Quick Definition
ἡμέρα, ας, ἡ n.f. a day
Strong's Definition
feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
KJV Usage: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἐφημερία · ἐφήμερος · καθημερινός · μεσημβρία · νυχθήμερον · ὀκταήμερος · σήμερον
67.178 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour
day according to Hebrew reckoning (as reflected in the NT), a period of time beginning at sunset and ending at the following sunset
MAT 26:2 · MRK 14:1 · MRK 14:12 · LUK 1:59 · LUK 2:21 · LUK 2:43 · LUK 4:16 · LUK 13:14 · LUK 13:14 · LUK 13:16 · LUK 14:5 · LUK 22:7 · LUK 23:54 · JHN 5:9 · JHN 7:37 · JHN 9:14 · JHN 12:1 · JHN 19:31 · JHN 20:19 · ACT 2:1 · ACT 7:8 · ACT 12:3 · ACT 13:14 · ACT 16:13 · ACT 20:6 · ACT 20:16 · ACT 21:26 · ACT 21:26 · ACT 21:27 · ROM 14:6 · GAL 4:10 · HEB 4:4 · REV 1:10
67.186 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour
day the daylight period between sunrise and sunset (divided into twelve hours)
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 · MRK 4:27 · MRK 4:35 · MRK 6:21 · MRK 8:2 · MRK 8:31 · MRK 9:2 · MRK 9:31 · MRK 10:34 · MRK 14:58 · MRK 15:29 · LUK 2:44 · LUK 2:46 · LUK 5:17 · LUK 8:22 · LUK 9:12 · LUK 9:22 · LUK 9:28 · LUK 9:37 · LUK 12:46 · LUK 15:13 · LUK 17:4 · LUK 17:27 · LUK 17:29 · LUK 18:33 · LUK 19:42 · LUK 20:1 · LUK 21:37 · LUK 22:66 · LUK 23:12 · LUK 24:7 · LUK 24:13 · LUK 24:21 · LUK 24:29 · LUK 24:46 · JHN 1:39 · JHN 2:1 · JHN 2:12 · JHN 2:19 · JHN 2:20 · JHN 4:40 · JHN 4:43 · JHN 9:4 · JHN 11:6 · JHN 11:9 · JHN 11:17 · JHN 11:53 · JHN 12:7 · JHN 14:20 · JHN 16:23 · JHN 20:26 · ACT 1:2 · ACT 1:5 · ACT 1:15 · ACT 1:22 · ACT 2:15 · ACT 2:41 · ACT 5:42 · ACT 7:26 · ACT 8:1 · ACT 9:9 · ACT 9:19 · ACT 9:23 · ACT 9:43 · ACT 10:3 · ACT 10:30 · ACT 10:40 · ACT 10:48 · ACT 12:21 · ACT 13:31 · ACT 17:17 · ACT 20:6 · ACT 20:6 · ACT 20:18 · ACT 20:26 · ACT 21:4 · ACT 21:7 · ACT 23:1 · ACT 24:1 · ACT 24:11 · ACT 25:1 · ACT 25:6 · ACT 26:13 · ACT 26:22 · ACT 27:33 · ACT 28:7 · ACT 28:12 · ACT 28:13 · ACT 28:14 · ACT 28:17 · ACT 28:23 · ROM 10:21 · ROM 11:8 · ROM 13:12 · ROM 14:5 · ROM 14:5 · ROM 14:5 · 1CO 10:8 · 1CO 15:4 · 2CO 3:14 · GAL 1:18 · PHP 1:5 · COL 1:6 · COL 1:9 · HEB 4:7 · HEB 4:8 · HEB 11:30 · 2PE 1:19 · 2PE 3:8 · 2PE 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
67.142 · Time · Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period
time, period an indefinite unit of time (whether grammatically singular or plural), but not particularly long (note the contrast with αἰών[a] ‘age,’ 67.143, and γενεά[d] ‘age,’ 67.144) In a number of languages there is no specific term such as ‘period’ referring to an indefinite extent of time. One can, however, render LUK 1:23 as ‘when he no longer had to serve in the Temple’ or ‘when he had finished the days when he served in the Temple.’
