יוֹם yom
Hebrew word for “day” · Strong’s H3117 · used 2,304 times in 1,931 verses
Meaning
: day/when/time/period;
Senses in the lexicon
- day (1,935)
- day: today (220)
- day: daily (74)
- day: always (38)
- day: year (32)
- day: old (5)
How it is translated
Glosses given for yom in context, with how often each is used:
- day 1,189
- days 839
- this day 201
- like the days 18
- like the day 10
- since the days 7
- will be on the day 5
- two days 5
- days towards 5
- like days 3
- over the day 2
- will be a day 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 167 | 11.7 | |
| Genesis | 152 | 7.4 | |
| 1 Samuel | 150 | 11.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 137 | 6.3 | |
| Numbers | 121 | 7.4 | |
| Isaiah | 120 | 7.1 | |
| Exodus | 115 | 6.9 | |
| Psalms | 115 | 5.9 | |
| Leviticus | 113 | 9.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 108 | 5.8 | |
| 1 Kings | 100 | 7.6 | |
| 2 Kings | 79 | 6.4 |
Also in 27 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 23 (21), Numbers 7 (16), Leviticus 13 (15), Esther 9 (13), Genesis 5 (12), Deuteronomy 4 (12), 1 Samuel 14 (12), 2 Kings 15 (12), Deuteronomy 11 (11), Judges 20 (11)
Forms
- ביום 523
- היום 458
- ימים 270
- יום 239
- ימי 144
- הימים 135
- בימי 56
- וביום 56
- בימים 50
- ליום 46
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yom more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זֶה zeh “this” 251
- עַד ad “till” 222
- שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 110
- שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 128
- דָּבָר davar “word” 158
- הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 102
- אָב av “father” 125
- רָאָה raah “to see” 121
- דָּוִד david “David” 108
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 102
- חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 75
- מִן־ min “from” 108
Key verses
The verses using yom that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river…
- Psalms 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Isaiah 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above…
- Isaiah 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from…
- Isaiah 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
- Isaiah 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his…
- Isaiah 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried…
- Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
- Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
- Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;…
- Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…
See all 1,931 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.