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Strong's #2250 - ἡμέρα

Transliteration
hēméra
Phonetics
hay-mer'-ah
Origin
from (with (G5610) implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit, akin to the base of (G1476)) meaning tame, i.e. gentle
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TDNT
2:943,309
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Thayer's
  1. the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night
    1. in the daytime
    2. metaph., "the day" is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness
  2. of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)
    1. Eastern usage of this term differs from our western usage. Any part of a day is counted as a whole day, hence the expression "three days and three nights" does not mean literally three whole days, but at least one whole day plus part of two other days.
  3. of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom
  4. used of time in general, i.e. the days of his life.
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 216 ‑ אוֹר (ore);  343 ‑ אֵיד (ade);  819 ‑ אַשְׁמָה (ash‑maw');  865 ‑ אֶתְמוּל (eth‑mole', ith‑mole', eth‑mool');  1242 ‑ בֹּקֶר (bo'‑ker);  1870 ‑ דֶּרֶךְ (deh'‑rek);  2320 ‑ חֹדֶשׁ (kho'‑desh);  2527 ‑ חֹם (khome);  3117 ‑ יוֹם (yome);  3117 ‑ יוֹם (yome);  3117 ‑ יוֹם (yome);  3117 ‑ יוֹם (yome);  3119 ‑ יוֹמָם (yo‑mawm');  3224 ‑ יְמִימָה (yem‑ee‑maw');  3409 ‑ יָרֵךְ (yaw‑rake');  4325 ‑ מַיִם (mah'‑yim);  5794 ‑ עַז (az);  5844 ‑ עָטָה (aw‑taw');  6153 ‑ עֶרֶב (eh'‑reb);  6256 ‑ עֵת (ayth);  6965 ‑ קוּם (koom);  7307 ‑ רוּחַ (roo'‑akh);  7657 ‑ שִׁבְעִים (shib‑eem');  8032 ‑ שִׁלְשֹׁם (shil‑shome', shil‑shome');  8543 ‑ תְּמֹל (tem‑ole', tem‑ole');  
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Matthew 42
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Luke 83
John 30
Acts 91
Romans 12
1 Corinthians 7
2 Corinthians 6
Galatians 2
Ephesians 3
Philippians 4
Colossians 2
1 Thessalonians 6
2 Thessalonians 3
1 Timothy 1
2 Timothy 5
Hebrews 18
James 2
1 Peter 3
2 Peter 12
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John 30
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Philippians 4
Colossians 2
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2 Thessalonians 3
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Hebrews 17
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2 Peter 12
1 John 1
Jude 1
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John 31
Acts 94
Romans 11
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Colossians 2
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2 Thessalonians 3
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Hebrews 18
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1 Peter 3
2 Peter 12
1 John 1
Jude 1
Revelation 21
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Mark 27
Luke 83
John 31
Acts 94
Romans 11
1 Corinthians 7
2 Corinthians 7
Galatians 2
Ephesians 3
Philippians 4
Colossians 2
1 Thessalonians 6
2 Thessalonians 3
1 Timothy 1
2 Timothy 5
Hebrews 18
James 2
1 Peter 3
2 Peter 12
1 John 1
Jude 1
Revelation 21
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Matthew 41
Mark 25
Luke 71
John 30
Acts 84
Romans 11
1 Corinthians 6
2 Corinthians 7
Galatians 2
Ephesians 3
Philippians 4
Colossians 2
1 Thessalonians 6
2 Thessalonians 3
1 Timothy 1
2 Timothy 5
Hebrews 16
James 2
1 Peter 3
2 Peter 12
1 John 1
Revelation 20
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Mark 31
Luke 86
John 35
Acts 97
Romans 11
1 Corinthians 7
2 Corinthians 6
Galatians 2
Ephesians 3
Philippians 5
Colossians 2
1 Thessalonians 6
2 Thessalonians 3
1 Timothy 1
2 Timothy 4
Hebrews 18
James 2
1 Peter 3
2 Peter 12
1 John 1
Jude 2
Revelation 22
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἡμέρα,

and Ion. ἡμέρη IG 12(5).1(Ios), Dor. ἀμέρα ib.5(1).213.43,al., 1390.109, 1432.25, Test.Epict. 4.12, Michel 995 A 32, etc., Locr. ἀμάρα IG 9(1).334.42 (aspirated perh. only in Att. and West Ion., cf. ἐπάμερος Pi., etc., αὐθημερόν IG 7.235.18 (Oropus), etc.; usu. unaspirated in early Att. Inscrr., IG 12.49.6, al.; aspirated in codd. even in dialects: original ἀμέρα prob. took aspirate from ἑσπέρα): ἡ: —

