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Strong's #5610 - ὥρα

Transliteration
hṓra
Phonetics
ho'-rah
Origin
apparently a primary word
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TDNT
9:675,1355
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year
    1. of the seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter
  2. the daytime (bounded by the rising and setting of the sun), a day
  3. a twelfth part of the day-time, an hour, (the twelve hours of the day are reckoned from the rising to the setting of the sun)
  4. any definite time, point of time, moment
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 4022 ‑ מֶגֶד (meh'‑ghed);  4150 ‑ מוֹעָדָה (mo‑ade', mo‑ade', mo‑aw‑daw');  4999 ‑ נָוָה (naw‑aw');  5732 ‑ עִדָּן (id‑dawn');  6256 ‑ עֵת (ayth);  8160 ‑ שָׁעָה (shaw‑aw');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὤρα

(A), Ion. ὤρη, ἡ: (v. sub fin.):

care, concern, mostly c. gen. and usu. joined with some word expressing or implying negation, ὤρη γάρ τ' ὀλίγη πέλεται νεικέων little heed is there for strifes, Hes. Op. 30; ἀνδρὸς ἀλωμένου οὐδεμἴ ὤρη Tyrt. 10.11; μηδεμίαν ὤρην ἔχειν ἁρπασθεισέων [γυναικῶν] Hdt. 1.4, cf. 3.155, Alciphr. 1.27; ὤρην ἐποιήσαντο οὐδεμίαν Hdt. 9.8, cf. Herod. 4.43; ἤδη γὰρ ἔσχες ἐλπίδ' ἑς ἐμοῦ θεοὺς ὤραν τιν' ἕξειν; S. OC 386; ἔχω δέ τοι οὐδ' ὅσον ὤραν χείματος Theoc. 9.20; περὶ τῶν.. πλευρῶν οὐδεμίαν ὤ. ἔχεις Pl.Com. 2; ὑπὲρ τούτων οὐδ' ὀλίγην ἔθεντο ὤ. Ael. NA 1.59; τὰ θεῖα ἐν μηδεμιᾷ ὤ. τίθεσθαι Id. Fr. 106; without a neg., εἰ πατρὸς νέμοι τιν' ὤραν S. Tr. 57; εἰ δεῖ τῆς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων σοφίας.. ὤραν τίθεσθαι Ael. NA 12.7. Poet. word, used in Ion. and late Prose. (Hence ὀλιγ-ωρία, cf. Hes. Op. l.c.: prob. fr. Ϝώρα, 'watching', cf. βῶροι (i. e. ϝῶροι) · ὀφθαλμοί, Hsch., and ὁράω; cf. οὖρος (B).)

ὥρα or ὤρα

(B), only in Ion. form ὥρη, or ὤρη, some part of a sacrificial victim, λάψεται γλῶσσαν, ὀσφῦν δασέαν, ὤρην SIG 1037.2 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.); τοὺς Ἴωνας λέγειν φασὶ τὴν κωλῆν ὥρην καὶ ὡραίαν Sch.HQ Od. 12.89: but distd. fr. κωλῆ, λάψεται.. κωλῆν ἀντὶ τῆς ὤρης SIG l.c. 5; cf. ἄωρος (B). (Perh. cogn. with Lat. sûra.)

