hemera <2250>
hmera hemera
| Pronunciation: | hay-mer'-ah |
| Origin: | from (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit, akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle |
| Reference: | TDNT - 2:943,309 |
| PrtSpch: | n f |
| In Greek: | hmera 106, hmerai 26, hmeraiv 49, hmeran 58, hmerav 126, hmerwn 22, [hmerav] 1 |
| In NET: | day 177, days 131, time 21, a day 6, daily 3, daytime 3, Day 3, Day after day 3, this very day 2, them 2, morning 2, afternoon 1, as well 1, appears 1, always 1, a day's 1, During 1, At daybreak 1, On a day 1, Today 1, a little while 1, a forty-day 1, after days 1, daylight 1, reign 1, one 1, some ago 1, some time 1, this day 1, standard wage 1, old 1, of days 1, today 1, daybreak 1, live 1, next morning 1, of day 1, noon 1, day after day 1 |
| In AV: | day 355, daily + 2596 15, time 3, not tr 2, misc 14 |
| Count: | 389 |
| Definition: | 1) the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night 1a) in the daytime 1b) 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) 2a) 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. feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) 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):-age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years. see GREEK for 5610 see GREEK for 1476 |
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