Hour
ὥραStrong’s G5610hōra
Appears in 100 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hōra is the Greek word usually translated “hour”, “hours” and “time”. It appears in 100 verses of the New Testament.
“For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;”
Meaning
Usually translated “hour”, “hours” and “time”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hour 87
- an hour 12
- hours 3
- time 1
- when the hour 1
- at hour 1
- a season 1
- of an hour 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 24
- Matthew 21
- Luke 16
- Acts 11
- Mark 10
- Revelation 10
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 8:13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
- Matthew 9:22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- Matthew 10:19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
- Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
- Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Matthew 17:18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
All 100 verses, by book
- Matthew 21
- 8:139:2210:1914:1515:2817:1818:120:320:520:620:920:1224:3624:4424:5025:1326:4026:4526:5527:4527:46
- John 24
- 1:392:44:64:214:234:524:535:255:285:357:308:2011:912:2312:2713:116:216:416:2116:2516:3217:119:1419:27
- Romans 1
- 13:11
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 7:8
- Galatians 1
- 2:5
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- 2:17
- Philemon 1
- 1:15
- 1 John 1
- 2:18
Greek dictionary
ὥρα hōra · hour
ὥρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה ;] 1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.). 2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Mat.24:36, Mrk.13:32, Act.10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 215; Bl., §34, 8), Jhn.4:52, Act.10:3, 30 1Co.15:30, Rev.3:3; accusative of duration, Mat.20:12 26, Mrk.14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν, for a season, for a time, Jhn.5:35, 2Co.7:8, Gal.2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, for a short season (ICC, in l.), 1Th.2:17. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hour” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HOUR, noun
our. [Latin hora; also Latin tempestivus, from tempus. See Time. But hour hora, afterward came to signify a certain portion or division of the day. This has been different in different nations.]
- A space of time equal to one twenty fourth part of the natural day, or duration of the diurnal revolution of the earth.
- Time; a particular time; as the hour of death.“Jesus saith, woman, my hour is not yet come” John 2:4
- The time marked or indicated by a chronometer, clock or watch; the particular time of the 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.