Hōra ὥρα

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Hōra
ὥρα
Transliterationhōra
Strong's numberG5610
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosshour
Occurrences108 in 100 verses
Most frequent inJohn (24)

Hōra (Greek ὥρα, Strong's G5610) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “hour”. It occurs 108 times in 100 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὥρα, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה ;]
1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.).
2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Mat.24:36, Mrk.13:32, Act.10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 215; Bl., §34, 8), Jhn.4:52, Act.10:3, 30 1Co.15:30, Rev.3:3; accusative of duration, Mat.20:12 26, Mrk.14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν, for a season, for a time, Jhn.5:35, 2Co.7:8, Gal.2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, for a short season (ICC, in l.), 1Th.2:17.
3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Mat.26:45; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.1:10 14:17, Rev.3:10, al.; with genitive of person(s), Luk.22:53, Jhn.2:4 7:30, al.; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα, 1Co.4:11; ἐσχάτη ὥ., 1Jn.2:18; before ὅτε, Jhn.4:21, 23 5:25 16:25; ἵνα, Jhn.12:23, al.; with accusative and inf., Rom.13:11 (cf. DB, ext., 475b 476b).
(AS)

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

Translated as

KJVhour (86), time (12), season (3), hours (3), day (1), instant (1), short (1)
BSBhour (82), time (11), moment (3), hours (3), season (1), very moment (1), short time (1), while (1)

Verses

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

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Thessalonians

Philemon

1 John

Revelation

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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