ἡμέρα

Noun

hēmera · day

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 2250

Lexical summary

389

NT occurrences

8

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Day, a day, the interval from sunrise to sunset, opp. to νύξ, Mt. 4:2; 12:40; Lk. 2:44; the interval of twenty-four hours, comprehending day and night, Mt. 6:34; 15:32; from the Hebrew, ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ, day by day, every day, 2 Cor. 4:16; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, from day to day, continually, 2 Pet. 2:8; καθ’ ἡμέραν, every day, daily, Acts 17:17; Heb. 3:13; a point or period of time, Lk. 19:42; Acts 15:7; Eph. 6:13; a judgement, trial, 1 Cor. 4:3

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Luke 6:13
Genitive
Matthew 20:12
Dative
Matthew 6:34
Accusative
Matthew 20:2
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Matthew 9:15
Genitive
Matthew 11:12
Dative
Matthew 2:1
Accusative
Matthew 4:2
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

ἡμέρα

Book distribution counts: Acts: 94 occurrences; Luke: 83 occurrences; Matthew: 45 occurrences; John: 31 occurrences; Mark: 27 occurrences; Revelation: 21 occurrences; Hebrews: 18 occurrences; 2 Peter: 12 occurrences; Romans: 11 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 7 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 7 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 6 occurrences; 2 Timothy: 5 occurrences; Philippians: 4 occurrences; 1 Peter: 3 occurrences; Ephesians: 3 occurrences; 2 Thessalonians: 3 occurrences; James: 2 occurrences; Galatians: 2 occurrences; Colossians: 2 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences; 1 John: 1 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 1 occurrences

Author

ἡμέρα
  • Luke177
  • John53
  • Paul51
  • Matthew45
  • Mark27
  • Hebrews18
  • Peter15
  • James2
  • Jude1

Author distribution counts: Luke: 177 occurrences; John: 53 occurrences; Paul: 51 occurrences; Matthew: 45 occurrences; Mark: 27 occurrences; Hebrews: 18 occurrences; Peter: 15 occurrences; James: 2 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences