Hēmera ἡμέρα

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Hēmera
ἡμέρα
Transliterationhēmera
Strong's numberG2250
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossday
Occurrences392 in 369 verses
Most frequent inActs (90)

Hēmera (Greek ἡμέρα, Strong's G2250) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “day”. It occurs 392 times in 369 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם ;]
day;
1. as distinct from night: genitive ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Rev.21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ̔ἡ.), Act.9:24, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8, Rev.4:8 (BL, §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης, at mid-day, Act.26:13; accusative durat., τ. ἡμέρας, Luk.21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ., Rom.8:36; ἐν ἡμέρα, Jhn.11:9, Rom.13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Luk.2:44; ἡ. γίνεται, Lk 4:42 22:66; κλίνει, Luk.9:12, al.; metaphorically, Jhn.9:4, Rom.13:12, 1Th.5:4, 5 8, 2Pe.1:19.
2. Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Mat.6:34, Mrk.6:21, Luk.13:14, al.; τρίτῃ ἡ., Mat.16:21; ἡμέρᾳ κ. ἡ. (cf. יוֹם בְּיוֹם, Est.3:4), 2Co.4:16; ὅλην τ. ἡ., Rom.8:36 10:21; pl., Jhn.2:12, Act.9:19, al.; ἡ. τῶν ἀζύμων, Act.12:3; τ. σαββάτου, Luk.13:14, 16; ἡ κυριάκη ἡ., Rev.1:10.
3. In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ. (ἐκείνη, τ. κυρίου, etc.), Mat.7:22, Luk.6:23, Rom.13:12, 1Co.1:8, 1Th.5:2, 2Th.2:2, 2Pe.3:10, al; by meton., as compared with the divine judgment on that day, ἡ. ἀνθρωπίνη, of a human tribunal, 1Co.4:3 (EV, man's judgment).
4. As in Heb. (also in Gk. writers; Bl, §46, 9; M, Pr., 81), of time in general: Jhn.8:56 14:20, 2Co.6:2, Eph.6:13, 2Pe.3:18; pl. Act.15:7, Eph.5:16, Heb.10:32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ. (cf. כָּל הַיָּמִים, Deu.4:40, al.; MM, Exp., xv), Mat.28:20; ἐλεύσονται ἡ. ὅταν (ὅτε), Mat.9:15, Mrk.2:20, Luk.5:35 17:22; αἱ ἡ., with genitive of person(s) (Gen.26:1, al.), Mat.2:1, Luk.1:5, Act.7:45, 1Pe.3:20; ἀρχ̀ ἡμερῶν, Heb.7:3.
(AS)

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

Translated as

KJVday (196), days (151), daily (18), time (5), those days (2), years (2), while (2), long (2), unto the day (1), day's (1), same day (1), seven (1), and 3 other renderings
BSBday (185), days (129), time (19), daily (7), daybreak (5), daylight (4), years (3), daytime (3), day long (2), today (1), date (1), court (1), and 3 other renderings

Verses

Hēmera occurs in 369 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (42): 2:1, 3:1, 4:2, 6:34, 7:22, 9:15, 10:15, 11:12, 11:22, 11:24, 12:36, 12:40, 13:1, 15:32, 16:21, 17:1, 17:23, 20:2, 20:6, 20:12, 20:19, 22:23, 22:46, 23:30, 24:19, 24:22, 24:29, 24:36, 24:37, 24:38, 24:42, 24:50, 25:13, 26:2, 26:29, 26:55, 26:61, 27:40, 27:63, 27:64, 28:15, 28:20

Mark (26): 1:9, 1:13, 2:1, 2:20, 4:27, 4:35, 5:5, 6:11, 6:21, 8:1, 8:2, 8:31, 9:2, 9:31, 10:34, 13:17, 13:19, 13:20, 13:24, 13:32, 14:1, 14:12, 14:25, 14:49, 14:58, 15:29