ὥρα

(C), Ion. ὥρη, ἡ: gen. pl. ὡράων, Ion. ὡρέων: loc. pl. ὥρασι, q. v. any period, fixed by natural laws and revolutions, whether of the year, month, or day (the sense 'day' is implied in the compd. ἑπτάωρος, q. v.), νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ X. Mem. 4.7.4, cf. E. Alc. 449 (lyr.), Pl. R. 527d; τοῦ γνώμονος ἡ σκιὰ ἐπιοῦσα ἐπὶ τὰς γραμμὰς σημαίνει τὰς ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας IG 12(8).240 (Samothrace): but specially, I in Hom., part of the year, season; mostly in pl., the seasons, ὅτε τέτρατον ἦλθεν ἔτος καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι Od. 2.107, 19.152; ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο, ἂψ περιτελλομένου ἔτεος, καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι 11.295, 14.294; ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἐνιαυτὸς ἔην, περὶ δ' ἔτραπον ὧραι 10.469, cf. Hes. Th. 58; Διὸς ὧραι Od. 24.344, cf. Pi. O. 4.2; ὁ κύκλος τῶν ὡρέων ἐς τὠυτὸ περιιών Hdt. 2.4, cf. 1.32; δυώδεκα μέρεα δασαμένους τῶν ὡρέων ἐς [τὸν ἐνιαυτόν] Id. 2.4; οὐ μεταλλάσσουσι αἱ ὧραι ib. 77; περιτελλομέναις ὥραις S. OT 156 (lyr.); πάσαις ὥραις at all seasons, Id. Fr. 592.6 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 696 (anap.); ὧραι ἐτῶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῶν Pl. Lg. 906c, cf. Smp. 188a, etc.; τῆς.. ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ταύτης οὔσης, ἐν ᾗ ἀσθενοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι μάλιστα Th. 7.47; χαλεπὴ ὥ. a bad season, Pl. Prt. 344d; ἀ δ' ὤρα χαλέπα Alc. 39; ἡ ὥ. αὕτη this season, X. Cyn. 7.1, cf. 5.6; κατὰ τὰς ὥρας according to the seasons, Arist. GA 786a31; οἱ περὶ τὴν ὥραν χρόνοι Id. Pol. 1335a37. Hom. and Hes. distinguish three seasons, and express each by the sg. ὥρη, with a word added to specify each: spring, ἔαρος.. ὥρη Il. 6.148; ὥρη εἰαρινή 2.471, 16.643, Od. 18.367, etc.; so in Trag. and Att., ἦρος ὥρα or ὧραι, Ar. Nu. 1008 (anap.), E. Cyc. 508 (lyr.); ὥρα νέα Ar. Eq. 419; νεᾶνις E. Ph. 786 (lyr.); v. infr. 2. summer, θέρεος ὥρη Hes. Op. 584, 664; ὥρα θερινή X. Cyn. 9.20, Pl. Epin. 987a, etc. winter, χείματος ὥρη Hes. Op. 450; ὥρῃ χειμερίῃ Od. 5.485, Hes. Op. 494; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ in winter, And. 1.137; χιονοβόλος Plu. 2.182e. A. also names three seasons, Pr. 454s q.; an Egyptian division of the year, acc. to D.S. 1.26. A fourth first appears in Alcm. 76, θέρος καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ϝῆρ; and in Hp. Vict. 3.68, χειμών, ἦρ, θέρος, φθινόπωρον; ὥρας φαίνομεν ἡμεῖς ἦρος χειμῶνος ὀπώρας Ar. Av. 709 (anap.); τετράμορφοι ὧραι E(?). Fr. 943 (hex.): later, seven seasons are named, ἔαρ, θέρος, ὀπώρα, φθινόπωρον, σπορητός, χειμών, φυταλιά Gal. 17(1).17.

2. esp. prime of the year, springtime, ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ Od. 9.51, cf. Il. 2.468; παρὰ τὴν καθεστηκυῖαν ὥραν Th. 4.6. in historians, the campaigning season, τὸν τῆς ὥρας εἰς τὸν περίπλουν χρόνον X. HG 6.2.13; esp. in the phrase ὥρα ἔτους, Th. 2.52, 6.70, Pl. Phdr. 229a, Lg. 952e, D. 50.23, Thphr. CP 3.23.2; εἰς ἔτους ὥραν next season, Plu. Per. 10.

