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יוֹם

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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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יוֹם:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,303 total
  1. Genesis 8:12יָמִ֖ים · days
    And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
  2. Genesis 8:14י֖וֹם · day
    By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
  3. Genesis 8:22יְמֵ֣י · endures; וְי֥וֹם · day
    As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
  4. Genesis 9:29יְמֵי־ · lived
    So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
  5. Genesis 10:25בְיָמָיו֙ · in his days
    Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
  6. Genesis 11:32יְמֵי־
    Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
  7. Genesis 14:1בִּימֵי֙ · In those days
    In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
  8. Genesis 15:18בַּיּ֣וֹם · day
    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  9. Genesis 17:12יָמִ֗ים · days old
    Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
  10. Genesis 17:23הַיּ֣וֹם · day
    On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
  11. Genesis 17:26הַיּ֣וֹם · day
    Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
  12. Genesis 18:1הַיּֽוֹם׃ · of the day
    Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
  13. Genesis 18:11בַּיָּמִ֑ים · in years
    And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
  14. Genesis 19:37הַיּֽוֹם׃ · today
    The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
  15. Genesis 19:38הַיּֽוֹם׃ס · today
    The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
  16. Genesis 21:4יָמִ֑ים · days old
    When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
  17. Genesis 21:8בְּי֖וֹם · on the day
    So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
  18. Genesis 21:26הַיּֽוֹם׃
    Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
  19. Genesis 21:34יָמִ֥ים · time
    And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
  20. Genesis 22:4בַּיּ֣וֹם · day
    On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
  21. Genesis 22:14הַיּ֔וֹם · to this day
    And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  22. Genesis 24:1בַּיָּמִ֑ים · in years
    By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
  23. Genesis 24:12הַיּ֑וֹם
    “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
  24. Genesis 24:42הַיּ֖וֹם · today
    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
  25. Genesis 24:55יָמִ֖ים · days
    But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
  26. Genesis 25:7יְמֵ֛י
    Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
  27. Genesis 25:24יָמֶ֖יהָ · When her time
    When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
  28. Genesis 25:31כַיּ֛וֹם · First
    “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
  29. Genesis 25:33כַּיּ֔וֹם
    “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
  30. Genesis 26:1בִּימֵ֣י · time
    Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
  31. Genesis 26:8הַיָּמִ֔ים · a long time
    When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
  32. Genesis 26:15בִּימֵ֖י · in the days
    So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
  33. Genesis 26:18בִּימֵי֙ · in the days
    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
  34. Genesis 26:32בַּיּ֣וֹם · day
    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
  35. Genesis 26:33הַיּ֥וֹם · day
    So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
  36. Genesis 27:2י֥וֹם · the day
    “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
  37. Genesis 27:41יְמֵי֙ · The days
    Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
  38. Genesis 27:44יָמִ֣ים
    Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
  39. Genesis 27:45י֥וֹם · day
    …until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
  40. Genesis 29:7הַיּ֣וֹם · daylight
    “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
  41. Genesis 29:14יָמִֽים׃
    Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
  42. Genesis 29:20כְּיָמִ֣ים · days
    So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
  43. Genesis 29:21יָמָ֑י · my time
    Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
  44. Genesis 30:14בִּימֵ֣י
    Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
  45. Genesis 30:32הַיּ֗וֹם · today
    Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
  46. Genesis 30:33בְּי֣וֹם · in the future
    So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
  47. Genesis 30:35בַּיּוֹם֩ · day
    That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
  48. Genesis 30:36יָמִ֔ים
    Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
  49. Genesis 31:22בַּיּ֣וֹם · day
    On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.