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ἡμέρα

MainId: 002259000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: η

StrongCodes: G2250

Notes: [{'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'ἡμέρα[d] daylight overlaps considerably in meaning with ἡμέρα[b] daylight period ({D:67.178}). In {S:04200404200006}, for example, one could interpret ἡμέρα as a period of time rather than as light associated with daytime. See also {D:14.59}.'}, {'Caller': 2, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'There are no doubt certain subtle differences of meaning in these terms, especially in their connotations, but it is not possible to specify the difference on the basis of existing contexts.'}]

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002259001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἡμέρα

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ας

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἐφημερία', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἐφήμερος', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'καθημερινός', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'μεσημβρία', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'νυχθήμερον', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ὀκταήμερος', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'σήμερον', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002259001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.178

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

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

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: according to Hebrew reckoning (as reflected in the NT), a period of time beginning at sunset and ending at the following sunset

         Glosses: day

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:2, MARK 14:1, MARK 14:12, LUKE 1:59, LUKE 2:21, LUKE 2:43, LUKE 4:16, LUKE 13:14, LUKE 13:14, LUKE 13:16, LUKE 14:5, LUKE 22:7, LUKE 23:54, YHN 5:9, YHN 7:37, YHN 9:14, YHN 12:1, YHN 19:31, YHN 20:19, ACTs 2:1, ACTs 7:8, ACTs 12:3, ACTs 13:14, ACTs 16:13, ACTs 20:6, ACTs 20:16, ACTs 21:26, ACTs 21:26, ACTs 21:27, ROM 14:6, GAL 4:10, HEB 4:4, REV 1:10

   2. LEXID: 002259001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.186

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

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

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: the daylight period between sunrise and sunset (divided into twelve hours)

         Glosses: day

      LEXReferences: MAT 6:34, MAT 12:40, MAT 12:40, MAT 13:1, MAT 15:32, MAT 16:21, MAT 17:1, MAT 17:23, MAT 20:2, MAT 20:6, MAT 20:12, MAT 20:19, MAT 22:23, MAT 22:46, MAT 24:38, MAT 24:50, MAT 26:61, MAT 27:40, MAT 27:63, MAT 27:64, MARK 4:27, MARK 4:35, MARK 6:21, MARK 8:2, MARK 8:31, MARK 9:2, MARK 9:31, MARK 10:34, MARK 14:58, MARK 15:29, LUKE 2:44, LUKE 2:46, LUKE 5:17, LUKE 8:22, LUKE 9:12, LUKE 9:22, LUKE 9:28, LUKE 9:37, LUKE 12:46, LUKE 15:13, LUKE 17:4, LUKE 17:27, LUKE 17:29, LUKE 18:33, LUKE 19:42, LUKE 20:1, LUKE 21:37, LUKE 22:66, LUKE 23:12, LUKE 24:7, LUKE 24:13, LUKE 24:21, LUKE 24:29, LUKE 24:46, YHN 1:39, YHN 2:1, YHN 2:12, YHN 2:19, YHN 2:20, YHN 4:40, YHN 4:43, YHN 9:4, YHN 11:6, YHN 11:9, YHN 11:17, YHN 11:53, YHN 12:7, YHN 14:20, YHN 16:23, YHN 20:26, ACTs 1:2, ACTs 1:5, ACTs 1:15, ACTs 1:22, ACTs 2:15, ACTs 2:41, ACTs 5:42, ACTs 7:26, ACTs 8:1, ACTs 9:9, ACTs 9:19, ACTs 9:23, ACTs 9:43, ACTs 10:3, ACTs 10:30, ACTs 10:40, ACTs 10:48, ACTs 12:21, ACTs 13:31, ACTs 17:17, ACTs 20:6, ACTs 20:6, ACTs 20:18, ACTs 20:26, ACTs 21:4, ACTs 21:7, ACTs 23:1, ACTs 24:1, ACTs 24:11, ACTs 25:1, ACTs 25:6, ACTs 26:13, ACTs 26:22, ACTs 27:33, ACTs 28:7, ACTs 28:12, ACTs 28:13, ACTs 28:14, ACTs 28:17, ACTs 28:23, ROM 10:21, ROM 11:8, ROM 13:12, ROM 14:5, ROM 14:5, ROM 14:5, 1COR 10:8, 1COR 15:4, 2COR 3:14, GAL 1:18, PHP 1:5, COL 1:6, COL 1:9, HEB 4:7, HEB 4:8, HEB 11:30, 2PET 1:19, 2PET 3:8, 2PET 3:8, REV 2:10, REV 8:12, REV 9:15, REV 11:3, REV 11:9, REV 11:11, REV 12:6, REV 18:8, REV 21:25

