Ephēmeria ἐφημερία

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Ephēmeria
ἐφημερία
Transliterationephēmeria
Strong's numberG2183
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossdivision
Occurrences2 in 2 verses

Ephēmeria (Greek ἐφημερία, Strong's G2183) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “division”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἐφ-ημερία, -ας, ἡ
(ἐφήμερος), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת, מַחֲלֹקֶת ;]
1. a course of daily services (Neh.13:30, 1Ch.25:8, al.).
2. a class or course of priests detailed for service in the temple (1Ch.23:6, al.): Luk.1:5, 8 (cf. MGr., ἐφημέριος, priest).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcourse (2)
BSBpriestly division (1), division (1)

Verses

Every verse with Ephēmeria, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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