3. the year generally, τῆς ὥρης μέσον θέρος Hdt. 8.12; ἐν τῇ πέρυσιν ὥρᾳ last year, D. 56.3; εἰς ὥρας next year, Philem. 116, Pl. 346c, LXX Genesis 18:10, Revelation 11:17 (Nicarch.), cf. Plu. Ages. 22; also εἰς ἄλλας ὥρας hereafter, E. IA 122 (lyr.); ἐς τὰς ὥρας τὰς ἑτέρας Ar. Nu. 562 (lyr.); ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν εἰς τὰς ὥρας Id. Th. 950 (anap.); κἠς ὥρας κἤπειτα next year and for ever, Theoc. 15.74; also ὥραις ἐξ ὡρᾶν Isyll. 25; cf. ὥρασιν.

4. in pl., of the climate of a country, as determined by its seasons, Hdt. 1.142, cf. 149, 4.199 (here perh. three harvest seasons); τὰς ὥ. κάλλιστα κεκρημένας Id. 3.106; cf. Pl. Criti. 111e, Phd. 111b; climatic conditions, Hdt. 2.26.

II time of day, νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ h.Merc. 67, 155, 400; αἱ ὧ. τῆς ἡμέρας the times of day, i.e. morning, noon, evening, and night, X. Mem. 4.3.4; δι' ὥραν ἡμέρας by the time of day (fixed for meetings), D. Prooem. 49, etc.; πᾶσαν ὥ. τῆς ἡμέρας Arist. Mete. 371b31; μεσονυκτίοις ποθ' ὥραις Anacreont. 31.1: without ἡμέρας or νυκτός, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας μέχρι τρίτου μέρους ὥρας Pl. Lg. 784a; τῆς ὥρας μικρὸν πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου X. HG 7.2.22; ψευσθεὶς τῆς ὥ. having mistaken the hour, And. 1.38; ἐποίησαν ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν τὴν ὥραν, i.e. they prolonged the day beyond midnight, D. 54.26; τῆς ὥρας ἐγίγνετ' ὀψέ Id. 21.84; ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥ. PTeb. 793 xi 12 (ii B. C.); πολλῆς ὥρας it being late, Plb. 5.8.3; ἤδη ὥρα πολλή Mark 6:35; ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας till late in the day, D.H. 2.54. duration, interval or lapse of time, μετὰ ἱκανὴν ὥραν τοῦ κατενεχθῆναι τὸν πέλεκυν ἐξακούεται ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φωνή S.E. M. 5.69; length of time, term, Ἄρτεμις ἐννέ' ἐτῶν δεκάδας βίον Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ ἔκχρησεν, τρεῖς δ' ὥραι (date.) ἔτι προσέθηκε Προνοίη IG 12(3).1350.3 (Thera, ii B. C.); ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥ. for a long time, J. AJ 8.4.4.

2. the νυχθήμερον was prob. first divided into twenty-four hours by Hipparch., ἐν πόσαις ὥραις ἰσημεριναῖς (equinoctial hours) ἕκαστον τῶν ἄστρων ἢ δύνει ἢ ἀνατέλλει 2.4.5, cf. Ptol. Alm. 3.9, 4.9, al. in ordinary life the day from sunrise to sunset was divided into twelve equal parts called ὧραι (ὧραι καιρικαί when it was necessary to distinguish them from the ὧραι ἰσημεριναί, v. καιρικός 2 c), ἡμέρα ἡ.. δωδεκάωρος, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μέχρι δύσεως S.E. M. 10.182; οὐχὶ δώδεκά εἰσιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρας; John 11:9; ὡράων ἀμφὶ δυωδεκάδι AP 9.782 (Paul.Sil.); the time of day was commonly given without the Art., ὥρᾳ ᾱ PHamb. 1.96.3 (ii A. D.), τρίτης ὥρας Plu. Romans 12:1-21; ὀγδόης, ἐνάτης, δεκάτης ὥ., Id. Alex. 60, Aem. 22, Ant. 68, etc.; but we have περὶ τὴν τρίτην ὥραν, περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην, Matthew 20:3; Matthew 20:6, beside περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐννάτην ὥ. ib. 5; χθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην John 4:52, cf. IG 5(1).1390.109 (Andania, i B. C.), etc.; ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι.. αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ -to-morrow the 15th at 9 o'clock, POxy. 110 (ii A. D.): prov., δωδεκάτης ὥ., as we say 'at the eleventh hour', Plu. Crass. 17. τὰ δυώδεκα μέρεα τῆς ἡμέρης παρὰ Βαβυλωνίων ἔμαθον οἱ Ἕλληνες Hdt. 2.109; here ἡμέρη means the νυχθήμερον, and the μέρεα were each = 2 ὧραι ἰσημεριναί; these double hours (Assyr. kaš-bu) are called ὧραι by Eudox., ἥμισυ ζῳδίου.., ὅ ἐστιν ὥρας ἥμισυ Ars 14.11, cf. 16.2; cf. δωδεκάωρος 11.

