Quick Definition
for the day, daily
Strong's Definition
for a day ("ephemeral"), i.e. diurnal
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2250 (ἡμέρα);
KJV Usage: daily
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐφήμερος, ἐφημερον (equivalent to ὁ ἐπί ἡμέραν ὤν);
1. lasting for a day (Pindar, Hippocrates, Plutarch, Galen.; others).
2. daily: ἡ τροφή (Diodorus 3, 32; Dionysius Halicarnassus 8, 41; Aristid. ii., p. 398 Jebb edition; 537, Dindorf edition)), Jas_2:15.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐφήμερος ephēmeros 1x
lasting for a day; daily sufficient for a day, necessary for every day, Jas_2:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐφ -ήμερος , -ον
(ἐπί , ἡμέρα ),
1. lasting for a day.
2. daily, for the day: Jas_2:15 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐφήμερος [page 269]
To the exx. usually cited for this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Jas_2:15 ) add Vett. Val. p. 62 .17 ἀτυχεῖς καὶ ἀσχήμονας ποιοῦσι καὶ ἐνδεεῖς τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς . The phrase implies food for the day or the day s supply of food rather than daily food : cf. Field Notes , p. 236 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐφήμερος ἐφ-ήμερος, ον [Etym: ἡμέρα] "living but a day, short-lived", Pind. , Eur. , etc. of men, ἐφήμεροι "creatures of a day", Pind. , Aesch. "for the day, daily", Plut. , etc. φάρμακον ἐφ. "killing on the same day", id=Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐφ-ήμερος, -ον
(ἐπί, ἡμέρα),
__1. lasting for a day.
__2. daily, for the day: Jas.2:15.†
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