יוֹם

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:

ἡμέραhēmera“day”88%
σήμερονsēmeron“today”8%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,303 total

Genesis 31:23יָמִ֑ים · days
So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Genesis 31:39י֔וֹם · by day
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
Genesis 31:40בַיּ֛וֹם · by day
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
Genesis 31:43הַיּ֔וֹם · today
But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
Genesis 31:48הַיּ֑וֹם · this day
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
Genesis 32:32הַיּ֣וֹם · day
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
Genesis 33:13י֣וֹם · day
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
Genesis 33:16בַּיּ֨וֹם · day
So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,
Genesis 34:25בַיּ֨וֹם · days later
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
Genesis 35:3בְּי֣וֹם · in my day
Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
Genesis 35:20הַיּֽוֹם׃ · this day
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
Genesis 35:28יְמֵ֣י
And Isaac lived 180 years.
Genesis 35:29יָמִ֑ים · of years
Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 37:34יָמִ֥ים · days
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 38:12הַיָּמִ֔ים · time
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
Genesis 39:10י֣וֹם׀ · day; י֑וֹם · after day
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
Genesis 39:11כְּהַיּ֣וֹם · One day
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
Genesis 40:4יָמִ֖ים · for some time
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
Genesis 40:7הַיּֽוֹם׃ · today
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
Genesis 40:12יָמִ֖ים · days
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
Genesis 40:13יָמִ֗ים · days
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
Genesis 40:18יָמִ֖ים · days
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
Genesis 40:19יָמִ֗ים · days
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
Genesis 40:20בַּיּ֣וֹם · day; י֚וֹם · birthday
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Genesis 41:1יָמִ֑ים
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
Genesis 41:9הַיּֽוֹם׃ · Today
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
Genesis 42:13הַיּ֔וֹם · is now
But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
Genesis 42:17יָמִֽים׃ · days
So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
Genesis 42:18בַּיּ֣וֹם · day
…and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
Genesis 42:32הַיּ֛וֹם · is now
We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
Genesis 43:9הַיָּמִֽים׃
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
Genesis 44:32הַיָּמִֽים׃ · all my life
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
Genesis 47:8יְמֵ֖י · years
“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
Genesis 47:9יְמֵי֙ · My years; יְמֵי֙ · the years; יְמֵי֙; בִּימֵ֖י
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Genesis 47:23הַיּ֛וֹם · this day
Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
Genesis 47:26הַיּ֨וֹם · day
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:28יְמֵֽי־
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
Genesis 47:29יְמֵֽי־ · When the time
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
Genesis 48:15הַיּ֥וֹם · day
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
Genesis 48:20בַּיּ֣וֹם · So that day
So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 49:1הַיָּמִֽים׃ · in the days
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
Genesis 50:3י֔וֹם · days; יְמֵ֣י; יֽוֹם׃ · days
…taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Genesis 50:4יְמֵ֣י · When the days
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that