Luke (78): 1:5, 1:7, 1:18, 1:20, 1:23, 1:24, 1:25, 1:39, 1:59, 1:75, 1:80, 2:1, 2:6, 2:21, 2:22, 2:36, 2:37, 2:43, 2:44, 2:46, 4:2, 4:16, 4:25, 4:42, 5:17, 5:35, 6:12, 6:13, 6:23, 8:22, 9:12, 9:22, 9:23, 9:28, 9:36, 9:37, 9:51, 10:12, 11:3, 12:46, 13:14, 13:16, 14:5, 15:13, 16:19, 17:4, 17:22, 17:24, 17:26, 17:27, 17:28, 17:29, 17:30, 17:31, 18:7, 18:33, 19:42, 19:43, 19:47, 20:1, 21:6, 21:22, 21:23, 21:34, 21:37, 22:7, 22:53, 22:66, 23:7, 23:12, 23:29, 23:54, 24:7, 24:13, 24:18, 24:21, 24:29, 24:46

John (30): 1:39, 2:1, 2:12, 2:19, 2:20, 4:40, 4:43, 5:9, 6:39, 6:40, 6:44, 6:54, 7:37, 8:56, 9:4, 9:14, 11:6, 11:9, 11:17, 11:24, 11:53, 12:1, 12:7, 12:48, 14:20, 16:23, 16:26, 19:31, 20:19, 20:26

Acts (90): 1:2, 1:3, 1:5, 1:15, 1:22, 2:1, 2:15, 2:17, 2:18, 2:20, 2:29, 2:41, 2:46, 2:47, 3:2, 3:24, 5:36, 5:37, 5:42, 6:1, 7:8, 7:26, 7:41, 7:45, 8:1, 9:9, 9:19, 9:23, 9:24, 9:37, 9:43, 10:3, 10:30, 10:40, 10:48, 11:27, 12:3, 12:18, 12:21, 13:14, 13:31, 13:41, 15:7, 15:36, 16:5, 16:12, 16:13, 16:18, 16:35, 17:11, 17:17, 17:31, 18:18, 19:9, 20:6, 20:16, 20:18, 20:26, 20:31, 21:4, 21:5, 21:7, 21:10, 21:15, 21:26, 21:27, 21:38, 23:1, 23:12, 24:1, 24:11, 24:24, 25:1, 25:6, 25:13, 25:14, 26:7, 26:13, 26:22, 27:7, 27:20, 27:29, 27:33, 27:39, 28:7, 28:12, 28:13, 28:14, 28:17, 28:23

Romans (9): 2:5, 2:16, 8:36, 10:21, 11:8, 13:12, 13:13, 14:5, 14:6

1 Corinthians (7): 1:8, 3:13, 4:3, 5:5, 10:8, 15:4, 15:31

2 Corinthians (5): 1:14, 3:14, 4:16, 6:2, 11:28

Galatians (2): 1:18, 4:10

Ephesians (3): 4:30, 5:16, 6:13

Philippians (4): 1:5, 1:6, 1:10, 2:16

Colossians (2): 1:6, 1:9

1 Thessalonians (6): 2:9, 3:10, 5:2, 5:4, 5:5, 5:8

2 Thessalonians (3): 1:10, 2:2, 3:8

1 Timothy (1): 5:5

2 Timothy (5): 1:3, 1:12, 1:18, 3:1, 4:8

Hebrews (18): 1:2, 3:8, 3:13, 4:4, 4:7, 4:8, 5:7, 7:3, 7:27, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 10:11, 10:16, 10:25, 10:32, 11:30, 12:10

James (2): 5:3, 5:5

1 Peter (3): 2:12, 3:10, 3:20

2 Peter (10): 1:19, 2:8, 2:9, 2:13, 3:3, 3:7, 3:8, 3:10, 3:12, 3:18

1 John (1): 4:17

Jude (1): 1:6

Revelation (21): 1:10, 2:10, 2:13, 4:8, 6:17, 7:15, 8:12, 9:6, 9:15, 10:7, 11:3, 11:6, 11:9, 11:11, 12:6, 12:10, 14:11, 16:14, 18:8, 20:10, 21:25

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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