σήμερονsḗmeron
on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e. at present, hitherto)
Greek (New Testament) · G4594
Meanings
to-day: Matthew 6:11, Luke 4:21, Acts 4:9, and elsewhere; opposed to αὔριον, Matthew 6:30, Luke 12:28, James 4:13; χθὲς καὶ σ. καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, Hebrews 13:8; ἡ σ. ἡμέρα, Acts 20:26; ἕως (ἄχρι) τῆς σ. ἡμέρας, Romans 11:8, 2 Corinthians 3:14; μέχρι (ἕως) τῆς σ. (namely ἡμέρας), Matthew 11:23, Matthew 27:8; as as a noun, τὸ σ., Hebrews 3:13; id. in in apposition, ὁρίζει ἡμέραν, σ., Hebrews 4:7 R, margin.
Same root
- ὁho · G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- ἡμέραhēméra · G2250day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
Where it appears
Appears 41 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:11 Give us today the food we need,
- Matthew 6:30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
- Matthew 11:23 “And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today.
- Matthew 16:3 red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times!
- Matthew 21:28 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’
- Matthew 27:8 That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.