יוֹם
yôwm · yome
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be hot;
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2306 occurrences · 2306 OT · 0 NT · 416 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- day293 · 23%
- days252 · 20%
- in the day92 · 7%
- this day79 · 6%
- in that day62 · 5%
- unto this day53 · 4%
- that day41 · 3%
- all the days37 · 3%
- of the chronicles37 · 3%
- in the days33 · 3%
- to day32 · 3%
- the days27 · 2%
- thee this day27 · 2%
- in those days25 · 2%
- and it shall come to pass in that day22 · 2%
- all the day19 · 2%
- the day18 · 1%
- a day15 · 1%
- daily15 · 1%
- on that day15 · 1%
- the same day15 · 1%
- as it is this day13 · 1%
- for the day13 · 1%
- for ever12 · 1%
- and all the days12 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis152
- Exodus115
- Leviticus113
- Numbers121
- Deuteronomy167
- Joshua78
- Judges75
- Ruth8
- 1 Samuel151
- 2 Samuel75
- 1 Kings100
- 2 Kings79
- 1 Chronicles41
- 2 Chronicles75
- Ezra21
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.