I

1. day, less freq. than ἦμαρ in Hom., ἡ. ἥδε κακὸν φέρει Il. 8.541, 13.828; τίς νύ μοι ἡ. ἥδε; Od. 24.514; νύκτες τε καὶ ἡ. 14.93; μῆνές τε καὶ ἡ. ib. 293; νοῦσοι ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ αἳ δ' ἐπὶ νυκτί Hes. Op. 102; ἡ σήμερον ἡ., v. σήμερον· ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ or ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ at daybreak, X. An. 6.3.6, Aeschin. 3.76; ἅμ' ἡμέρῃ διαφωσκούσῃ Hdt. 3.86; ἡ. διέλαμψεν, ἐξέλαμψεν, ὑπέφαινε, Ar. Pl. 744, Pax 304, X. Cyr. 4.5.14; τῆς ἡ. ὀψέ late in the day, Id. HG 2.1.23.

2. sts. like ἦμαρ, with Adjs. to describe a state or time of life, ἐπίπονος ἁ. a life of misery, S. Tr. 654 (lyr.); λυπρὰν ἄγειν ἡ. E. Hec. 364; ἐχθρὰ ἡ. Id. Ph. 540; παλαιὰ ἁ. old age, S. Aj. 623 (but θεία ἡ. Id. Fr. 950 is dub. l.); τερμία ἁ. Id. Ant. 1330 (lyr.); αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι length of days, Id. OC 1216 (lyr.); νέα ἁ. youth, E. Ion 720 (lyr.); so τῇ πρώτῃ ἡ. Arist. Rh. 1389a24; ἐπὶ τῇ τελευταίᾳ ἡ. at the close of life, ib. 1389b33, cf. S. OT 1529; ζοὴν βλέπουσιν ἡ. look life-like, Herod. 4.68.

3. poet. for time, ἡ. κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια S. Aj. 131; ἐς τόδ' ἡμέρας Id. OC 1138: pl., ἐν ἡμέραις τινός in the days of.., LXX 1 Chronicles 4:41, etc.; ἡ. ἀρχαῖαι ib. Psalms 143:5(142).5.

4. birthday, D.L. 4.41.

5. a fixed day, τακτὴ ἡ. Acts 12:21; ῥητὴ ἡ. Luc. Alex. 19; ἡ. ἔστησαν ἀρχαιρεσιῶν D.H. 6.48, cf. Acts 17:31; ἡ. Κυρίου LXX Joel 2:1; 2 Peter 3:12, etc.; ἡ. κρίσεως Matthew 10:15 : so abs., ὑπὸ ἀνθρωπίνης ἡμέρας a human tribunal, 1 Corinthians 4:3; ἡμέραι καὶ ἀγῶνες Jahresh. 23 Beibl. 93 (Pamphyl.).

6. in pl., age, προβεβηκὼς ἐν ταῖς ἡ. Luke 1:7, cf. LXX Genesis 47:8, etc.

II abs. usages,

1 gen., τριῶν ἡμερέων within three days, Hdt. 2.115, cf. Th. 7.3; ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων within a few days, Id. 4.26, etc.; ἄλλης ἡ. another day, S. El. 698; τῆς αὐτῆς ἡ. Isoc. 4.87; μιᾶς ἀμέρας IG 5(1).213.43 (Sparta, V B.C.); ἡμέρας by day, opp. νυκτός, S. Fr. 65; οὔθ' ἡμέρας οὔτε νυκτός Pl. Phdr. 240c; τοὺς.. τῆς ἡ. ἄρτους δ daily, UPZ 47.21 (ii B.C.); δὶς τῆς ἡμέρης ἑκάστης twice every day, Hdt. 2.37; δίς τῆς ἡ. Pl.Com. 207; πεντάκις τῆς ἡ. Men. 326; κατεσθίω.. τῆς ἡ. πένθ' ἡμιμέδιμνα five every day, Pherecr. 1.

2. dat., τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ,= σήμερον, (S. OT 1283; τῇ τόθ' ἡ Id. El. 1134.

3. acc., πᾶσαν ἡ. any day, i.e. soon, Hdt. 1.111, 7.203; τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ' ἡ. S. OC 433; ὅλην τὴν ἡ. Eup. 233; τρίτην ἡ. ἥκων two days after one's arrival, Th. 8.23; οὐδεμίαν ἡ. ὑπεύθυνος εἶναί φημι D. 18.112; πέντε ἡμέρας during five days, Th. 8.103; τὰς ἡ. in the daytime, X. Cyr. 1.3.12; τὴν ἡ. daily, LXX Exodus 29:38.

