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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. Mark 4:27ἡμέραν · day
    Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
  2. Mark 4:35ἡμέρᾳ
    When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
  3. Mark 5:5ἡμέρας · day
    Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
  4. Mark 6:21ἡμέρας
    On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
  5. Mark 8:1ἡμέραις · days
    In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,
  6. Mark 8:2ἡμέραι · days
    “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
  7. Mark 8:31ἡμέρας · days
    Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
  8. Mark 9:2ἡμέρας · days
    After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.
  9. Mark 9:31ἡμέρας · days
    …because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”
  10. Mark 10:34ἡμέρας · days
    …who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
  11. Mark 13:17ἡμέραις · days [will be]
    How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
  12. Mark 13:19ἡμέραι · days
    For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
  13. Mark 13:20ἡμέρας · days; ἡμέρας
    If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
  14. Mark 13:24ἡμέραις · days
    But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
  15. Mark 13:32ἡμέρας · day
    No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
  16. Mark 14:1ἡμέρας · days
    Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
  17. Mark 14:12ἡμέρᾳ · day
    On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
  18. Mark 14:25ἡμέρας · day
    Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”
  19. Mark 14:49ἡμέραν · day
    Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”
  20. Mark 14:58ἡμερῶν · days
    “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
  21. Mark 15:29ἡμέραις · days
    And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
  22. Luke 1:5ἡμέραις · time
    In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.
  23. Luke 1:7ἡμέραις · years
    But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
  24. Luke 1:18ἡμέραις · years
    “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
  25. Luke 1:20ἡμέρας · day
    And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
  26. Luke 1:23ἡμέραι · days
    And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
  27. Luke 1:24ἡμέρας · days
    After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
  28. Luke 1:25ἡμέραις · [these] days
    “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
  29. Luke 1:39ἡμέραις · days
    In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
  30. Luke 1:59ἡμέρᾳ · day
    On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
  31. Luke 1:75ἡμέραις · days
    …in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
  32. Luke 1:80ἡμέρας · [the] time
    And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
  33. Luke 2:1ἡμέραις · days
    Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
  34. Luke 2:6ἡμέραι · time
    While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.
  35. Luke 2:21ἡμέραι · days
    When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
  36. Luke 2:22ἡμέραι · time
    And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
  37. Luke 2:36ἡμέραις · years
    There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,
  38. Luke 2:37ἡμέραν · day
    …and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
  39. Luke 2:43ἡμέρας · days
    When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
  40. Luke 2:44ἡμέρας · for a day
    Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.
  41. Luke 2:46ἡμέρας · days
    Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
  42. Luke 4:2ἡμέρας · days; ἡμέραις · days
    …where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
  43. Luke 4:16ἡμέρᾳ
    Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
  44. Luke 4:25ἡμέραις · time
    But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
  45. Luke 4:42ἡμέρας · At daybreak
    At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
  46. Luke 5:17ἡμερῶν · day
    One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
  47. Luke 5:35ἡμέραι · [the] time; ἡμέραις
    But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”