ἡμέραhēméra
day
Greek (New Testament) · G2250
Meanings
1. as distinct from night: genitive ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Revelation 21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ἡ.), Acts 9:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, Revelation 4:8 (Bl., §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης, at mid-day, Acts 26:13; accusative durat., τ. ἡμέρας, Luke 21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ., Romans 8:36; ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, John 11:9, Romans 13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Luke 2:44; ἡ. γίνεται, Luke 4:42, Luke 22:66; κλίνει, Luke 9:12, and elsewhere; metaphorically, John 9:4, Romans 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, 2 Peter 1:19.
2. Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Matthew 6:34, Mark 6:21, Luke 13:14, and elsewhere; τρίτῃ ἡ., Matthew 16:21; ἡμέρᾳ κ. ἡ. (cf. יוֹם בְּיֹום, Esther 3:4), 2 Corinthians 4:16; ὅλην τ. ἡ., Romans 8:36, Romans 10:21; plural, John 2:12, Acts 9:19, and elsewhere; ἡ. τῶν ἀζύμων, Acts 12:3; τ. σαββάτου, Luke 13:14, Luke 13:16; ἡ κυριάκη ἡ., Revelation 1:10.
3. In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ. (ἐκείνη, τ. κυρίου, etc.), Matthew 7:22, Luke 6:23, Romans 13:12, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Peter 3:10, and elsewhere; by by metonymy, as compared with the divine judgment on that day, ἡ. ἀνθρωπίνη, of a human tribunal, 1 Corinthians 4:3 (EV, man's judgment).
4. As in Heb., of time in general: John 8:56, John 14:20, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Ephesians 6:13, 2 Peter 3:18; plural, Acts 15:7, Ephesians 5:16, Hebrews 10:32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ. (cf. כָּל הַיָּמִים, Deuteronomy 4:40, and elsewhere; MM, Exp., xv), Matthew 28:20; ἐλεύσονται ἡ. ὅταν (ὅτε), Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:20, Luke 5:35, Luke 17:22; αἱ ἡ., with genitive of person (Genesis 26:1, and elsewhere), Matthew 2:1, Luke 1:5, Acts 7:45, 1 Peter 3:20; ἀρχὴ ἡμερῶν, Hebrews 7:3.
Same root
- ὥραhṓra · G5610an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
- ἑδραῖοςhedraîos · G1476sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable
- καθημερινόςkathēmerinós · G2522quotidian
- νυχθήμερονnychthḗmeron · G3574a day-and-night, i.e. full day of twenty-four hours
- ἐφήμεροςephḗmeros · G2184for a day ("ephemeral"), i.e. diurnal
- νουμηνίαnoumēnía · G3561the festival of new moon
- ὀκταήμεροςoktaḗmeros · G3637an eight-day old person or act
- σήμερονsḗmeron · G4594on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e. at present, hitherto)
Where it appears
Appears 387 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,
- Matthew 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,
- Matthew 4:2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
- Matthew 6:34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
- Matthew 7:22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’
- Matthew 9:15 Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
See every passage
- Matthew 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, 28:20
- Mark 1:9, 1:13, 2:1, 2:20, 4:27, 4:35, 5:5, 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 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 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 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 2:5, 2:16, 8:36, 10:21, 11:8, 13:12, 13:13, 14:5, 14:6
- 1 Corinthians 1:8, 3:13, 4:3, 5:5, 10:8, 15:4, 15:31
- 2 Corinthians 1:14, 4:16, 6:2, 11:28
- Galatians 1:18, 4:10
- Ephesians 4:30, 5:16, 6:13
- Philippians 1:5, 1:6, 1:10, 2:16
- Colossians 1:6, 1:9
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 3:10, 5:2, 5:4, 5:5, 5:8
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10, 2:2, 3:8
- 1 Timothy 5:5
- 2 Timothy 1:3, 1:12, 1:18, 3:1, 4:8
- Hebrews 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 5:3, 5:5
- 1 Peter 2:12, 3:10, 3:20
- 2 Peter 1:19, 2:8, 2:9, 2:13, 3:3, 3:7, 3:8, 3:10, 3:12, 3:18
- 1 John 4:17
- Jude 1:6
- Revelation 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
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.