ἡμέρα hēmera

Greek word for “day” · Strong’s G2250 · used 389 times in 368 verses

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Meaning

ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ; day; 1.

How it is translated

Glosses given for hēmera in context, with how often each is used:

• day 215
• days 158
• years 3
• daytime 2
• day is 1
• days! 1
• day’s 1
• daybreak 1
• day? 1
• when day 1
• when days 1
• another day 1

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 1 (11), Luke 2 (9), Luke 17 (9), Acts 2 (9), Matthew 24 (8), Acts 21 (8), Luke 9 (7), Luke 24 (6), Acts 9 (6), Acts 28 (6)

Forms

• ἡμέρας 126
• ἡμέρᾳ 84
• ἡμέραν 58
• ἡμέραις 49
• ἡμέραι 26
• ἡμέρα 23
• ἡμερῶν 21
• Ἡμέρας 1
• Ἡμερῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hēmera more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 58
• μετά meta “with/after” 54
• νύξ nux “night” 26
• κατά kata “according to” 42
• τρεῖς treis “Three” 24
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 31
• ἀνίστημι anistēmi “to arise” 18
• ἕως heōs “until” 19
• τρίτος tritos “third” 15
• ἔσχατος eschatos “last/least” 14
• ἄχρι achri “until” 14
• υἱός uhios “son” 22

Key verses

The verses using hēmera that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Luke 21:34 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon…
• John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• Romans 2:5 — But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• 2 Timothy 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that…
• Hebrews 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and…
• Hebrews 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in…
• 1 Peter 2:12 — Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold,…
• 2 Peter 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with…
• 2 Peter 3:18 — But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
• Revelation 2:10 — Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.