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ὥρα

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine106 occurrences13 books99 verses

Definition

ὥρα, -ας, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה ;]

1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.).

2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Acts 10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 215; Bl., §34, 8), John 4:52, Acts 10:3, 30, 1 Corinthians 15:30, Revelation 3:3; accusative of duration, Matthew 20:12, 26, Mark 14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν, for a season, for a time, John 5:35, 2 Corinthians 7:8, Galatians 2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, for a short season (ICC, in l.), 1 Thessalonians 2:17.

3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Matthew 26:45; with genitive of thing(s), Luke 1:10; 14:17, Revelation 3:10, al.; with genitive of person(s), Luke 22:53, John 2:4; 7:30, al.; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα, 1 Corinthians 4:11; ἐσχάτη ὥ., 1 John 2:18; before ὅτε, John 4:21, 23; 5:25; 16:25; ἵνα, John 12:23, al.; with accusative and inf., Romans 13:11 (cf. DB, ext., 475b 476b).

Hebrew words it translates

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

106 total
  1. John 1:39ὥρα · hour
    “Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
  2. John 2:4ὥρα · hour
    “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
  3. John 4:6ὥρα · hour
    Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  4. John 4:21ὥρα · a time
    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  5. John 4:23ὥρα · a time
    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
  6. John 4:52ὥραν · hour; ὥραν · hour
    So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
  7. John 4:53ὥρᾳ · hour
    Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
  8. John 5:25ὥρα · [the] hour
    Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  9. John 5:28ὥρα · [the] hour
    Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
  10. John 5:35ὥραν · a season
    John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
  11. John 7:30ὥρα · hour
    So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
  12. John 8:20ὥρα · hour
    He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
  13. John 11:9ὧραί · hours
    Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
  14. John 12:23ὥρα · hour
    But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
  15. John 12:27ὥρας · hour; ὥραν · hour
    Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
  16. John 13:1ὥρα · hour
    It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
  17. John 16:2ὥρα · a time
    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  18. John 16:4ὥρα · hour
    But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
  19. John 16:21ὥρα · time
    A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
  20. John 16:25ὥρα · An hour
    I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
  21. John 16:32ὥρα · an hour
    “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  22. John 17:1ὥρα · hour
    When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
  23. John 19:14ὥρα · hour
    It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
  24. John 19:27ὥρας · hour
    Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
  25. Acts 2:15ὥρα · hour
    These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
  26. Acts 3:1ὥραν · hour
    One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
  27. Acts 5:7ὡρῶν · hours
    About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
  28. Acts 10:3ὥραν · hour
    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
  29. Acts 10:9ὥραν · hour
    The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
  30. Acts 10:30ὥρας · hour
    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
  31. Acts 16:18ὥρᾳ · very moment
    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.
  32. Acts 16:33ὥρᾳ · hour
    At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
  33. Acts 19:34ὥρας · hours
    But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  34. Acts 22:13ὥρᾳ · [moment]
    …came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
  35. Acts 23:23ὥρας · hour
    Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
  36. Romans 13:11ὥρα · [The] hour
    And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  37. 1 Corinthians 4:11ὥρας · hour
    To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
  38. 1 Corinthians 15:30ὥραν · hour
    And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
  39. 2 Corinthians 7:8ὥραν · a short time
    Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—
  40. Galatians 2:5ὥραν · a moment
    We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
  41. 1 Thessalonians 2:17ὥρας
    Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
  42. Philemon 1:15ὥραν · a while
    For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
  43. 1 John 2:18ὥρα · hour; ὥρα · hour
    Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
  44. Revelation 3:3ὥραν · the hour
    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
  45. Revelation 3:10ὥρας · hour
    Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
  46. Revelation 9:15ὥραν · hour
    So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
  47. Revelation 11:13ὥρᾳ · hour
    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.