III

1. with Preps., μίαν ἀν' ἁμέραν on one day, Pi. O. 9.85; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡ. every day, Hdt. 7.198; ἀφ' ἡμέρας τῆς νῦν from this day, S. OT 351; but ἀφ' ἡμέρας γίνεσθαι ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ from early in the day, Plb. 8.25.11: δι' ἡμέρης, Att. -ρας, the whole day long, Hdt. 1.97, 2.173, Pherecr. 64, Ar. Ra. 260 (lyr.); διὰ τρίτης ἡ. every other day, Hdt. 2.37; διὰ πολλῶν ἡ. at a distance of many days, Th. 2.29; δι' ἡμερῶν τινων Thphr. HP 4.3.6; εἰσ ἡμέραν yearly, LXX Jd. 17.10; ἐν ἡμέρῃ in a single day, Hdt. 1.126, cf. Men. Pk. 377; ἐνἡ. μιᾷ S. OT 615; τῇδ' ἐν ἡ. Id. OC 1612; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡ. John 14:20; ἐν ἑστέραισιν ἡ. A. Ag. 1666; ἐν ὀκτὼ ἡ. Lys. 20.10; but ἐν τρισὶν ἡ. within three days, John 2:19; ἐξ ἡμέρας by day, οὔτε νυκτὸς οὔτ' ἐξ ἡ. S. El. 780; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας day after day, Henioch. 5.13, LXX Genesis 39:10; (but ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας LXX 2 Chronicles 21:15); ἐπ' ἡμέρην ἔχειν, ἐφ' -ραν χρῆσθαι, sufficient for the day, Hdt. 1.32, Th. 4.69; τὸ γὰρ βρότειον σπέρμ' ἐφ' ἡ. φρονεῖ A. Fr. 399; τῆς ἐφ' ἡ. βορᾶς E. El. 429; but τοὐφ' ἡμέραν day by day, Id. Cyc. 336: c. dat., ἐπ' ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ (v.l. -ρης -της) every day, Hdt. 5.117; ὁ ἥλιος νέος ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ Heraclit. 6; καθ' ἡμέραν by day, A. Ch. 818 (lyr.); καθ' ἡ. τὴν νῦν to-day, S. OC 3, Aj. 801; but καθ' ἡ. commonly means day by day, IG 12.84.40, etc.; καθ' ἡ. ἀεί [ S. ] Fr. 1120.4: with Art., τὸν καθ' ἡ. βίον Id. OC 1364; ἡ καθ' ἡ. ἀναγκαία τροφή Th. 1.2; τὰ καθ' ἡ. ἐπιτηδεύματα Id. 2.37; τὸ καθ' ἡ. ἀδεές Id. 3.37, etc.; τὸ καθ' ἡ. every day, Ar. Eq. 1126 (lyr.), etc.; also τὰ καθ' ἑκάστην τὴν ἡ. ἐπιτηδεύματα Isoc. 4.78; μετ' ἡμέρην in broad daylight, opp. νυκτός, Hdt. 2.150, cf. Ar. Pl. 930; opp. νύκτωρ, Aeschin. 3.77; μεθ' ἡμέρας some days after, LXX Jd. 15.1; ἡμέρα παρ' ἡμέραν γιγνομένη day following on day, Antipho 5.72; but παρ' ἡμέραν every other day, Dsc. 3.137, Luc. DDeor. 24.2; παρ' ἡ. ἄρχειν Plu. Fab. 15; καθ' ἡμέραν εἰώθειν ὀργίζεσθαι, νῦν παρ' ἡμέραν, εἶτα παρὰ δύο, εἶτα παρὰ τρεῖς Arr. Epict. 2.18.13; πρὸ ἡμέρας before day-break, Diph. 22; but πρὸ ἀμερᾶν δέκα ἤ κα μέλλωντι ἀναγινώσκεν GDI 5040.42 (Crete); πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ εἰδυῶν Ὀκτωμβρίων SIG 646.2 (Thisbe, ii B.C.); γίγνεται, ἔστι πρὸς ἡμέραν, towards day, near day, X. HG 2.4.6, Lys. 1.14; also, for the day, daily, Charito 4.2. as pr. n., the goddess of day, Hes. Th. 124.

