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Notes: Some terms which designate a unit of time in their so-called literal meanings may also have the meaning of point of time, as in the case of ὥρα, which in RV MAT 26:45 · LV MAT 26:45 · Read together MAT 26:45 is essentially an indicator of a point of time, but in 67.148: ὥρα, it is treated as a unit of time. The same may occur in the case of ἡμέρα, which as a unit of time is treated in 67.142: ἡμέρα, but in the expression day of the Lord it indicates essentially a point of time.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ὥρα; -ας

Related lemmas: ἡμίωρον

Sense 1: time, occasion

Semantic entry: 67.1

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time without Reference to Other Points of Time: Time, Occasion, Ever, Often

Definition: points of time consisting of occasions for particular events{N:001}

Notes: In a number of languages there is no general term for ‘time’ or ‘occasion.’ In some contexts it is simply not necessary to have such a term. For example, in rendering RV MAT 13:30 · LV MAT 13:30 · Read together MAT 13:30 one may translate ‘when the harvest comes, I will say to the reapers’ or ‘when people begin to harvest, I will say to the reapers.’ In other contexts, a term which normally refers to some unit is employed in a generic sense, as in the case of Greek ὥρα which means literally ‘hour’ but is frequently used as a generic expression for a point of time, as in RV MAT 8:13 · LV MAT 8:13 · Read together MAT 8:13. In RV ACT 7:17 · LV ACT 7:17 · Read together ACT 7:17 χρόνος may often be rendered by a generic expression such as ‘day,’ for example, ‘when it was almost the day for God to keep his promise.’ In the case of RV MAT 26:45 · LV MAT 26:45 · Read together MAT 26:45, the nearness of the time may be indicated as ‘very soon the Son of Man will be handed over.’`|Though it seems quite ordinary in English for one to speak of ‘time coming’ or ‘… drawing near,’ this type of figurative usage is impossible in many languages. The equivalent may be simply ‘will soon be’ or ‘is about to happen.’ The expression οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου (literally ‘my time has not yet come’) in RV JHN 2:4 · LV JHN 2:4 · Read together JHN 2:4 denotes that it is not yet the occasion for a particular event (see καιρός in RV JHN 7:8 · LV JHN 7:8 · Read together JHN 7:8 and compare RV JHN 7:10 · LV JHN 7:10 · Read together JHN 7:10) but that it will soon be. In these contexts the expression may be rendered as ‘there is still time’ or ‘I will soon do it.’ In RV JHN 7:30 · LV JHN 7:30 · Read together JHN 7:30 and RV JHN 8:20 · LV JHN 8:20 · Read together JHN 8:20 (οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ ‘his time has not yet come’) the reference is to the occasion of his eventual arrest, implying that it will indeed happen.

MAT 9:22: RV MAT 9:22 · LV MAT 9:22 · Read together MAT 9:22

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OET-RV MAT 9:22

22 Yeshua turned and saw her and said, “Be encouraged, daughter, your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed that very moment.

OET-LV MAT 9:22

22 But the Yaʸsous having _been _turned and having _seen her said:
Be _having _courage, daughter, the faith of _you has _healed you.
And the woman was _healed from the that hour.

MAT 10:19: RV MAT 10:19 · LV MAT 10:19 · Read together MAT 10:19

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OET-RV MAT 10:19

19 However, whenever they turn you in, you don’t need to worry about what to say or how to say it, because whatever you apprentices need to say will be given to you at the right time,

OET-LV MAT 10:19

19 But whenever they _may _give_ you _all _over, you _all _may_ not _worry how or what you _all _may _speak, because/for what you _all _may _speak will _be _being _given to _you _all in that the hour.

All 42 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 9:22 · RV MAT 10:19 · RV MAT 15:28 · RV MAT 26:45 · RV MAT 26:55 · LV MAT 9:22 · LV MAT 10:19 · LV MAT 15:28 · LV MAT 26:45 · LV MAT 26:55 · Read together MAT 9:22 · Read together MAT 10:19 · Read together MAT 15:28 · Read together MAT 26:45 · Read together MAT 26:55

MRK: RV MRK 13:11 · RV MRK 14:35 · RV MRK 14:41 · LV MRK 13:11 · LV MRK 14:35 · LV MRK 14:41 · Read together MRK 13:11 · Read together MRK 14:35 · Read together MRK 14:41

ACT: RV ACT 22:13 · LV ACT 22:13 · Read together ACT 22:13

ROM: RV ROM 13:11 · LV ROM 13:11 · Read together ROM 13:11

JN1: RV JN1 2:18 · LV JN1 2:18 · Read together JN1 2:18

REV: RV REV 3:3 · RV REV 3:10 · RV REV 14:7 · RV REV 14:15 · LV REV 3:3 · LV REV 3:10 · LV REV 14:7 · LV REV 14:15 · Read together REV 3:3 · Read together REV 3:10 · Read together REV 14:7 · Read together REV 14:15

Sense 2: a while

Semantic entry: 67.148

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period

Definition: an indefinite unit of time which is relatively short

Notes: For languages which have no term for an indefinite unit of time which is relatively short, it may be necessary to approximate the time span in the context, for example, ‘for several months’ or possibly ‘for a year or so.’

