hēmera G2250

ἡμέρα (hēmera) means “day” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἡμέρα Greek · G2250 389 tagged occurrences in 368 verses

Pronunciation guide: hay-mer'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2250

ἡμέρα · hēmera · day

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G2250

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
day	153
days	118
the day	20
time	11
daily	7
the time	7
the days	5
a day	4
daylight	4
day long	3
daybreak	3
days will be	3
years	3
at daybreak	2
day on	2
daytime	2
vvv	2
a certain day	1
a few days	1
a special day	1
at the end of the day	1
broad daylight	1
court	1
date	1
day after day	1
day alike	1
day as	1
days when	1
feast	1
for a day	1
is the day	1
of days	1
of the day	1
special days	1
the daytime	1
the others	1
these days	1
time there	1
today	1
when	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
day	123
days	112
the day	49
the days	35
the	13
daily	8
a day	7
of the day	6
those days	4
in a day	2
of	2
of the days	2
that day	2
time	2
while	2
years	2
a days	1
an	1
another	1
at midday	1
by day	1
day long	1
even unto	1
ever	1
in the day	1
in the day time	1
judgment	1
of days	1
of the	1
on the sabbath	1
one day	1
the day long	1
the day time	1
the same day	1
the time	1
unto the day	1

Verses containing G2250

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Matthew 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
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Matthew 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
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Matthew 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
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Matthew 6:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
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Matthew 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
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Matthew 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
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Matthew 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
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Matthew 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
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Matthew 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
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Matthew 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
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Matthew 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
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Matthew 12:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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Matthew 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
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Matthew 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
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Matthew 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
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Matthew 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
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Matthew 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
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Matthew 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
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Matthew 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
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Matthew 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
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Matthew 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
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Matthew 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
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Matthew 22:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
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Matthew 23:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
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Matthew 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
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Matthew 24:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
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Matthew 24:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
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Matthew 24:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
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Matthew 24:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
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Matthew 24:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
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Matthew 24:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
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Matthew 24:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
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Matthew 25:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
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Matthew 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
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Matthew 26:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
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Matthew 26:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
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Matthew 26:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
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Matthew 27:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
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Matthew 27:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
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Matthew 27:64 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
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Matthew 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
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Matthew 28:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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Mark 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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Mark 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
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Mark 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
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Mark 2:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
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Mark 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
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Mark 4:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
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Mark 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
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Mark 6:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
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