2. v. ἥμερος 11.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἡμέρα, ἡμέρας, (from ἥμερος, ἡμορον, properly, ἡμέρα ὥρα the mild time, cf. Lob. Paral., p. 359; (but cf. Curtius, p. 594f; Vanicek, p. 943)); Hebrew יום; day; used

1. of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with night;

a. properly, ἡμέρας, by day, in the daytime (cf. colloquial English of a day; Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26), Revelation 21:25; ἡμέρας καί νυκτός, day and night (cf. Winer's Grammar, 552 (513f); Lob. Paralip., p. 62f; Ellicott on 1 Timothy 5:5), Mark 5:5; Luke 18:7; Acts 9:24; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; (2 Thessalonians 3:8 L text T Tr WH); 1 Timothy 5:5; 2 Timothy 1:3; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 20:10; ἡμέρας μέσης, at midday, Acts 26:13; νύκτα καί ἡμέραν (Winers Grammar, 230 (216); Buttmann, § 131, 11), Mark 4:27; Acts 20:31; 2 Thessalonians 3:8 R G; hyperbolically equivalent to without intermission, λατρεύειν, Luke 2:37; Acts 26:7; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Luke 2:44 (Genesis 31:23 (μιᾶς ἡμέρας ὁδόν, Josephus, contra Apion 2, 2, 9; cf. Winers Grammar, 188 (177); B. D. American edition, under the phrase, Day's Journey)); τάς ἡμέρας, accusative of time (Winers Grammar, and Buttmanns Grammar, as above), during the days, Luke 21:37; ἐκείνην τήν ἡμέραν, John 1:39 (40); πᾶσαν ἡμέραν, daily, Acts 5:42; ἐκ δηναρίου τήν ἡμέραν, so sometimes we say, for a shilling the day, Matthew 20:2; δώδεκα σισιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρας, John 20:9; to the number of days are added as many nights, Matthew 4:2; Matthew 12:40; γίνεται ἡμέρα, day dawns, it grows light, Luke 4:42; Luke 6:13; Luke 22:66; Acts 12:18; Acts 16:35; Acts 23:12; Acts 27:29, 33, 39 (Xenophon, an. 2, 2, 13; 7, 2, 34); περιπατεῖν ἐν τήν ἡμέρα, John 11:9; ἡμέρα φαίνει, Revelation 8:12; ἡμέρα κλινεῖ, the day declines, it is toward evening, Luke 9:12; Luke 24:29.

b. metaphorically, the 'day' is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness: 1 Thessalonians 5:5, 8; hence αἰών οὗτος (see αἰών, 3) is likened to the night, αἰών μέλλων, to day, and Christians are admonished to live decorously as though it were light, i. e. as if αἰών μέλλων were already come, Romans 13:12f ἕως ἡμέρα ἐστιν while it is day, i. e. while life gives one an opportunity to work, John 9:4. of the light of knowledge, 2 Peter 1:19.

