יוֹם
yomdayHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine2,303 occurrences39 books1,930 verses
Definition
from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Traditional renderings: age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.
Traditional renderings: age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יוֹם:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,303 total
- Judges 19:9הַיּ֜וֹם · the day; הַיּוֹם֙ · the dayWhen the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
- Judges 19:11וְהַיּ֖וֹם · and the dayWhen they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
- Judges 19:30לְמִיּ֞וֹם · from the day; הַיּ֣וֹם · dayAnd everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
- Judges 20:15בַּיּ֤וֹם · dayOn that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
- Judges 20:21בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayAnd the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
- Judges 20:22בַּיּ֥וֹם · dayBut the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
- Judges 20:24בַּיּ֥וֹם · dayOn the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
- Judges 20:25בַּיּ֣וֹם · That same dayThat same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- Judges 20:26בַיּוֹם־ · dayThen the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
- Judges 20:27בַּיָּמִ֖ים · daysAnd the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
- Judges 20:28בַּיָּמִ֣ים…and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
- Judges 20:30בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayOn the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
- Judges 20:35בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayThe LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
- Judges 20:46בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayThat day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
- Judges 21:3הַיּ֛וֹם · Today“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
- Judges 21:6הַיּ֛וֹם · TodayAnd the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
- Judges 21:19מִיָּמִ֣ים׀ · there is a yearly; יָמִ֗ימָה“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
- Judges 21:25בַּיָּמִ֣ים · daysIn those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Ruth 1:1בִּימֵי֙ · In the daysIn the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
- Ruth 2:19הַיּוֹם֙ · today; הַיּ֖וֹם · todayThen her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
- Ruth 3:18הַיּֽוֹם׃ · today“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
- Ruth 4:5בְּיוֹם־ · On the dayThen Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
- Ruth 4:9הַיּ֔וֹם · todayAt this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
- Ruth 4:10הַיּֽוֹם׃Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
- Ruth 4:14הַיּ֑וֹם · this dayThen the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 1:3מִיָּמִ֣ים׀ · Year after year; יָמִ֔ימָהYear after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:4הַיּ֔וֹם · And whenever the dayAnd whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
- 1 Samuel 1:11יְמֵ֣י · the daysAnd she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
- 1 Samuel 1:20הַיָּמִ֔ים · of timeSo in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
- 1 Samuel 1:21הַיָּמִ֖ים · the annualThen Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
- 1 Samuel 1:28הַיָּמִים֙I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
- 1 Samuel 2:16כַּיּוֹם֙ · firstAnd if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
- 1 Samuel 2:19מִיָּמִ֣ים׀ · Each year; יָמִ֑ימָה; הַיָּמִֽים׃ · the annualEach year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 2:31יָמִ֣ים · the daysBehold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.
- 1 Samuel 2:32הַיָּמִֽים׃ · will ever againYou will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
- 1 Samuel 2:34בְּי֥וֹם · dayAnd this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
- 1 Samuel 2:35הַיָּמִֽים׃Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
- 1 Samuel 3:1בַּיָּמִ֣ים · daysAnd the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
- 1 Samuel 3:2בַּיּ֣וֹם · at that timeAnd at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
- 1 Samuel 3:12בַּיּ֤וֹם · dayOn that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
- 1 Samuel 4:3הַיּ֖וֹם · todayWhen the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
- 1 Samuel 4:12בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayThat same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
- 1 Samuel 4:16הַיּ֑וֹם“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.