σήμερον sēmeron
Greek word for “today” · Strong’s G4594 · used 41 times in 40 verses
Meaning
σήμερον (Att.. τήμερον);
How it is translated
Glosses given for sēmeron in context, with how often each is used:
- today 29
- this day 7
- present 2
- day 1
- now 1
- this 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Acts | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Matthew | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Hebrews | 8 | 1.6 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Mark | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Romans | 1 | 0.1 | |
| James | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Hebrews 3 (3), Matthew 6 (2), Matthew 27 (2), Luke 13 (2), Luke 19 (2), Luke 22 (2), Acts 26 (2), 2 Corinthians 3 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 16 (1)
Forms
- σήμερον 41
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sēmeron more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- αὔριον aurion “tomorrow” 5
- σκληρύνω sklērunō “to harden” 3
- ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 7
- ἕως heōs “until” 5
- τρίς tris “three times” 3
- ἀπαρνέομαι aparneomai “to deny” 3
- ἀλέκτωρ alektōr “rooster” 3
- γεννάω gennaō “to beget” 4
- κλίβανος klibanos “oven” 2
- φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 4
- ἀγρός agros “field” 3
- φωνέω phōneō “to call” 3
Key verses
The verses using sēmeron that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 11:23 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in…
- Matthew 21:28 — But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
- Matthew 27:19 — When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day…
- Luke 2:11 — For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
- Acts 20:26 — Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
- Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect…
- Romans 11:8 — (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14 — But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
- Hebrews 3:7 — Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Hebrews 3:13 — But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- Hebrews 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
- James 4:13 — Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
See all 40 verses in the Word Atlas
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.