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Day

ἡμέραStrong’s G2250

hēmera

Appears in 366 verses of the New Testament

In short

Hēmera is the Greek word usually translated “day”, “days” and “years”. It appears in 366 verses of the New Testament.

“When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”
2 Thessalonians 1:10 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “day”, “days” and “years”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • day 202
  • days 157
  • by day 7
  • a day 6
  • years 3
  • the day 2
  • daytime 2
  • of day 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 90
  • Luke 78
  • Matthew 41
  • John 29
  • Mark 26
  • Revelation 21

23 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 366 verses, by book
2 Corinthians 4
1:144:166:211:28
Galatians 2
1:184:10
Ephesians 3
4:305:166:13
Philippians 4
1:51:61:102:16
Colossians 2
1:61:9
1 Thessalonians 6
2:93:105:25:45:55:8
2 Thessalonians 3
1:102:23:8
1 Timothy 1
5:5
James 2
5:35:5
1 Peter 3
2:123:103:20
1 John 1
4:17
Jude 1
1:6
Greek dictionary

ἡμέρα hēmera · day

ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם ;] day; 1. as distinct from night: genitive ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Rev.21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ̔ἡ.), Act.9:24, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8, Rev.4:8 (BL, §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης, at mid-day, Act.26:13; accusative durat., τ. ἡμέρας, Luk.21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ., Rom.8:36; ἐν ἡμέρα, Jhn.11:9, Rom.13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Luk.2:44; ἡ. γίνεται, Lk 4:42 22:66; κλίνει, Luk.9:12, al.; metaphorically, Jhn.9:4, Rom.13:12, 1Th.5:4, 5 8, 2Pe.1:19. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “day” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DAY, noun

  1. That part of the time of the earth's revolution on its axis, in which its surface is presented to the sun; the part of the twenty four hours when it is light; or the space of time between the rising and setting of the sun; called the artificial day
  2. Light; sunshine.“Let us walk honestly as in the day” Romans 13:13
  3. Time specified; any period of time distinguished from other time; age; time with reference to the existence of a person or thing.
  4. The contest of a day; battle; or day of combat.
All definitions
  1. An appointed or fixed time.
  2. Time of commemorating an event; anniversary; the same day of the month, in any future year.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.