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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. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

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  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

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  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

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  4. 2 Thessalonians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.

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  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.

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  6. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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  7. 1 Timothy 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

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  8. 2 Timothy 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

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  9. 2 Timothy 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

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  10. 2 Timothy 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.

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  11. 2 Timothy 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

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  12. 2 Timothy 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

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  13. Hebrews 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

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  14. Hebrews 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

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  15. Hebrews 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

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  16. Hebrews 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

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  17. Hebrews 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

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  18. Hebrews 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

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  19. Hebrews 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

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  20. Hebrews 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

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  21. Hebrews 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

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  22. Hebrews 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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  23. Hebrews 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

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  24. Hebrews 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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  25. Hebrews 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

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  26. Hebrews 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

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  27. Hebrews 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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  28. Hebrews 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.

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  29. Hebrews 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

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  30. Hebrews 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

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  31. James 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

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  32. James 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

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  33. 1 Peter 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

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  34. 1 Peter 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

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  35. 1 Peter 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

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  36. 2 Peter 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

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  37. 2 Peter 2:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

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  38. 2 Peter 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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  39. 2 Peter 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

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  40. 2 Peter 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

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  41. 2 Peter 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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  42. 2 Peter 3:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

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  43. 2 Peter 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

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  44. 2 Peter 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.

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  45. 2 Peter 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

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  46. 1 John 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

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  47. Jude 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

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  48. Revelation 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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  49. Revelation 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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  50. Revelation 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

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