UBS Greek Dictionary Article

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 OET MAT 26:45 (RV-only MAT 26:45 · LV-only 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 OET MAT 13:30 (RV-only MAT 13:30 · LV-only 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 OET MAT 8:13 (RV-only MAT 8:13 · LV-only MAT 8:13). In OET ACT 7:17 (RV-only ACT 7:17 · LV-only 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 OET MAT 26:45 (RV-only MAT 26:45 · LV-only 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 OET JHN 2:4 (RV-only JHN 2:4 · LV-only JHN 2:4) denotes that it is not yet the occasion for a particular event (see καιρός in OET JHN 7:8 (RV-only JHN 7:8 · LV-only JHN 7:8) and compare OET JHN 7:10 (RV-only JHN 7:10 · LV-only 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 OET JHN 7:30 (RV-only JHN 7:30 · LV-only JHN 7:30) and OET JHN 8:20 (RV-only JHN 8:20 · LV-only 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: OET MAT 9:22 (RV-only MAT 9:22 · LV-only 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: OET MAT 10:19 (RV-only MAT 10:19 · LV-only 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: OET MAT 9:22 · OET MAT 10:19 · OET MAT 15:28 · OET MAT 26:45 · OET MAT 26:55 (RV-only MAT 9:22 · RV-only MAT 10:19 · RV-only MAT 15:28 · RV-only MAT 26:45 · RV-only MAT 26:55 · LV-only MAT 9:22 · LV-only MAT 10:19 · LV-only MAT 15:28 · LV-only MAT 26:45 · LV-only MAT 26:55)

MRK: OET MRK 13:11 · OET MRK 14:35 · OET MRK 14:41 (RV-only MRK 13:11 · RV-only MRK 14:35 · RV-only MRK 14:41 · LV-only MRK 13:11 · LV-only MRK 14:35 · LV-only MRK 14:41)

LUK: OET LUK 1:10 · OET LUK 2:38 · OET LUK 7:21 · OET LUK 10:21 · OET LUK 12:12 · OET LUK 13:31 · OET LUK 20:19 · OET LUK 22:14 · OET LUK 22:53 · OET LUK 24:33 (RV-only LUK 1:10 · RV-only LUK 2:38 · RV-only LUK 7:21 · RV-only LUK 10:21 · RV-only LUK 12:12 · RV-only LUK 13:31 · RV-only LUK 20:19 · RV-only LUK 22:14 · RV-only LUK 22:53 · RV-only LUK 24:33 · LV-only LUK 1:10 · LV-only LUK 2:38 · LV-only LUK 7:21 · LV-only LUK 10:21 · LV-only LUK 12:12 · LV-only LUK 13:31 · LV-only LUK 20:19 · LV-only LUK 22:14 · LV-only LUK 22:53 · LV-only LUK 24:33)

JHN: OET JHN 2:4 · OET JHN 4:21 · OET JHN 4:23 · OET JHN 5:25 · OET JHN 5:28 · OET JHN 7:30 · OET JHN 8:20 · OET JHN 12:23 · OET JHN 12:27 · OET JHN 13:1 · OET JHN 16:2 · OET JHN 16:4 · OET JHN 16:21 · OET JHN 16:25 · OET JHN 16:32 · OET JHN 17:1 · OET JHN 19:27 (RV-only JHN 2:4 · RV-only JHN 4:21 · RV-only JHN 4:23 · RV-only JHN 5:25 · RV-only JHN 5:28 · RV-only JHN 7:30 · RV-only JHN 8:20 · RV-only JHN 12:23 · RV-only JHN 12:27 · RV-only JHN 13:1 · RV-only JHN 16:2 · RV-only JHN 16:4 · RV-only JHN 16:21 · RV-only JHN 16:25 · RV-only JHN 16:32 · RV-only JHN 17:1 · RV-only JHN 19:27 · LV-only JHN 2:4 · LV-only JHN 4:21 · LV-only JHN 4:23 · LV-only JHN 5:25 · LV-only JHN 5:28 · LV-only JHN 7:30 · LV-only JHN 8:20 · LV-only JHN 12:23 · LV-only JHN 12:27 · LV-only JHN 13:1 · LV-only JHN 16:2 · LV-only JHN 16:4 · LV-only JHN 16:21 · LV-only JHN 16:25 · LV-only JHN 16:32 · LV-only JHN 17:1 · LV-only JHN 19:27)

ACT: OET ACT 22:13 (RV-only ACT 22:13 · LV-only ACT 22:13)

ROM: OET ROM 13:11 (RV-only ROM 13:11 · LV-only ROM 13:11)

JN1: OET JN1 2:18 (RV-only JN1 2:18 · LV-only JN1 2:18)

REV: OET REV 3:3 · OET REV 3:10 · OET REV 14:7 · OET REV 14:15 (RV-only REV 3:3 · RV-only REV 3:10 · RV-only REV 14:7 · RV-only REV 14:15 · LV-only REV 3:3 · LV-only REV 3:10 · LV-only REV 14:7 · LV-only 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: OET JHN 5:35 (RV-only JHN 5:35 · LV-only 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: OET CO2 7:8 (RV-only CO2 7:8 · LV-only 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: OET JHN 5:35 (RV-only JHN 5:35 · LV-only JHN 5:35)