III Astrol., degree of the zodiac rising at the nativity (cf. ὡρονόμος 11, ὡροσκόπος 11), ὥ. μεροποσπόρος, τεκνοσπόρος, Man. 4.577, 597; ἐξ ὥρης ἐσορῶν Ζεὺς Ἑρμείην Jupiter in the ascendant in aspect with Mercury, Id. 3.186, cf. 32, al. the fitting time or season for a thing (mostly without Art., even in Att.), freq. in Hom. (v. infr.); ὥρα συνάπτει Pi. P. 4.247; ὧραι ἐπειγόμεναι Id. N. 4.34; ὅταν ὥ. ἥκῃ X. Mem. 2.1.2; but with Art., τῆς ὥ. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι Id. Cyn. 8.6: freq. in later writers, τῆς ὥρας ἐπιγενομένης Plb. 2.34.3, etc.

2. c. gen. rei, ὥρη κοίτοιο, μύθων, ὕπνου, the time for bed, tale-telling, or sleep, Od. 3.334, 11.379, cf. Hdt. 1.10; ὥρη δόρποιο Od. 14.407; περὶ ἀρίστου ὥραν Th. 7.81, X. HG 1.1.13; πολυηράτου ἐς γάμου ὥρην Od. 15.126; ἐς γάμου ὥρην ἀπικέσθαι Hdt. 6.61; γάμων ἔχειν ὥραν D.H. 5.32; so εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἥκουσα time for a husband, Pl. Criti. 113d; ὥρη ἀρότου, ἀμήτου, Hes. Op. 460, 575; μέχρι ἀρότου ὥρης IG 7.235.3 (Oropus, iv B. C.); καρπῶν ὧραι Ar. Ra. 1034 (anap.); ἡ ὥρα τῆς ὀχείας Arist. HA 509b20; τοῦ φωλεύειν ib. 579a26, etc.; also ὥραν εἶχον παιδεύεσθαι I was of age to.. Isa 9.28.

3. ὥρα [ἐστίν] c. inf., it is time to do a thing, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν Od. 11.330, cf. 373; so also in Trag. and Att., E. Ph. 1584, Heracl. 288 (anap.), Ar. Ec. 30, Pl. Prt. 361e, 362a; so δοκεῖ οὐχ ὥρα εἶναι καθεύδειν X. An. 1.3.11, cf. HG 7.2.13 (dub. l.): c. acc. et inf., ὥρα δ' ἐμπόρους καθιέναι ἄγκυραν A. Ch. 661, cf. S. OT 466 (lyr.): c. dat. et inf., X. Cyr. 4.5.1, Pl. Tht. 145b: in these phrases the inf. pres. is almost universal; the aor., however, occurs in Od. 21.428, S. Aj. 245 (lyr.), Ar. Ach. 393 (where also ἐστί is added to ὥρα, as in Philyll. 3, ἀφαιρεῖν ὥρα 'στὶν ἤδη τὰς τραπέζας); and the pf. in ὥρα πεπαῦσθαι Plu. 2.728d: sts. the inf. must be supplied, οὐδέ τί σε χρή, πρὶν ὥρη, καταλέχθαι Od. 15.394, cf. E. El. 112 (lyr.), Ar. Ec. 877; ὥρα κἠς οἶκον (i. e. ἰέναι εἰς οἶκον) Theoc. 15.147.

