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
- 1 Kings 11:34יְמֵ֣י · the daysNevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
- 1 Kings 11:36הַיָּמִ֤ים׀I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
- 1 Kings 11:39הַיָּמִֽים׃סBecause of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
- 1 Kings 11:42וְהַיָּמִ֗ים · Thus the timeThus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
- 1 Kings 12:5יָמִ֖ים · daysRehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
- 1 Kings 12:7הַ֠יּוֹם · this day; הַיָּמִֽים׃They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
- 1 Kings 12:12בַּיּ֣וֹם · days; בַּיּ֥וֹם · dayAfter three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
- 1 Kings 12:19הַיּ֥וֹם · daySo to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
- 1 Kings 12:32י֨וֹם׀ · dayAnd Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
- 1 Kings 12:33יוֹם֙ · dayOn the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
- 1 Kings 13:3בַּיּ֨וֹם · dayThat day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
- 1 Kings 13:11הַיּ֜וֹם · that dayNow a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
- 1 Kings 14:14הַיּ֑וֹם · is the dayMoreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
- 1 Kings 14:19הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 1 Kings 14:20וְהַיָּמִים֙ · And the lengthAnd the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:29הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 1 Kings 14:30הַיָּמִֽים׃ · [their] daysThere was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
- 1 Kings 15:5יְמֵ֣י · the daysFor David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 1 Kings 15:6יְמֵ֥י · the daysAnd there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
- 1 Kings 15:7הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 15:14יָמָֽיו׃ · his daysThe high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
- 1 Kings 15:16יְמֵיהֶֽם׃ · their daysNow there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
- 1 Kings 15:23הַיָּמִ֖יםNow the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
- 1 Kings 15:31הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 15:32יְמֵיהֶֽם׃פ · their daysAnd there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
- 1 Kings 16:5הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:14הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:15יָמִ֖ים · daysIn the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
- 1 Kings 16:16בַּיּ֥וֹם · day…and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 16:20הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:27הַיָּמִ֖יםAs for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:34בְּיָמָ֞יו · In [Ahab’s] daysIn Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
- 1 Kings 17:7יָמִ֖יםSome time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
- 1 Kings 17:14י֧וֹם · the day…for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
- 1 Kings 17:15יָמִֽים׃ · every daySo she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
- 1 Kings 18:1יָמִ֣ים · timeAfter a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
- 1 Kings 18:15הַיּ֖וֹם · todayThen Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
- 1 Kings 18:36הַיּ֣וֹם · this dayAt the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
- 1 Kings 19:4י֔וֹם · a day’s…while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- 1 Kings 19:8יוֹם֙ · daysSo he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
- 1 Kings 20:13הַיּ֔וֹם · this very dayMeanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Kings 20:29יָמִ֑ים · days; בַּיּ֣וֹם · day; בְּי֥וֹם · dayFor seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
- 1 Kings 21:29בְּיָמָ֔יו · during his days; בִּימֵ֣י · in the days“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
- 1 Kings 22:5כַיּ֖וֹם · firstBut Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- 1 Kings 22:25בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayMicaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”