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
- Obadiah 1:14בְּי֥וֹם · in the dayNor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
- Obadiah 1:15יוֹם־ · the DayFor the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
- Jonah 1:17יָמִ֖ים · daysNow the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
- Jonah 3:3יָמִֽים׃This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
- Jonah 3:4י֣וֹם · day; י֔וֹם · daysOn the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
- Micah 1:1בִּימֵ֥י · in the daysThis is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
- Micah 2:4בַּיּ֨וֹם · dayIn that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
- Micah 3:6הַיּֽוֹם׃ · and the daylightTherefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
- Micah 4:1הַיָּמִ֗ים · daysIn the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
- Micah 4:6בַּיּ֨וֹם · day“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
- Micah 5:2מִימֵ֥י · from the daysBut you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Micah 5:10בַיּוֹם־ · day“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
- Micah 7:4י֤וֹם · The dayThe best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
- Micah 7:11י֖וֹם · The day; י֥וֹם · dayThe day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.
- Micah 7:12י֥וֹם · dayOn that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
- Micah 7:14כִּימֵ֥י · as in the daysShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Micah 7:15כִּימֵ֥י · As in the days whenAs in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.
- Micah 7:20מִ֥ימֵי · from the daysYou will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
- Nahum 1:7בְּי֣וֹם · in the dayThe LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Nahum 2:3בְּי֣וֹם · on the dayThe shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
- Nahum 2:8מִ֣ימֵי · her daysNineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
- Nahum 3:17בְּי֣וֹם · dayYour guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
- Habakkuk 1:5בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם · in your days“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Habakkuk 3:16לְי֣וֹם · for the dayI heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
- Zephaniah 1:1בִּימֵ֛י · in the daysThis is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
- Zephaniah 1:7י֣וֹם · the DayBe silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
- Zephaniah 1:8בְּיוֹם֙ · On the Day“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.
- Zephaniah 1:9בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayOn that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
- Zephaniah 1:10בַיּ֨וֹם · dayOn that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
- Zephaniah 1:14יוֹם־ · Day; י֣וֹם · the DayThe great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
- Zephaniah 1:15י֥וֹם · day will be; הַיּ֣וֹם · a day; י֧וֹם · a day; י֤וֹם · a day; י֥וֹם · a day; י֥וֹם · a dayThat day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
- Zephaniah 1:16י֥וֹם · a day…a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
- Zephaniah 1:18בְּיוֹם֙ · on the DayNeither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Zephaniah 2:2י֑וֹם · and the day; י֖וֹם · the Day…before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
- Zephaniah 2:3בְּי֖וֹם · on the daySeek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
- Zephaniah 3:8לְי֖וֹם · until the dayTherefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
- Zephaniah 3:11בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayOn that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
- Zephaniah 3:16בַּיּ֣וֹם · dayOn that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
- Haggai 1:1בְּי֥וֹם · dayIn the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Haggai 1:15בְּי֨וֹם · day…on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
- Haggai 2:15הַיּ֥וֹם · dayNow consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,