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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. Acts 3:2ἡμέραν · day
    And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  2. Acts 3:24ἡμέρας · days
    Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
  3. Acts 5:36ἡμερῶν
    Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
  4. Acts 5:37ἡμέραις · days
    After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
  5. Acts 5:42ἡμέραν · day
    Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
  6. Acts 6:1ἡμέραις · days [when]
    In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
  7. Acts 7:8ἡμέρᾳ · day
    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
  8. Acts 7:26ἡμέρᾳ · day
    The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
  9. Acts 7:41ἡμέραις · time
    At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
  10. Acts 7:45ἡμερῶν · time
    And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
  11. Acts 8:1ἡμέρᾳ · day
    And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
  12. Acts 9:9ἡμέρας · days
    For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
  13. Acts 9:19ἡμέρας · days
    …and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
  14. Acts 9:23ἡμέραι · days
    After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
  15. Acts 9:24ἡμέρας · Day
    …but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
  16. Acts 9:37ἡμέραις · time
    At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
  17. Acts 9:43ἡμέρας · days
    And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
  18. Acts 10:3ἡμέρας · day
    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
  19. Acts 10:30ἡμέρας · days
    Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
  20. Acts 10:40ἡμέρᾳ · day
    God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
  21. Acts 10:48ἡμέρας · days
    So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
  22. Acts 11:27ἡμέραις · days
    In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  23. Acts 12:3ἡμέραι
    And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
  24. Acts 12:18ἡμέρας · daybreak
    At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
  25. Acts 12:21ἡμέρᾳ · day
    On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
  26. Acts 13:14ἡμέρᾳ
    And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
  27. Acts 13:31ἡμέρας · days
    …and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
  28. Acts 13:41ἡμέραις · days
    ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
  29. Acts 15:7ἡμερῶν · days
    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
  30. Acts 15:36ἡμέρας · time
    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  31. Acts 16:5ἡμέραν · daily
    So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
  32. Acts 16:12ἡμέρας · days
    From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
  33. Acts 16:13ἡμέρᾳ
    On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
  34. Acts 16:18ἡμέρας · days
    She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
  35. Acts 16:35Ἡμέρας · daylight
    When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
  36. Acts 17:11ἡμέραν · day
    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  37. Acts 17:17ἡμέραν · day
    So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
  38. Acts 17:31ἡμέραν · a day
    For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
  39. Acts 18:18ἡμέρας · time
    Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
  40. Acts 19:9ἡμέραν
    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
  41. Acts 20:6ἡμέρας · [Feast]; ἡμερῶν · days; ἡμέρας · days
    And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
  42. Acts 20:16ἡμέραν · day
    Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
  43. Acts 20:18ἡμέρας · day
    When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
  44. Acts 20:26ἡμέρᾳ · day
    Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
  45. Acts 20:31ἡμέραν · day
    Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
  46. Acts 21:4ἡμέρας · days
    We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
  47. Acts 21:5ἡμέρας · time [there]
    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
  48. Acts 21:7ἡμέραν · day
    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.