Today
σήμερονStrong’s G4594sēmeron
Appears in 40 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sēmeron is the Greek word usually translated “today”, “this day” and “present”. It appears in 40 verses of the New Testament.
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
Meaning
Usually translated “today”, “this day” and “present”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- today 29
- this day 7
- present 2
- day 1
- now 1
- this 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 11
- Acts 9
- Matthew 8
- Hebrews 7
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Mark 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matthew 11:23And 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 Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
- Matthew 16:3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
- Matthew 21:28But 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 27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
- Matthew 27:19When 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 in a dream because of him.
Greek dictionary
σήμερον sēmeron · today
σήμερον (Att.. τήμερον), adv., [in LXX for יוֹם ;] to-day: Mat.6:11, Luk.4:21, Act.4:9, al.; opposite to αὔριον, Mat.6:30, Luk.12:28, Jas.4:13; χθὲς καὶ σ. καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, Heb.13:8; ἡ σ. ἡμέρα, Act.20:20; ἕως (ἄχρι) τῆς σ. ἡμέρας, Rom.11:8, 2Co.3:14; μέχρι (ἕως) τῆς σ. (sc. ἡμέρας), Mat.11:23 27:8; as subst., τὸ σ., Heb.3:13; id. in appos., ὁρίζει ἡμὶραν, σ., Heb.4:7 R, mg., (see Westc., in l) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “today” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TO'DAY, noun
[to and day.]
The present day.
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.