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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Sabbath Day's Journey
• Preparation Day
• Lord's Day
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Scofield Reference Index
• Days
• Day of Vengeance
• Day of the Lord
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Thompson Chain Reference
• To-Day, Accepted Time
• Sabbath Day's Journey
• Pentecost, Day of
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The Topic Concordance
• Last Days
• Day of the Lord
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Unto This Day
• Seven Days with Mother
• Day, Pitching Time
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Day
• Atonement, the Day of
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Whitsun Day
• Twelfth Day
• Thanksgiving Day
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American Tract Society
• Lord's-Day
• Day
• Atonement, Day of.
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Lord's Day
• Last Days
• Day of the Lord
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Lord's Day, the
• Last Day(S), Latter Days, Last Times
• Judgment, Day of
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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Lord's Day
• Holy Day
• Bartholomew's Day
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Ten Days of Repentance
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Sabbath Day's Journey
• Lord's Day
• Jezreel, Day of
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Lord's Day
• Day
• Atonement, Day of
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• To-Day
• Judgment-Day: Forgotten
• Grace: Equal to Our Day
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Sabbath Day's Journey
• Preparation Day
• Lord's Day
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Sabbath Day's Journey
• Lord's Day
• Day's Journey
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Sabbath Day's Journey
• Lord's Day (2)
• Lord's Day
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King James Dictionary
• Day
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Sabbath-Day's Journey
• Lord's Day, the
• Last Time or Days
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day
• Star, Day
• Seventh-Day Adventists
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Ancient of Days
People's Bible Dictionary
• Judgment the Day of
• Day
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Sabbath-day's Journey
• Lord's Day The
• Day
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Today, This Day
• Night and a Day
• Next Day
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• Day
Wilson's Bible Types
• Day
Webster Dictionary
• To-Day
• Term Day
• Tag Day
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Day
• Lord's Day
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• All Souls' Day
• April-Fools' Day
• Arbor Day
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Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia
• Day of Rest
• Last Days at Sinai
• Last Days of Abraham
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Ancient of Days
• Atonement, Day of
• Break of Day
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Atonement Day of
• Day
• Expiation Day of
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Adventists, Seventh-Day
• All-Fools-Day
• All-Saints Day
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• All-Saints' Day
• All-Souls' Day
• Annunciation Day
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Aliturgical Days
• All Saints' Day
• All Souls' Day
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Ab, Fifteenth Day of
• Ab, Ninth Day of
• Ancient of Days
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Lexicons
• ܝܰܘܡܳܐ
• ܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐ
• ܥܪܽܘܒ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ
• αὐγή
• αὔριον
• δευτεραῖος
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• אוֹר
• אוֹר
• בֹּקֶר , בֹּקֶר
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People in Bible times used the word ‘day’ with a wide range of meanings, as we do today. They may have used it for the normal 24-hour day (Numbers 10:11; Acts 20:7), for the hours of daylight in contrast to the hours of night (Luke 18:7; John 9:4), for a particular time or occasion (Jeremiah 12:3; Jeremiah 16:19; Luke 6:23), or for a more lengthy period such as an age or era (John 8:56; 2 Corinthians 6:2).

In an age when there were no clocks as we know them today, people estimated the time of day according to the sun. Times were only approximate, for the number of hours of daylight varied throughout the year. Usually people counted the hours according to a 12-hour division from sunrise to sunset. Therefore, if the approximate time of sunrise was 6 a.m. (Genesis 32:21; Genesis 32:24; Genesis 32:31; Mark 16:2), the third hour would be about 9 a.m. (Mark 15:25; Acts 2:15), the sixth hour would be about noon (Mark 15:33; Acts 10:9), the ninth hour would be about 3 p.m. (Mark 15:33; Acts 3:1), and the twelfth hour would be about 6 p.m., or sunset (Mark 1:32; John 11:9; cf. Matthew 20:3; Matthew 20:5-6; Matthew 20:12; see also SABBATH).

During the time of the Roman administration, the twelve hours of night were divided into four periods, or watches (Matthew 14:25; Luke 12:38). In former times, the Jews divided the night into three watches (Exodus 14:24; Judges 7:19).

The contrast between day and night provided preachers with an obvious illustration to contrast good and evil. The present era is a night of moral darkness, in contrast to the day of light that will dawn at Christ’s return (Romans 13:11-13; 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8). The return of Christ is the great day that will bring the world’s history to its climax (Philippians 1:6; Philippians 1:10; Philippians 2:16; Hebrews 10:25; see DAY OF THE LORD).