Quick Definition
ἐφήμερος, ον Adj for the day, daily
Strong's Definition
for a day ("ephemeral"), i.e. diurnal
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2250 (ἡμέρα);
KJV Usage: daily
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ον | ἡμέρα
67.183 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour
daily, on each day pertaining to recurring on a daily basis
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐφ-ήμερος, -ον, (i. q. ὁ ἐπὶ ἡμέραν av) ; 1. lasting for a day (Pind., Hippoer., Plut., Galen.; al.). 2. daily: ἡ τροφή (Diod. 3, 32; Dion. Hal. 8, 41; Aristid. ii. p. 398 [ed. Jebb; 537 ed. Dind.]), Jas. ii. 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),
lasting for a day.
daily, for the day: Ja 2:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐφήμερος. To the exx. usually cited for this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Jas 215) add Vett. Val. p. 6217 ἀτυχεῖς kal ἀσχήμονας ποιοῦσι καὶ ἐνδεεῖς τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς. The phrase implies ‘* food for the day” or “ἴῃς day’s supply of food” rather than ‘‘ daily food”: cf. Field Vo/es, p. 236f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐφήμερος (ephēmeros) — daily. ἐφήμερ-ος, ον, Doric dialect ἐπάμ- [Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἐφαμ- [Refs]: (ἡμέρα):—more common form of ἐφημέριος, especially in Prose, living but a day: hence, short-lived, τερπνόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of men, ἐφήμεροι creatures of a day, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
II. for the day, daily, πυρετός [NT+5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, once a day, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
III. φάρμακον ἐ. killing on the same day, [Refs 1st c.AD+]