יוֹם yom
Hebrew word for “day” · Strong’s H3118 · used 16 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) day; 2) day always refers to a twenty-four hour period when the word is modified by a definite or cardinal number
How it is translated
Glosses given for yom in context, with how often each is used:
- days 9
- day 3
- days the 2
- day the 2
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 6 (4), Daniel 7 (3), Ezra 4 (2), Ezra 6 (2), Daniel 2 (2), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 5 (1)
Forms
- יומיא 3
- יומין 3
- יומת 2
- יום 2
- ביומא 2
- ביום 1
- וביומיהון 1
- יומיה 1
- וביומי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yom more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 14
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 9
- אֱלָהּ elah “god” 7
- עַד ad “till” 6
- עַל al “since” 7
- מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 6
- מִן־ min “from” 6
- שָׁמַיִן shamayin “heaven” 5
- הֲוָא hava “to be” 5
- עָלַם alam “perpetuity” 4
- הוּא hu “he/she/it” 4
- עַתִּיק attiq “ancient” 3
Key verses
The verses using yom that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ezra 4:15 — That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city,…
- Ezra 6:9 — And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according…
- Daniel 2:28 — But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions…
- Daniel 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but…
- Daniel 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I…
- Daniel 5:11 — There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the…
- Daniel 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and…
- Daniel 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees…
- Daniel 6:13 — Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that…
- Daniel 7:9 — I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his…
- Daniel 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near…
- Daniel 7:22 — Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
See all 15 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.