JHN 5:35: RV JHN 5:35 · LV JHN 5:35 · Read together JHN 5:35

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OET-RV JHN 5:35

35 Yohan was a bright and shining light and you appreciated it for a short time.

OET-LV JHN 5:35

35 That one was the lamp which being _burned and shining, and you _all willed to _be _exulted for a_hour in the light of _him.

CO2 7:8: RV CO2 7:8 · LV CO2 7:8 · Read together CO2 7:8

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OET-RV CO2 7:8

8 Yes, because even if I made you sad with my letter, I don’t regret sending it. (Well, for a while I was sad for you that I had sent the letter.)

OET-LV CO2 7:8

8 Because if also I _sorrowed you _all in the letter, not I _am _regretting it.
if even I _was _regretting it (I _am _seeing that the letter that, if even for an_hour sorrowed you _all)

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 5:35 · LV JHN 5:35 · Read together JHN 5:35

CO2: RV CO2 7:8 · LV CO2 7:8 · Read together CO2 7:8

GAL: RV GAL 2:5 · LV GAL 2:5 · Read together GAL 2:5

TH1: RV TH1 2:17 · LV TH1 2:17 · Read together TH1 2:17

PHM: RV PHM 1:15 · LV PHM 1:15 · Read together PHM 1:15

Sense 3: hour

Semantic entry: 67.199

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour

Definition: one-twelfth of a day, measured from sunrise to sunset (in any one day the hours would be of equal length, but would vary somewhat depending on the time of the year)

Notes: Since the hours were counted beginning at sunrise, the seventh hour would be approximately one o’clock in the afternoon. For other references to numbered hours, see 60.50: γ / 60.50: τρίτος, 60.56: ἔνατος, 60.57: δέκατος, and 60.58: ἑνδέκατος.

MAT 8:13: RV MAT 8:13 · LV MAT 8:13 · Read together MAT 8:13

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13 Then he said to the commander, “Go, then, and it’ll happen according to your faith,” and his slave was healed that very moment.

OET-LV MAT 8:13

13 And the Yaʸsous said to _the centurion:
Be _going, let _it _be _become with _you as you _believed.
And the servant was _healed in that the hour.

MAT 14:15: RV MAT 14:15 · LV MAT 14:15 · Read together MAT 14:15

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OET-RV MAT 14:15

15 As evening was approaching, his apprentices came up and requested, “This place is quite isolated, and it’s already late. Send the people back into the villages so they can buy themselves something to eat.”

OET-LV MAT 14:15

15 And evening having _become, the apprentices/followers approached to _him saying:
The place is desolate and the hour already passed _by, send _away the crowds, in _order _that having _gone _away into the villages, they _may _buy foods for _themselves.

All 50 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 11:11 · RV MRK 13:32 · RV MRK 14:37 · RV MRK 15:25 · RV MRK 15:33–34 · LV MRK 11:11 · LV MRK 13:32 · LV MRK 14:37 · LV MRK 15:25 · LV MRK 15:33–34 · Read together MRK 11:11 · Read together MRK 13:32 · Read together MRK 14:37 · Read together MRK 15:25 · Read together MRK 15:33–34

LUK: RV LUK 12:39–40 · RV LUK 12:46 · RV LUK 14:17 · RV LUK 22:59 · RV LUK 23:44 · LV LUK 12:39–40 · LV LUK 12:46 · LV LUK 14:17 · LV LUK 22:59 · LV LUK 23:44 · Read together LUK 12:39–40 · Read together LUK 12:46 · Read together LUK 14:17 · Read together LUK 22:59 · Read together LUK 23:44

JHN: RV JHN 1:39 · RV JHN 4:6 · RV JHN 4:52–53 · RV JHN 11:9 · RV JHN 19:14 · LV JHN 1:39 · LV JHN 4:6 · LV JHN 4:52–53 · LV JHN 11:9 · LV JHN 19:14 · Read together JHN 1:39 · Read together JHN 4:6 · Read together JHN 4:52–53 · Read together JHN 11:9 · Read together JHN 19:14

CO1: RV CO1 15:30 · LV CO1 15:30 · Read together CO1 15:30

REV: RV REV 9:15 · RV REV 11:13 · RV REV 17:12 · RV REV 18:10 · RV REV 18:17 · RV REV 18:19 · LV REV 9:15 · LV REV 11:13 · LV REV 17:12 · LV REV 18:10 · LV REV 18:17 · LV REV 18:19 · Read together REV 9:15 · Read together REV 11:13 · Read together REV 17:12 · Read together REV 18:10 · Read together REV 18:17 · Read together REV 18:19

Sense 4: late, very late

Semantic entry: 67.77

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Units of Time: Daybreak, Midday, Midnight, Late

Definition: (an idiom, literally: much hour) a point of time relatively late in view of the circumstances (late in the afternoon or in the evening)

Collocations: ὥρα πολλή

MRK 6:35: RV MRK 6:35 · LV MRK 6:35 · Read together MRK 6:35

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OET-RV MRK 6:35