CO2: OET CO2 7:8 (RV-only CO2 7:8 · LV-only CO2 7:8)

GAL: OET GAL 2:5 (RV-only GAL 2:5 · LV-only GAL 2:5)

TH1: OET TH1 2:17 (RV-only TH1 2:17 · LV-only TH1 2:17)

PHM: OET PHM 1:15 (RV-only PHM 1:15 · LV-only 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: OET MAT 8:13 (RV-only MAT 8:13 · LV-only MAT 8:13)

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OET-RV MAT 8:13

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: OET MAT 14:15 (RV-only MAT 14:15 · LV-only 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

MAT: OET MAT 8:13 · OET MAT 14:15 · OET MAT 17:18 · OET MAT 18:1 · OET MAT 20:3 · OET MAT 20:5 · OET MAT 20:9 · OET MAT 20:12 · OET MAT 24:36 · OET MAT 24:44 · OET MAT 24:50 · OET MAT 25:13 · OET MAT 26:40 · OET MAT 27:45–46 (RV-only MAT 8:13 · RV-only MAT 14:15 · RV-only MAT 17:18 · RV-only MAT 18:1 · RV-only MAT 20:3 · RV-only MAT 20:5 · RV-only MAT 20:9 · RV-only MAT 20:12 · RV-only MAT 24:36 · RV-only MAT 24:44 · RV-only MAT 24:50 · RV-only MAT 25:13 · RV-only MAT 26:40 · RV-only MAT 27:45–46 · LV-only MAT 8:13 · LV-only MAT 14:15 · LV-only MAT 17:18 · LV-only MAT 18:1 · LV-only MAT 20:3 · LV-only MAT 20:5 · LV-only MAT 20:9 · LV-only MAT 20:12 · LV-only MAT 24:36 · LV-only MAT 24:44 · LV-only MAT 24:50 · LV-only MAT 25:13 · LV-only MAT 26:40 · LV-only MAT 27:45–46)

MRK: OET MRK 11:11 · OET MRK 13:32 · OET MRK 14:37 · OET MRK 15:25 · OET MRK 15:33–34 (RV-only MRK 11:11 · RV-only MRK 13:32 · RV-only MRK 14:37 · RV-only MRK 15:25 · RV-only MRK 15:33–34 · LV-only MRK 11:11 · LV-only MRK 13:32 · LV-only MRK 14:37 · LV-only MRK 15:25 · LV-only MRK 15:33–34)

LUK: OET LUK 12:39–40 · OET LUK 12:46 · OET LUK 14:17 · OET LUK 22:59 · OET LUK 23:44 (RV-only LUK 12:39–40 · RV-only LUK 12:46 · RV-only LUK 14:17 · RV-only LUK 22:59 · RV-only LUK 23:44 · LV-only LUK 12:39–40 · LV-only LUK 12:46 · LV-only LUK 14:17 · LV-only LUK 22:59 · LV-only LUK 23:44)

JHN: OET JHN 1:39 · OET JHN 4:6 · OET JHN 4:52–53 · OET JHN 11:9 · OET JHN 19:14 (RV-only JHN 1:39 · RV-only JHN 4:6 · RV-only JHN 4:52–53 · RV-only JHN 11:9 · RV-only JHN 19:14 · LV-only JHN 1:39 · LV-only JHN 4:6 · LV-only JHN 4:52–53 · LV-only JHN 11:9 · LV-only JHN 19:14)

ACT: OET ACT 2:15 · OET ACT 3:1 · OET ACT 5:7 · OET ACT 10:3 · OET ACT 10:9 · OET ACT 10:30 · OET ACT 16:18 · OET ACT 16:33 · OET ACT 19:34 · OET ACT 23:23 (RV-only ACT 2:15 · RV-only ACT 3:1 · RV-only ACT 5:7 · RV-only ACT 10:3 · RV-only ACT 10:9 · RV-only ACT 10:30 · RV-only ACT 16:18 · RV-only ACT 16:33 · RV-only ACT 19:34 · RV-only ACT 23:23 · LV-only ACT 2:15 · LV-only ACT 3:1 · LV-only ACT 5:7 · LV-only ACT 10:3 · LV-only ACT 10:9 · LV-only ACT 10:30 · LV-only ACT 16:18 · LV-only ACT 16:33 · LV-only ACT 19:34 · LV-only ACT 23:23)

CO1: OET CO1 15:30 (RV-only CO1 15:30 · LV-only CO1 15:30)

REV: OET REV 9:15 · OET REV 11:13 · OET REV 17:12 · OET REV 18:10 · OET REV 18:17 · OET REV 18:19 (RV-only REV 9:15 · RV-only REV 11:13 · RV-only REV 17:12 · RV-only REV 18:10 · RV-only REV 18:17 · RV-only REV 18:19 · LV-only REV 9:15 · LV-only REV 11:13 · LV-only REV 17:12 · LV-only REV 18:10 · LV-only REV 18:17 · LV-only 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: OET MRK 6:35 (RV-only MRK 6:35 · LV-only MRK 6:35)

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OET-RV MRK 6:35