2. of the civil day, or the space of twenty-four hours (thus including the night): Matthew 6:34; Mark 6:21; Luke 13:14, etc.; opposed to an hour, Matthew 25:13; to hours, months, years, Revelation 9:15; Galatians 4:10; ἐν ἡμέρα τρυφή, the revelling of a day, i. e. ephemeral, very brief, 2 Peter 2:13 (others refer this to 1 b. above); ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας seven times in the (space of a) day, Luke 17:4; the dative ἡμέρα of the day on (in) which (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; Buttmann, § 133 (26)): as τρίτῃ ἡμέρα, Matthew 16:21; Mark 9:31 (Rec.); Luke 17:29; Acts 2:41, etc.; ἡμέρα καί ἡμέρα, day by day, every day, 2 Corinthians 4:16 (after the Hebrew וָיום יום Esther 3:4, where the Sept. καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, and יום יום Psalm 67:20 (), where the Sept. ἡμέραν καθ' ἡμέραν; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 463 (432))); ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας (see ἐκ, IV. 2), 2 Peter 2:8; as an accusative of time (Winers Grammar, 230 (215f); Buttmann, § 131, 11): ὅλην τήν ἡμέραν, Romans 8:36; Romans 10:21; μίαν ἡμέραν, Acts 21:7; and in the plural, John 2:12; John 4:40; John 11:6; Acts 9:19; Acts 10:48; Acts 16:12; Acts 20:6; Acts 21:4, 10; Acts 25:6, 14; Acts 28:7, 12 (L dative), 14; Galatians 1:18; Revelation 11:3, 9. joined with prepositions: ἀπό with the genitive from ... forth, from ... on, Matthew 22:46; John 11:53; Acts 10:30; Acts 20:18; Philippians 1:5; ἄχρι with the genitive until, up to, Matthew 24:38; Luke 1:20; Luke 17:27; Acts 1:2 ( Tdf.); ; ἄχρι πέντε ἡμερῶν, until five days had passed, i. e. after five days, Acts 20:6; μέχρι with the genitive until, Matthew 28:15 (L Tr, WH in brackets); ἕως with the genitive until, Matthew 27:64; Acts 1:22 (T ἄχρι); Romans 11:8; διά with the genitive, see διά, A. II.; πρό with the genitive before, John 12:1 (on which see πρό, b.); ἐν with the dative singular, Matthew 24:50; Luke 1:59; John 5:9; 1 Corinthians 10:8 (L T Tr WH text omit ἐν); Hebrews 4:4, etc.; ἐν with the dative plural, Matthew 27:40; Mark 15:29 (L T Tr omit; WH brackets ἐν); John 2:19 (Tr WH brackets ἐν), 20, etc.; εἰς, unto (against), John 12:7; Revelation 9:15; ἐπί with the accusative for, (German auf ...hin), Acts 13:31 (for many days successively); ; Hebrews 11:30; καθ' ἡμέραν, daily (Winer's Grammar, 401 (374f)), Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:49; Luke 16:19; Luke 22:53; Acts 2:46; Acts 3:2; Acts 16:5; Acts 19:9; 1 Corinthians 15:31; 2 Corinthians 11:28; Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 10:11; also τό καθ' ἡμέραν, Luke 11:3; Luke 19:47; Acts 17:11 (L T Tr text omit; WH brackets τό), (Polybius 4, 18, 2; cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 734; (Jelf, § 456); Bernhardy (1829), p. 329; Buttmann, 96 (84)); καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, every day, Hebrews 3:13 (Xenophon, mem. 4, 2, 12); also κατά πᾶσαν ἡμέραν, Acts 17:17; μετά, after, Matthew 17:1; Matthew 26:2; Matthew 27:63; Mark 8:31; Luke 1:24; John 4:43; John 20:26; Acts 1:5; Acts 15:36, etc. οὐ πλείους εἰσιν ἐμοί ἡμέραι ἀφ' ἧς, namely, ἡμέρας, Acts 24:11. A specification of the number of days is thrust into the discourse in the nominative, as it were adverbially and without any grammatical connection (cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 310f; Winers Grammar, 518 (481) and § 62, 2; (Buttmann, 139 (122))): ἤδη ἡμέραι (Rec. ἡμέρας, by correction) τρεῖς, Matthew 15:32; Mark 8:2; ὡσεί ἡμέραι ὀκτώ, Luke 9:28. ἡμερῶν διαγενομένων τινων, certain days having intervened, Acts 25:13. ἡμέρα and ἡμέραι are used with the genitive of a noun denoting a festival or some solemnity usually celebrated on a fixed day: τῶν ἀζύμων, Acts 12:3; τῆς πεντεκοστης, Acts 2:1; Acts 20:16; τοῦ σαββάτου, Luke 13:14, 16; John 19:31; κυριακῇ ἡμέρα, the Lord's day, i. e. the day on which Christ returned to life, Sunday therefore, Revelation 1:10; the following phrases also have reference to sacred or festival days: κρίνειν ἡμέραν παῥ ἡμέραν, to exalt one day above another, and κρίνειν πᾶσαν ἡμέραν, to esteem every day sacred, Romans 14:5; φρονεῖν τήν ἡμέραν, to regard a particular day that is selected for religious services, Romans 14:6; ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθαι, to observe days, Galatians 4:10. After the Hebrew usage, which in reference to a definite period of time now elapsed speaks of a certain number of days as fulfilled or completed (see Gesenius under the word מָלֵא), we have the phrases ἐπλήσθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς λειτουργίας, the days spent in priestly service, Luke 1:23 (when he had been employed in sacred duties for the appointed time); τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν, for him to be circumcised, Luke 2:21; τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ αὐτῶν, Luke 2:22; συντελεσθεισῶν ἡμερῶν, Luke 4:2; τελειωσάντων τάς ἡμέρας, when they had spent there the time appointed, Luke 2:43; ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τάς ἡμέρας τῆς ἀναλήψεως αὐτοῦ, when the number of days was now being completed which the reception of Jesus into heaven required, i. e. before which that reception could not occur, Luke 9:51; ἐκπλήρωσις τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ, the fulfilment of the days required for the purification, Acts 21:26; συντελοῦνται αἱ ἡμέραι, Acts 21:27; ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τήν ἡμέραν τῆς Πεντεκοστης, when the measure of time needed for the day of Pentecost was being completed, i. e. on the very day of Pentecost, Acts 2:1. As in some of the examples just adduced ἡμέρα is joined to the genitive of a thing to be done or to happen on a certain day, so also in ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ, John 12:7; ἀναδείξεως, Luke 1:80. with the genitive of person, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρα σου (but L T Tr WH omit σου) in the day favorable for thee, the day on which salvation is offered thee and can be obtained, Luke 19:42 (Polybius 18, 5, 8 μή παρῇς τόν καιρόν ... σῇ νῦν ἐστιν ἡμέρα, σός καιρός; meus dies est, tempore accepto utimur Seneca, Med. 1017).