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 · MRK 1:9 · MRK 2:1 · MRK 2:20 · MRK 2:20 · MRK 8:1 · MRK 13:17 · MRK 13:19 · MRK 13:20 · MRK 13:20 · MRK 13:24 · LUK 1:5 · LUK 1:20 · LUK 1:23 · LUK 1:24 · LUK 1:25 · LUK 1:39 · LUK 1:75 · LUK 1:80 · LUK 2:1 · LUK 2:6 · LUK 2:22 · LUK 4:2 · LUK 4:25 · LUK 5:35 · LUK 5:35 · LUK 6:12 · LUK 6:23 · LUK 9:36 · LUK 9:51 · LUK 17:22 · LUK 17:26 · LUK 17:26 · LUK 17:28 · LUK 19:43 · LUK 21:6 · LUK 21:22 · LUK 21:23 · LUK 23:7 · LUK 23:29 · LUK 24:18 · JHN 8:56 · JHN 16:26 · ACT 2:17 · ACT 2:18 · ACT 2:29 · ACT 3:24 · ACT 5:36 · ACT 5:37 · ACT 6:1 · ACT 7:41 · ACT 7:45 · ACT 9:37 · ACT 11:27 · ACT 13:41 · ACT 15:7 · ACT 15:36 · ACT 16:12 · ACT 16:18 · ACT 18:18 · ACT 21:5 · ACT 21:10 · ACT 21:15 · ACT 21:38 · ACT 24:24 · ACT 25:13 · ACT 25:14 · ACT 27:7 · ACT 27:20 · ROM 8:36 · 2CO 6:2 · 2CO 6:2 · EPH 5:16 · EPH 6:13 · 2TI 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 · JAS 5:3 · 1PE 3:10 · 1PE 3:20 · 2PE 3:3 · 2PE 3:7 · 2PE 3:18 · REV 2:13 · REV 6:17 · REV 9:6 · REV 10:7 · REV 11:6
14.40 · Physical Events and States · Light
daylight the light of the day in contrast with the darkness of night (see νύξ[b] ‘night,’ 14.59) In order to focus attention upon the beginning of daylight, one may translate LUK 4:42 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.’
LUK 4:42 · LUK 6:13 · JHN 11:9 · ACT 12:18 · ACT 16:35 · ACT 23:12 · ACT 27:29 · ACT 27:33 · ACT 27:39 · ROM 13:13 · 1TH 5:5 · 1TH 5:8 · 2PE 2:13
56.1 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Court of Justice
court, court of justice a court of justice for determining guilt or innocence 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.’
67.92 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
Collocation: ἡμέρα ἐξ ἡμέρας · καθ᾽ ἡμέραν
for a long time, for quite a while, day after day, every day (idioms, literally: day out of day, and: throughout day, respectively) a relatively long period of time
MAT 26:55 · MRK 14:49 · LUK 9:23 · LUK 11:3 · LUK 16:19 · LUK 19:47 · LUK 22:53 · ACT 2:46 · ACT 2:47 · ACT 3:2 · ACT 16:5 · ACT 17:11 · ACT 19:9 · 1CO 15:31 · 2CO 11:28 · HEB 3:13 · HEB 7:27 · HEB 10:11 · 2PE 2:8 · 2PE 2:8
56.33 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judge, Condemn, Acquit
Collocation: ἡμέρα σφαγῆς
day of condemnation (an idiom, literally: day of slaughter) a time of destructive judgment The reference of the phrase ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς in JAS 5:5 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.
67.93 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
Collocation: ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα · ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα
a long time (idioms, literally: forty days and forty nights, forty days, respectively) possibly a symbolic temporal expression denoting a relatively long period of time 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.
