- Original: ἡμέρα - Transliteration: hemera - Phonetic: hay-mer'-ah - Definition: 1. the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night a. in the daytime b. metaph., the day is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness 2. of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night) a. Eastern usage of this term differs from our western usage. Any part of a day is counted as a whole day, hence the expression three days and three nights does not mean literally three whole days, but at least one whole day plus part of two other days. 3. of the last day of this present age, the day christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom 4. used of time in general, i.e. the days of his life. - Origin: from (with G5610 implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit, akin to the base of G1476 ) meaning tame, i.e. gentle - TDNT entry: 17:43,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine (with G5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι hēmai (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 ) meaning tame that is gentle; day that is (literally) the time space between dawn and dark or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context): - age + alway (mid-) day (by day [-ly]) + for ever judgment (day) time while years. Total KJV Occurrences: 287 • age, 1 Luke 2:36 • ago, 1 Act 15:7 • daily, 14 Luke 19:47; Act 2:46; Act 2:47; Act 3:2; Act 5:42; Act 16:5; Act 17:11; Act 17:17; Act 19:9; 1 Corinthians 15:31; 2 Corinthians 11:28; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 10:11 • day, 145 Mat 13:1; Mat 16:21; Mat 22:23; Mat 22:46; Mat 27:64; Mar 4:35; Mar 5:5; Mar 6:21; Mar 14:12; Luke 1:20; Luke 1:59; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:37; Luke 2:44; Luke 4:16; Luke 4:42; Luke 5:17; Luke 6:13; Luke 8:22; Luke 9:12; Luke 9:37; Luke 13:14; Luke 13:31; Luke 22:7; Luke 22:66; Luke 23:12; Luke 23:54; Luke 24:7; Luke 24:13; Luke 24:21; Luke 24:29; Joh 1:39; Joh 2:1; Joh 5:9; Joh 7:37; Joh 11:24; Joh 11:53; Joh 19:31; Joh 20:19; Act 1:2; Act 1:22; Act 2:1; Act 2:15; Act 2:20; Act 2:29; Act 2:41; Act 7:8; Act 7:26; Act 9:24; Act 10:3; Act 10:40; Act 12:18; Act 12:21; Act 13:14; Act 16:35; Act 17:31; Act 20:16; Act 20:18; Act 20:26; Act 20:31; Act 21:7; Act 21:26; Act 23:1; Act 23:12; Act 26:7; Act 26:22; Act 27:29; Act 27:33(2); Act 27:39; Act 28:13; Act 28:23; Romans 2:5; Romans 2:16; Romans 8:36; Romans 10:21; Romans 11:8; Romans 13:12; Romans 13:13; Romans 14:5; Romans 14:6(2); 1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 10:8; 1 Corinthians 15:4; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 4:16(2); 2 Corinthians 6:2(2); Eph 4:30; Eph 6:13; Philippians 1:5; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 1:10; Philippians 2:16; Colossians 1:6; Colossians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; 1 Timothy 5:5; 2 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 4:4; Hebrews 4:7; Hebrews 4:8; Hebrews 8:9; Hebrews 10:25; Jam 5:5; 1 Peter 2:12; 2 Peter 1:19; 2 Peter 2:8(2); 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 3:8(2); 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:12; 1 John 4:17; Jude 1:6; Revelation 1:10; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 6:17; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:15; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 18:8; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 21:25 • days, 115 Mat 2:1; Mat 3:1; Mat 4:2; Mat 17:1; Mat 26:61; Mat 27:40; Mat 27:63; Mar 1:9; Mar 1:13; Mar 2:1; Mar 8:1; Mar 8:31; Mar 9:2; Mar 14:1; Mar 14:58; Mar 15:29; Luke 1:5; Luke 1:23; Luke 1:24; Luke 1:25; Luke 1:39; Luke 1:75; Luke 2:1; Luke 2:6; Luke 2:21; Luke 2:22; Luke 2:43; Luke 2:46; Luke 4:2(2); Luke 6:12; Luke 9:28; Luke 9:36; Luke 13:14; Luke 20:1; Luke 24:18; Joh 2:12; Joh 2:20; Joh 4:40; Joh 4:43; Joh 11:6; Joh 11:17; Joh 12:1; Joh 20:26; Act 1:3; Act 1:15; Act 2:17; Act 2:18; Act 3:24; Act 5:36; Act 5:37; Act 6:1; Act 7:41; Act 7:45; Act 9:9; Act 9:19; Act 9:23; Act 9:37; Act 9:43; Act 10:30; Act 10:48; Act 11:27; Act 12:3; Act 13:31; Act 13:41; Act 15:36; Act 16:12; Act 16:18; Act 20:6(3); Act 21:4; Act 21:5; Act 21:10; Act 21:15; Act 21:26; Act 21:27; Act 21:38; Act 24:1; Act 24:11; Act 24:24; Act 25:1; Act 25:6; Act 25:13; Act 25:14; Act 27:7; Act 27:20; Act 28:7; Act 28:12; Act 28:14; Act 28:17; Galatians 1:18; Galatians 4:10; Eph 5:16; 2 Timothy 3:1; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 7:3; Hebrews 8:8; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; Hebrews 10:32; Hebrews 11:30; Hebrews 12:10; Jam 5:3; 1 Peter 3:10; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:3; Revelation 9:6; Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:3; Revelation 11:6; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 11:11; Revelation 12:6 • daytime, 1 Luke 21:37 • forever, 1 2 Peter 3:18 • judgment, 1 1 Corinthians 4:3 • midday, 1 Act 26:13 • time, 4 Luke 9:51; Luke 23:7; Act 8:1; 2 Peter 2:13 • while, 1 Act 18:18 • years, 2 Luke 1:7; Luke 1:18 """