4. in various adverb. usages, τὴν ὥρην at the right time, Hdt. 2.2, 8.19, X. Oec. 20.16: but τὴν ὥ. at that hour, Hes. Sc. 401; ταύτην τὴν ὥραν at this season, X. Cyn. 9.1; [ἡ ἶρις] πᾶσαν ὥραν γίγνεται τῆς ἡμέρας Arist. Mete. 371b31; δείελον ὥρην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο A.R. 3.417; ὥραν οὐδενὸς κοινὴν θεῶν at an hour.., A. Eu. 109, cf. E. Ba. 724, Aeschin. 1.9; αὐτῆς ὥρας immediately, PMich. in Class.Phil. 22.255 (iii A. D.); ἐν ὥρῃ in due season, in good time, Od. 17.176, Hdt. 1.31, cf. Pi. O. 6.28, Ar. V. 242, etc.; also αἰεὶ εἰς ὥρας in successive seasons, Od. 9.135; ἐς τὰς ὥρας for all time, Ar. Ra. 382 (lyr. cf. supr. A. 1.3) (hence in an acclamation [ε] ἰς ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν hurrah for.., POxy. 41.29 (iii/iv A. D.)); οἱ ὧδε χέζοντες εἰς ὥ. μὴ ἔλθοιεν Milet. 2(3) No.406, cf. ὥρασι; καθ' ὥραν Theoc. 18.12, Plb. 1.45.4, cf. 3.93.6, etc.; opp. παρ' ὥρην AP 7.534 (Alex.Aet. or Autom.), cf. Plu. 2.784b, etc.: — πρὸ τῆς ὥρας X. Oec. 20.16; πρὸ ὥρας Luc. Luct. 13; πρὸ ὥρας τελευτῆσαι IG 42(1).84.26 (Epid., i A. D.); πρὶν ὥρας Pi. P. 4.43 (cf. πρίν A. 11.4).

II metaph., the spring-time of life, the bloom of youth, Mimn. 3.1; ὥραν ἐχούσας A. Supp. 997, cf. Th. 13, 535; παῖδας πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας Ar. Av. 705 (anap.); πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ Pl. R. 474d; οὐκ ἐνὥ., = πρεσβύτερος, Id. Phdr. 240d; ἐὰν ἐπὶ ὥρᾳ ᾖ Id. R. 474e; ἕως ἂν ἐν ὥρᾳ ὦσι Id. Men. 76b; παυσαμένου τῆς ὥ. prob. in Id. Phdr. 234a; ἀνθεῖν ἐν ὥ. Id. R. 475a; τὴν ὥ. διαφυλάξαι ἄβατον τοῖς πονηροῖς Isoc. 10.58; λήγειν ὥρας, opp. ἀνθεῖν, Pl. Alc. 1.131e; ἑς ἐπιγινόμενόν τι τέλος, οἷον τοῖς ἀκμαίοις ἡ ὥρα Arist. EN 1174b33, cf. 1157a8.

2. freq. involving an idea of beauty, φεῦ φεῦ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ κάλλους Ar. Av. 1724 (lyr.); ὥρᾳ.. ἡλικίας λαμπρός Th. 6.54; κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες Aeschin. 1.134, cf. ib.158; καλὸς ὥρᾳ τε κεκραμένος Pi. O. 10(11).104, cf. X. Mem. 2.1.22, Pl. Lg. 837b; ἀφ' ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι quaestum corpore facere, Plu. Tim.. 14, cf. X. Mem.. 1.6.13, Smp. 8.21; τὴν ὥ. πεπωληκότες Phld. Rh. 1.344 S.: then, generally, beauty, grace, elegance of style, D.H. Pomp. 2, Plu. 2.874b, etc.; γλυκύτης καὶ ὥ. Hermog. Id. 2.3, cf. Men. Rh. p.335 S., Him. Or. 1.2; of beauty in general, χάρις καὶ ὥρα Plu. 2.128d.