3. of the lust day of the present age (see αἰών, 3), the day in which Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom, the following expressions are used: ἡμέρα, simply, Romans 13:12; Hebrews 10:25, cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:4; () ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου, Χριστοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, Luke 17:24 R G T Tr WH marginal reading; 1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 1:14; Philippians 1:6, 10; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10; ἡμέρα κυρίου μεγάλη, Acts 2:20 (from Joel 2:31 ()); ἡμέρα υἱός τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀποκαλύπτεται, Luke 17:30; ἡμέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, 2 Peter 3:12; ἡμέρα ἐκείνῃ μεγάλη τοῦ παντοκράτορος, Revelation 16:14 (even in the prophecies of the O. T. the day of Jehovah is spoken of, in which Jehovah will execute terrible judgment upon his adversaries, as Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1, 11; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:6, 9; Amos 5:18, 20; Jeremiah 26:10 (); Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 30:2ff; Obadiah 1:15; Zephaniah 1:7ff; Malachi 3:17); ἡμέρα ἐκείνῃ and ἐκείνῃ ἡμέρα, Matthew 7:22; Luke 6:23; Luke 10:12; Luke 21:34; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Timothy 1:12, 18; 2 Timothy 4:8; ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρα, John 6:39f, 44, 54; John 11:24; John 12:48; ἡμέρα ἀπολυτρώσεως, Ephesians 4:30; ἐπισκοπῆς (see ἐπισκοπή, b.), 1 Peter 2:12; κρίσεως, Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22, 24; Matthew 12:36; Mark 6:11 R L brackets; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:7, cf. Acts 17:31; τῆς κρίσεως, 1 John 4:17; ὀργῆς καί ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ Θεοῦ, Romans 2:5 (יום־זַעַם, Ezekiel 22:24; אַף־יְהוָה יום, Zephaniah 2:3f; (עֶבְרָה יום, Proverbs 11:4.; Zephaniah 1:15, 18, etc.)); ἡμέρα μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ, Revelation 6:17; ἡμέρα σφαγῆς, of slaughter (of the wicked), James 5:5 ((Jeremiah 12:3, etc.)). Paul, in allusion to the phrase ἡμέρα κυρίου, uses the expression ἀνθρωπίνῃ ἡμέρα for a tribunal of assembled judges on the day of trial (A. V. man's judgment) (cf. the German Landtag,Reichstag), 1 Corinthians 4:3.

