יוֹםyôwm

day

Pronunciation: yome · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3117

Meanings

1. day, opposed to night (Genesis 7:14; Genesis 7:12; Genesis 8:22)

2. Day, as division of time

a. working-day (Exodus 20:9; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:18)

b. a day's journey, a three days' journey (Numbers 11:31; 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 3:4)

c. are combined (Genesis 7:4; Genesis 7:10; Genesis 8:10)

d. evening and morning (Genesis 1:5; Genesis 1:8; Genesis 1:13)

e. day (Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:4; Genesis 8:14)

f. the snowy day, rainy d. (2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22; Proverbs 27:15)

h. thy, his, their day (Jeremiah 50:31; 1 Samuel 26:10; Ezekiel 21:30)

i. the sabbath day, every Sabbath day (Exodus 20:8; Exodus 20:11; Deuteronomy 5:12)

3. are combined, day of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment, involving often blessedness for righteous (Isaiah 28:1-200; Amos 5:18; Amos 5:20)

4. Plural days of any one

a. the number of the days of the years of his vanity, long life (Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 22:19; Deuteronomy 22:29)

b. (in) the days of (Genesis 10:25; Genesis 14:1; Judges 5:6)

5. Days

a. some days, a few days (Genesis 27:44; Genesis 29:10; Daniel 11:20)

b. these days or these years, whether two days or a month or days (1 Samuel 29:3; Numbers 9:22; Genesis 21:34)

c. days of old, former, ancient times (Deuteronomy 32:7; Micah 5:1; Micah 7:14)

6. = time

a. proper time (Proverbs 25:13; Genesis 30:14; Joshua 3:15)

b. a month of time, a month, time (Genesis 29:14; Numbers 11:20; Numbers 11:21)

c. a year and four months (1 Samuel 27:7; Leviticus 25:29; Judges 17:10)

7. Phrases, without preposition and with, are

a. to-day (Genesis 4:14; Genesis 31:43; Genesis 31:48)

b. and the day came, that, when (1 Samuel 1:4; 2 Kings 4:8; 2 Kings 4:11)

c. lo! days are coming (1 Samuel 2:31; Amos 4:2; Amos 8:11)

d. the day of, the time of (Deuteronomy 16:3; Isaiah 58:5; Ezekiel 39:13)

e. day by day, from day to day (Genesis 39:10; Exodus 16:5; Proverbs 8:30)

f. always, continually (Genesis 43:9; Genesis 44:32; Deuteronomy 4:40)

g. on, every day (Judges 19:18; Genesis 2:2; Psalms 7:12)

h. as, like the day (Psalms 139:12; Joshua 10:14; Hosea 2:5)

i. on, at, with reference to (Hosea 9:5; Isaiah 10:3; 1 Kings 5:2)

j. since the day (time) of, when (Exodus 10:6; Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 9:24)

k. since days of old = long ago, since the days of your fathers. (Deuteronomy 4:32; Deuteronomy 9:7; 2 Samuel 7:11)

l. until the 21st day, until to-day (Exodus 12:18; Leviticus 19:6; Judges 13:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2,304 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
  • Genesis 1:8 God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
  • Genesis 1:13 And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
  • Genesis 1:14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
  • Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
  • Genesis 1:18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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