   3. LEXID: 002259001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.142

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

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

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: an indefinite unit of time (whether grammatically singular or plural), but not particularly long (note the contrast with {L:αἰών}[a] ‘age,’ {D:67.143}, and {L:γενεά}[d] ‘age,’ {D:67.144})

         Glosses: ['time', 'period']

         Comments: In a number of languages there is no specific term such as ‘period’ referring to an indefinite extent of time. One can, however, render {S:04200102300012} as ‘when he no longer had to serve in the Temple’ or ‘when he had finished the days when he served in the Temple.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 2:1, MAT 3:1, MAT 9:15, MAT 11:12, MAT 17:23, MAT 23:30, MAT 24:19, MAT 24:22, MAT 24:22, MAT 24:29, MAT 24:37, MAT 24:38, MAT 28:15, MAT 28:20, MARK 1:9, MARK 2:1, MARK 2:20, MARK 2:20, MARK 8:1, MARK 13:17, MARK 13:19, MARK 13:20, MARK 13:20, MARK 13:24, LUKE 1:5, LUKE 1:20, LUKE 1:23, LUKE 1:24, LUKE 1:25, LUKE 1:39, LUKE 1:75, LUKE 1:80, LUKE 2:1, LUKE 2:6, LUKE 2:22, LUKE 4:2, LUKE 4:25, LUKE 5:35, LUKE 5:35, LUKE 6:12, LUKE 6:23, LUKE 9:36, LUKE 9:51, LUKE 17:22, LUKE 17:26, LUKE 17:26, LUKE 17:28, LUKE 19:43, LUKE 21:6, LUKE 21:22, LUKE 21:23, LUKE 23:7, LUKE 23:29, LUKE 24:18, YHN 8:56, YHN 16:26, ACTs 2:17, ACTs 2:18, ACTs 2:29, ACTs 3:24, ACTs 5:36, ACTs 5:37, ACTs 6:1, ACTs 7:41, ACTs 7:45, ACTs 9:37, ACTs 11:27, ACTs 13:41, ACTs 15:7, ACTs 15:36, ACTs 16:12, ACTs 16:18, ACTs 18:18, ACTs 21:5, ACTs 21:10, ACTs 21:15, ACTs 21:38, ACTs 24:24, ACTs 25:13, ACTs 25:14, ACTs 27:7, ACTs 27:20, ROM 8:36, 2COR 6:2, 2COR 6:2, EPH 5:16, EPH 6:13, 2TIM 3:1, HEB 1:2, HEB 3:8, HEB 5:7, HEB 7:3, HEB 8:8, HEB 8:9, HEB 8:10, HEB 10:16, HEB 10:32, HEB 12:10, YAC 5:3, 1PET 3:10, 1PET 3:20, 2PET 3:3, 2PET 3:7, 2PET 3:18, REV 2:13, REV 6:17, REV 9:6, REV 10:7, REV 11:6

   4. LEXID: 002259001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 14.40

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Light

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: the light of the day in contrast with the darkness of night (see {L:νύξ}[b] ‘night,’ {D:14.59}){N:001}

         Glosses: daylight

         Comments: In order to focus attention upon the beginning of daylight, one may translate {S:04200404200006} as ‘when the sun began to shine’ or ‘when the sky began to become light’ or even ‘when it was no longer night.’|In some languages there is no noun for either ‘day’ or ‘daylight,’ but a verb expression may be employed which may be rendered literally as ‘to day’ or ‘to become day.’

      LEXReferences: LUKE 4:42, LUKE 6:13, YHN 11:9, ACTs 12:18, ACTs 16:35, ACTs 23:12, ACTs 27:29, ACTs 27:33, ACTs 27:39, ROM 13:13, 1TH 5:5, 1TH 5:8, 2PET 2:13

   5. LEXID: 002259001005000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 56.1

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Courts and Legal Procedures

      LEXSubDomains: Court of Justice

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: a court of justice for determining guilt or innocence{N:002}

         Glosses: ['court', 'court of justice']

         Comments: For languages which do not have technical terms for a court, it is usually possible to use some such phrase as ‘to be brought before a judge’ or ‘to have judges decide one’s case.’