4. By a Hebraistic usage (though one not entirely unknown to Greek writers; cf. Sophocles Aj. 131, 623; Euripides, Ion 720) it is used of time in general (as the Latindies is sometimes): John 14:20; John 16:23, 26; Hebrews 8:9 (cf. Buttmann, 316 (271); Winer's Grammar, 571 (531)); τήν ἐμήν ἡμέραν, the time when I should appear among men as Messiah, John 8:56; ἐν τῇ ἡμέρα τῇ πονηρά, in the time of troubles and assaults with which demons try Christians, Ephesians 6:13; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, the time when anyone is or can be saved, 2 Corinthians 6:2; εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος, for all time, forever (see αἰών, 1 a.), 2 Peter 3:18; much more often in the plural: ἡμέραι πονηραί, Ephesians 5:16; ἀφ' ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων, Acts 15:7; αἱ πρότερον ἡμέραι Hebrews 10:32; πάσας τάς ἡμέρας, through all days, always, Matthew 28:20 (כָּל־הַיָמִים, Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 5:26 (29), and very often; ἠματα πάντα, Homer, Iliad 8, 539; 12, 133; 13, 826, etc.); αἱ ἔσχαται ἡμέραι (see ἔσχατος, 1 under the end), Acts 2:17; 2 Timothy 3:1; James 5:3; αἱ ἡμέραι αὗται, the present time, Acts 3:24; the time now spoken of, Luke 1:39; Luke 6:12; Acts 1:15, etc.; ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις (see ἐκεῖνος, 2 b., p. 195a); πρό τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, Acts 5:36; Acts 21:38; πρός ὀλίγας ἡμέρας, for a short time, Hebrews 12:10; ἐλεύσονται ... ἡμέραι ὅταν etc., Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:20; Luke 5:35; ὅτε etc. Luke 17:22; ἥξουσιν ἡμέραι ἐπί σε, καί, followed by a future, Luke 19:43; ἔρχονται ἡμέραι, καί, followed by future, Hebrews 8:8; ἐλεύσονται or ἔρχονται ἡμέραι, ἐν αἷς etc., Luke 21:6; Luke 23:29, with a genitive of the thing done or to happen: τῆς ἀπογραφῆς, Acts 5:37; τῆς φωνῆς, Revelation 10:7; τῆς σαρκός αὐτοῦ, of his earthly life, Hebrews 5:7. αἱ ἡμέραι with the genitive of a person, one's time, one's days, i. e. in which he lived, or held office: Matthew 2:1; Matthew 11:12; Matthew 23:30; Matthew 24:37; Luke 1:5; Luke 4:25; Luke 17:26, 28; Acts 7:45; Acts 13:41; 1 Peter 3:20 (Genesis 26:1; 1 Samuel 17:10; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Kings 10:21; Esther 1:1; Sir. 44:7 Sir. 46:7; Tobit 1:2; 1 Macc. 14:36, etc.); αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, the time immediately preceding the return of Jesus Christ from heaven, Luke 17:26; μίαν τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, a single day of that most blessed future time when, all hostile powers subdued, the Messiah will reign, Luke 17:22. Finally, the Hebrews and the Hellenists who imitate them measure the duration and length also of human life by the number of days: πάσας τάς ἡμέρας (L mrg Tr marginal reading WH dative) τῆς ζωῆς (G L T Tr WH omit) ἡμῶν, during all our life, Luke 1:75 Rec. (Genesis 47:8f; Judith 10:3; Tobit 1:2 (3); Sir. 22:12 Sir. 30:32 (24); 1 Macc. 9:71); προβεβηκώς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ, far advanced in age, Luke 1:7, 18; Luke 2:36 (בַּיָמִים בָּא (the Sept., προβεβηκώς ἡμερῶν or ἡμέραις), Genesis 18:11; Genesis 24:1; Joshua 13:1; (Joshua 23:1; 1 Kings 1:1; see προβαίνω, at the end)); ἀρχή ἡμερῶν, beginning of life, Hebrews 7:3 (αἱ ἔσχαται ἡμέραι τίνος, one's last days, his old age, Protevangelium Jacobi,

c. 1); ἡμέραι ἀγαθαί, 1 Peter 3:10.


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ἡμέρα , -ας , ,

[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for H3117;]

day;

1. as distinct from night: gen. ἡμέρας , by day (WM, § 30, 11), Revelation 21:25; . κ . νυκτός (ν . κ . .), Acts 9:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, Revelation 4:8 (Bl., § 36, 13);ἡμέρας μέοης , at mid-day, Acts 26:13; acc durat., τ . ἡμέρας , Luke 21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ ., Romans 8:36; ἐν ἡμέρᾳ , John 11:9, Romans 13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός , a day's journey, Luke 2:44; . γίνεται , Luke 4:42; Luke 22:66; κλίνει , Luke 9:12, al.; metaph., John 9:4, Romans 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:8, 2 Peter 1:19.

2. Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Matthew 6:34, Mark 6:21, Luke 13:14, al.; τρίτῃ ἡ ., Matthew 16:21; ἡμέρᾳ κ . . (cf. H3117, Ezra 3:4), 2 Corinthians 4:16; ὅλην τ . ., Romans 8:36; Romans 10:21; pl., John 2:12, Acts 9:19, al.; . τῶν ἀζύμων , Acts 12:3; τ . σαββάτου , Luke 13:14; Luke 13:16; ἡ κυράκη ἡ ., Revelation 1:10.

3. In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ . (ἐκείνη , τ . κυρίου , etc.), Matthew 7:22, Luke 6:23, Romans 13:12, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Peter 3:10, al.; by meton., as compared with the divine judgment on that day, . ἀνθρωπίνη , of a human tribunal, 1 Corinthians 4:3 (EV, man's judgment).

