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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.

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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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  1. Acts 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

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  2. Acts 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

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  3. Acts 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

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  4. Acts 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

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  5. Acts 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

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  6. Acts 9:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

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  7. Acts 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

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  8. Acts 10:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

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  9. Acts 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

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  10. Acts 10:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

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  11. Acts 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

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  12. Acts 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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  13. Acts 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

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  14. Acts 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

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  15. Acts 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

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  16. Acts 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

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  17. Acts 13:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

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  18. Acts 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

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  19. Acts 15:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

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  20. Acts 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

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  21. Acts 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

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  22. Acts 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

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  23. Acts 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

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  24. Acts 16:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

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  25. Acts 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

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  26. Acts 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

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  27. Acts 17:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

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  28. Acts 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

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  29. Acts 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

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  30. Acts 20:6 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

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  31. Acts 20:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

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  32. Acts 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

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  33. Acts 20:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

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  34. Acts 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

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  35. Acts 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

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  36. Acts 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

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  37. Acts 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

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  38. Acts 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

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  39. Acts 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.

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  40. Acts 21:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

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  41. Acts 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

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  42. Acts 21:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”

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  43. Acts 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”

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  44. Acts 23:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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  45. Acts 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

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  46. Acts 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

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  47. Acts 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

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  48. Acts 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

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  49. Acts 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

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  50. Acts 25:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

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