      LEXReferences: 1COR 4:3

   6. LEXID: 002259001006000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.92

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

      LEXSubDomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

      LEXCollocations: ['ἡμέρα ἐξ ἡμέρας', 'καθ᾽ ἡμέραν']

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: (idioms, literally: day out of day, and: throughout day, respectively) a relatively long period of time

         Glosses: ['for a long time', 'for quite a while', 'day after day', 'every day']

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:55, MARK 14:49, LUKE 9:23, LUKE 11:3, LUKE 16:19, LUKE 19:47, LUKE 22:53, ACTs 2:46, ACTs 2:47, ACTs 3:2, ACTs 16:5, ACTs 17:11, ACTs 19:9, 1COR 15:31, 2COR 11:28, HEB 3:13, HEB 7:27, HEB 10:11, 2PET 2:8, 2PET 2:8

   7. LEXID: 002259001007000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 56.33

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Courts and Legal Procedures

      LEXSubDomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

      LEXCollocations: ἡμέρα σφαγῆς

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: day of slaughter) a time of destructive judgment

         Glosses: day of condemnation

         Comments: The reference of the phrase ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς in {S:05900500500024} is the destructive judgment of God, but it is possible that σφαγῆς should be interpreted in a more literal sense of ‘destruction’ rather than mere condemnation.

      LEXReferences: YAC 5:5

   8. LEXID: 002259001008000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.93

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

      LEXSubDomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

      LEXCollocations: ['ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα', 'ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα']

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: (idioms, literally: forty days and forty nights, forty days, respectively) possibly a symbolic temporal expression denoting a relatively long period of time

         Glosses: a long time

         Comments: Most translations render ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα as either ‘forty days and forty nights’ or ‘forty days,’ though it is possible, in view of the symbolic meaning of the number ‘forty,’ that this expression is to be understood as meaning a long period of time.

      LEXReferences: MAT 4:2, MARK 1:13, LUKE 4:2, ACTs 1:3

   9. LEXID: 002259001009000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.99

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

      LEXSubDomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

      LEXCollocations: προβαίνω ἐν ἡμέραις

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to advance in days) to be quite advanced in age

         Glosses: to be old

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:7, LUKE 1:18, LUKE 2:36

   10. LEXID: 002259001010000

       LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

       LEXEntryCode: 67.92a

       LEXIndent: 0

       LEXDomains: Time

       LEXSubDomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

       LEXCollocations: ['νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας', 'ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός', 'ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ']

       LEXSenses:

       1. LanguageCode: en

          LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

          DefinitionShort: (expressions, literally: night and day, day and night, day and day, respectively) duration of time, either continuous or episodic, but without limits

          Glosses: ['day and night', 'always', 'constantly', 'continually']

       LEXReferences: MARK 5:5, LUKE 2:37, LUKE 18:7, ACTs 9:24, ACTs 20:31, ACTs 26:7, 2COR 4:16, 2COR 4:16, 1TH 2:9, 1TH 3:10, 2TH 3:8, 1TIM 5:5, 2TIM 1:3, REV 4:8, REV 7:15, REV 12:10, REV 14:11, REV 20:10

   11. LEXID: 002259001011000

       LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

       LEXIndent: 0

       LEXSenses:

       1. LanguageCode: en

          LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

          DefinitionShort: time in an eschatological frame, referring to a final judgment or to the coming of Christ

          Glosses: ['Day of the Lord', 'Judgment Day']

       LEXReferences: MAT 7:22, MAT 10:15, MAT 11:22, MAT 11:24, MAT 12:36, MAT 24:36, MAT 24:42, MAT 25:13, MAT 26:29, MARK 13:32, MARK 14:25, LUKE 10:12, LUKE 17:22, LUKE 17:24, LUKE 17:30, LUKE 17:31, LUKE 21:22, LUKE 21:34, YHN 6:39, YHN 6:40, YHN 6:44, YHN 6:54, YHN 11:24, YHN 12:48, ACTs 2:20, ACTs 17:31, ROM 2:5, ROM 2:16, 1COR 1:8, 1COR 3:13, 1COR 5:5, 2COR 1:14, EPH 4:30, PHP 1:6, PHP 1:10, PHP 2:16, 1TH 5:2, 1TH 5:4, 2TH 1:10, 2TH 2:2, 2TIM 1:12, 2TIM 1:18, 2TIM 4:8, HEB 10:25, 1PET 2:12, 2PET 2:9, 2PET 3:10, 2PET 3:12, 1YHN 4:17, YUD 1:6, REV 16:14

   12. LEXID: 002259001012000

       LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

       LEXEntryCode: 67.59

       LEXIndent: 0

       LEXDomains: Time

       LEXSubDomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

       LEXCollocations: δι᾽ ἡμερῶν

       LEXSenses:

       1. LanguageCode: en

          LastEdited: 2021-07-23 17:38:39

          DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: through days) a point of time subsequent to another point of time after an interval of a few days

          Glosses: a few days later

       LEXReferences: MARK 2:1