
    …and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
  45. Mark 2:1ἡμερῶν · [A few] days
    A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
  46. Mark 2:20ἡμέραι · the time; ἡμέρᾳ
    But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.