4. As in Heb. (also in Gk. writers; Bl., § 46, 9; M, Pr., 81), of time in general: John 8:56; John 14:20, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Ephesians 6:13, 2 Peter 3:18; pl., Acts 15:7, Ephesians 5:16, Hebrews 10:32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ . (cf. H3117 H3605, Deuteronomy 4:40, al.; MM, Exp., xv), Matthew 28:20; ἐλεύσνται ἡ . ὅταν (ὅτε ), Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:20, Luke 5:35; Luke 17:22; αἱ ἡ ., c. gen. pers. (Genesis 26:1, al.), Matthew 2:1, Luke 1:5, Acts 7:45, 1 Peter 3:20; ἀρχὴ ἡμερῶν , Hebrews 7:3.


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P Par 1.341 (B.C. 117) ἡμέρας, ";during the day,"; ib. 27.21 (B.C. 160) τῆς ἡμέρας, ";every day,"; ib. 49.25 (B.C. 164–158) τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ἀσχοληθείς, P Tebt I. 17.3 (B.C. 114) ἅμ᾽ ἡμέραι, ";at daybreak,"; P Giss I. 17.10 (time of Hadrian) καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, P Oxy VII. 1029.26 (A.D. 107) εἰς τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν, ib. 1068.14 (iii/A.D.) ἡμερῶν ἀνοχὴν ἔχω, ib. X. 1275.13 (iii/A.D.) ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας ἑορτῶν πέντε. In P Giss I. 19.7 (ii/A.D.) a wife writes to her husband—συν ]εχ ̣ῶς ἀγρυπνοῦσα νυκτὸς ἡ [μέρας μ ]ι ̣αν μέριμναν ἔχω τὴν περὶ [τῆς σωτ ]ηρίας σου. The noun is used of time generally, as in John 14:20, Acts 9:23 al., in P Amh II. 30.43 (ii/B.C.) where a woman, who has been ordered to vacate a house, asks ";for time";—ἡμέρας αἰτοῦσα, promising that she will quit—ἐν ἡ [μ ]έραις ι ̄, ";within ten days."; For the parenthetic nominative of time, as Matthew 15:32, Mark 8:2, Luke 9:28, we may perhaps cite P Lond 417.10 (c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 299) ἐπειδὴ ἀσχολῶ ἐλθῖν πρὸ [ς ] σὲν αὐτὲ (=—αὶ) ἡμέρε, ";his diebus,"; according to Crönert’s reading (CR xvii. p. 197), but see Chrest. I. 129 where Wilcken reads αὐτεημερε = αὐθημερόν : see Proleg. p. 69 f. The phrase πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας (Matthew 28:20) may be illustrated from an important Ephesian inscr. of ii/A.D., Syll 656.49 διὸ [δεδόχθαι ἱερ ]ὸν τὸν μῆνα τὸν Ἀρτεμισιῶνα εἶ [ναι πάσας τ ]ὰς ἡμέρας. It is accordingly a vernacular Greek expression like the Homeric ἤματα πάντα = ";perpetually,"; though one does not willingly drop the suggestiveness of the literal translation in the Great Commission, the aid from heaven given day by day. To the same effect Rouffiac (Recherches, p. 49) quotes Priene 174.8 (ii/B.C.) where it is stated that the priest of Dionysus has, amongst other advantages, that of being supplied with ";daily"; food—εἶναι δὲ αὐτῶι. . . σίτησιν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. For ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, as in 2 Peter 2:8, see s.v. ἐκ. In the account of the excavations at Didyma (Abh. der Berl. Akad. d. W. 1911, Anhang, p. 54) mention is made of an inscr. found in the Temple, in which the day of Hadrian’s visit is described as ἱερὰ ἡμέρα, and see Archiv v. p. 342, where it is shown that in all probability from B.C. 30 to the time of Trajan the 24th day of every month was observed as a ἡμέρα Σεβαστή in memory of the birth of Augustus on 24 Thoth B.C. 30. For an invocation to the god of the day see Wünsch AF 4.19 (iii/A.D.) ὁρ [κί ]ζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἧς σε ὀρκίζω Αωαβαωθ. MGr ἡμέρα may suffer aphaeresis and become μέρα.

For the adj. ἡμερινός, cf. P Lond 1177.153 (A.D. 113) (=III. p. 185) βοηλάτας ἡμερινοὺς δ ̣̄, and the same document for ἡμερεύω and ἡμερήσιος. See also εὐημερέω, ";bene me habeo,"; in P Amh II. 39.5 (B.C. 103) δι [ὰ πα ]ντὸς εὐημερεῖν, and the subst. in P Leid Di. 24 (B.C. 162) εὐημερία, καὶ ἐν τοῖς [πράγμασιν εὐ ]τυχία.

 


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