3. Ὥρα personified, like Ἥβη, Pi. N. 8.1.

III = τὰ ὡραῖα, the produce of the season, fruits of the year, ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐτρέφοντο X. HG 2.1.1. personified, αἱὯραι, the Hours, keepers of heaven's cloudgate, Il. 5.749, 8.393; and ministers of the gods, ib. 433; Ζεῦ, τεαὶ.. Ὧραι Pi. O. 4.2; esp. of Aphrodite, h.Hom. 6.5,12; also Ὧ. Διονυσιάδες, Καρνειάδες, Simon. 148, Call. Ap. 87; three in number, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, daughters of Zeus and Themis, Hes. Th. 901; Ωραι πολυάνθεμοι Pi. O. 13.17, cf. Alex. 261.6, Theoc. 1.150, etc.: freq. joined with the Χάριτες, h.Ap. 194, Hes. Op. 75; worshipped at Athens, Paus. 9.35.1; at Argos, Id. 2.20.5; at Attaleia, BMus.Inscr. 1044 (i B. C.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ὥρα, ὥρας, , from Homer down, the Sept. for עֵת and in Daniel for שָׁעָה;

1. a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year; of the seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter, as ὥρα τοῦ θέρους, πρώϊμος καί ὄψιμος, χειμερια, etc.; often in the Greek writings (cf. Liddell and Scott, under A. I. 1 c., and on the inherent force of the word especially Schmidt, chapter 44 § 6f).

2. the daytime (bounded by the rising and the setting of the sun), a day: ὥρα παρῆλθεν, Matthew 14:15; ἤδη ὥρας πολλῆς γενομένης (or γινομένης) (A. V. when the day was now far spent), Mark 6:35 (see πολύς, c. (but note that in the example from Polybius there cited πολλῆς ὥρας means early)); ὀψίας (ὀψέ T Tr marginal reading WH text) ἤδη οὔσης τῆς ὥρας (WH marginal reading brackets τῆς ὥρας), Mark 11:11 (ὀψέ τῆς ὥρας, Polybius 3, 83, 7; τῆς ὥρας ἐγιγνετο ὀψέ, Demosthenes, p. 541, 28).

3. a twelfth part of the daytime, an hour (the twelve hours of the day are reckoned from the rising to the setting of the sun, John 11:9 (cf. BB. DD., under the word Hour; Riehm's HWB, under the word Uhr)): Matthew 24:36; Matthew 25:13; Mark 13:32; Mark 15:25, 33; Luke 22:59; Luke 23:44; John 1:39(40); ; with τῆς ἡμέρας added, Acts 2:15; of the hours of the night, Luke 12:39; Luke 22:59; with τῆς νυκτός added, Acts 16:33; Acts 23:23; dative ὥρα, in stating the time when (Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; Buttmann, § 133, 26): Matthew 24:44; Mark 15:34; Luke 12:39f; preceded by ἐν, Matthew 24:50; John 4:52; Acts 16:33; accusative to specify when (Winers Grammar, § 32, 6; Buttmann, § 131, 11): John 4:52; Acts 10:3; 1 Corinthians 15:30; Revelation 3:3; also to express duration (Winers Grammar, and Buttmann's Grammar, at the passages cited): Matthew 20:12 (cf. ποιέω, I. 1 a. at the end); ; Mark 14:37; preceded by prepositions: ἀπό, Matthew 27:45; Acts 23:23; ἕως, Matthew 27:45; μέχρι, Acts 10:30; περί with the accusative Acts 10:9, improperly used for a very short time: μία ὥρα, Revelation 18:10 (Rec. ἐν, WH marginal reading accusative), 17 (16), 19; πρός ὥραν (A. V. for a season), John 5:35; 2 Corinthians 7:8; Galatians 2:5 (here A. V. for an hour); Philemon 1:15; πρός καιρόν ὥρας (for a short season), 1 Thessalonians 2:17.

