ἡμέρα
hēméra
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine (with G5610 (ὥρα) implied) of a derivative of (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος)) meaning tame, i.e. gentle;
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
- day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes)
- figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years
Usage
392 occurrences · 0 OT · 392 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- day122 · 33%
- days112 · 30%
- the day46 · 12%
- the days35 · 9%
- daily18 · 5%
- a day7 · 2%
- of the day6 · 2%
- those days3 · 1%
- years2 · 1%
- by day2 · 1%
- in a day2 · 1%
- of the days2 · 1%
- in the day2 · 1%
- time2 · 1%
- that day2 · 1%
- while2 · 1%
- unto the day1 · 0%
- alway1 · 0%
- some days1 · 0%
- age1 · 0%
- a day's1 · 0%
- when the day1 · 0%
- the time1 · 0%
- the same day1 · 0%
- in the day time1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.