4. any definite time, point of time, moment: Matthew 26:45; more precisely defined — by a genitive of the thing, Luke 1:10; Luke 14:17; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 14:7, 15; by a genitive of the person the fit or opportune time for one, Luke 22:53; John 2:4; by a pronoun or an adjective: ἄρτι ὥρα (A. V. this present hour), 1 Corinthians 4:11; ἐσχάτῃ ὥρα, the last hour i. e. the end of this age and very near the return of Christ from heaven (see ἔσχατος, 1, p. 253b), 1 John 2:18 (cf. Westcott at the passage); αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρα, that very hour, Luke 2:38 (here A. V. (not R. V.) that instant); ; Acts 16:18; Acts 22:13; ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρα, in that very hour, Luke 7:21 (R G L text); ; ἐν τῇ ὥρα ἐκείνῃ, Matthew 8:13; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρα, Matthew 10:19 (Lachmann brackets the clause); Mark 13:11; (Luke 7:21 L marginal reading T Tr WH); Revelation 11:13; ἀπ' ἐκείνης τῆς ὥρας, John 19:27; ἀπό τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης, Matthew 9:22; Matthew 15:28; Matthew 17:18; by a conjunction: ὥρα ὅτε, John 4:21, 23; John 5:25'; ; ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2 d.), John 12:23; John 13:1; John 16:2, 32; by καί and a finite verb, Matthew 26:45; by a relative pronoun ὥρα ἐν , John 5:28; by the addition of an accusative with an infinitive Romans 13:11 (οὔπω ὥρα συναχθῆναι τά κτήνη, Genesis 29:7; see examples in the Greek writings, from Aeschylus down, in Passow, under the word, vol. ii., p. 2620a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. I. 3); so the Latintempus est, Cicero, Tusc. 1, 41, 99; ad Attic 10, 8). Owing to the context ὥρα sometimes denotes the fatal hour, the hour of death: Matthew 26:45; Mark 14:35, 41; John 12:27; John 16:4 (here L Tr WH read ὥρα αὐτῶν i. e. the time when these predictions are fulfilled); ; ὥρα τίνος, 'one's hour', i. e. the time when one must undergo the destiny appointed him by God: so of Christ, John 7:30; John 8:20, cf. John 16:21. (On the omission of the word see ἐξαυτῆς (ἀφ' ἧς? cf., p. 58b top), Winers Grammar, § 64, 5, under the word; Buttmann, 82 (71); on the omission of the article with it (e. g. 1 John 2:18), see Winers Grammar, § 19, under the word).


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ὥρα , -ας , ,

[in LXX chiefly for H6256 and in Da for H8160;]

1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al).

2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Acts 10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 245; Bl., § 34, 8), John 4:52, Acts 10:3; Acts 10:30, 1 Corinthians 15:30, Revelation 3:3; acc of duration, Matthew 20:12; Matthew 26:40, Mark 14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν , for a season, for a time, John 5:35, 2 Corinthians 7:8, Galatians 2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας , for a short season (ICC, in l), 1 Thessalonians 2:17.

3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Matthew 26:45; c. gen. rei, Luke 1:10; Luke 14:17, Revelation 3:10, al.; c. gen. pers., Luke 22:53, John 2:4; John 7:30, al.; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα , 1 Corinthians 4:11; ἐσχάτη ὥ ., 1 John 2:18; seq. ὅτε , John 4:21; John 4:23; John 5:25; John 16:25; ἵνα , John 12:23, al.; c. acc et inf., Romans 13:11 (cf. DB, ext., 475b, 476b).


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List of Word Forms
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