67.99 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
Collocation: προβαίνω ἐν ἡμέραις
to be old (an idiom, literally: to advance in days) to be quite advanced in age
67.92a · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
Collocation: νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας · ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός · ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ
day and night, always, constantly, continually (expressions, literally: night and day, day and night, day and day, respectively) duration of time, either continuous or episodic, but without limits
MRK 5:5 · LUK 2:37 · LUK 18:7 · ACT 9:24 · ACT 20:31 · ACT 26:7 · 2CO 4:16 · 2CO 4:16 · 1TH 2:9 · 1TH 3:10 · 2TH 3:8 · 1TI 5:5 · 2TI 1:3 · REV 4:8 · REV 7:15 · REV 12:10 · REV 14:11 · REV 20:10
94.11
Day of the Lord, Judgment Day time in an eschatological frame, referring to a final judgment or to the coming of Christ
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 · MRK 13:32 · MRK 14:25 · LUK 10:12 · LUK 17:22 · LUK 17:24 · LUK 17:30 · LUK 17:31 · LUK 21:22 · LUK 21:34 · JHN 6:39 · JHN 6:40 · JHN 6:44 · JHN 6:54 · JHN 11:24 · JHN 12:48 · ACT 2:20 · ACT 17:31 · ROM 2:5 · ROM 2:16 · 1CO 1:8 · 1CO 3:13 · 1CO 5:5 · 2CO 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 · 2TI 1:12 · 2TI 1:18 · 2TI 4:8 · HEB 10:25 · 1PE 2:12 · 2PE 2:9 · 2PE 3:10 · 2PE 3:12 · 1JN 4:17 · JUD 1:6 · REV 16:14
67.59 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
Collocation: δι᾽ ἡμερῶν
a few days later (an idiom, literally: through days) a point of time subsequent to another point of time after an interval of a few days
1 ἡμέρα[d] daylight overlaps considerably in meaning with ἡμέρα[b] daylight period (67.178). In LUK 4:42, for example, one could interpret ἡμέρα as a period of time rather than as light associated with daytime. See also 14.59. 2 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.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ, (fr. ἥμερος, -ον, prop. ἡμέρα ὥρα the mild time, cf. Lob. Paral. p. 359; [but cf. Curtius p. 594 sq.; Vanitek p. 9487); Hebr. ny; day; used 1. of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished fr. and contrasted with night; a. prop. ἡμέρας, by day, in the daytime, [ef. collog. Eng. of a day; W. § 30,11; B. § 132, 26], Rev. xxi. 25; ἡμέpas k. νυκτός, day and night [ef. W. 552 (513 sq.); Lob. Paralip. p. 62 sq.; Ellic. on 1 Tim. v. 5], Mk. v.5; Lk. xvili. 7; Actsix. 24; 1 ΤῊ. 11. 9; iii.10; [2 Th. iii.8 L txt. T Tr WH]; 1 Tim. v.5; 2 Tim.i.3; Rev. iv. 8; vii. 15; xii. 10; xiv. 11; xx.10; ἡμέρας μέσης, at midday, Acts xxvi. 13; νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν [ W. 230 (216); B.§ 131, 11], Mk. iv. 27; Acts xx. 31; 2 Th.iii.8 RG; hyperbolically i. q. without intermission, λατρεύειν, Lk. ii. 37; Acts xxvi. 7; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day’s journey, Lk. ii. 44 (Gen. xxxi. 23 [μιᾶς ἡμέρας ὁδόν, Joseph. c. Ap. 2, 2, 9: ef. W. 188 (177); B.D. Am. ed. 5. v. Day’s Journey ]) ; Tas ἡμέρας, acc. of time [W. and B. as above], during the days, Lk. xxi. 37; ἐκείνην τ. ἡμέραν, In. i. 39 (40); πᾶσαν ἡμέραν, daily, Acts v.42; ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν, so sometimes we say, for a shilling the day, Mt. xx. 2; δώδεκά εἰσιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρας, Jn. xi. 9; to the number of days are added as many nights, Mt. iv. 2; xii. 40; γίνεται ἡμέρα, day dawns, it grows licht. Lk. iv. 42; vi. 13; xxii. 66; Acts xii.18; xvi. 35; xxiii. 12; xxvii. 29, 33, 39, (Xen. an. 2, 2, 18; 7, 2, 34); περιπατεῖν ἐν τ. ἡμέρᾳ, Jn. xi. 95 ἡ ἡμέρα φαίνει, Rev. viii. 12; ἡ ἡμέρα κλίνει, the day declines, it is towards evening, Lk. ix. 12; xxiv. 29. b. metaph. the ‘day’ is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness: 1 Th. v. 5, 8; hence ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος (see αἰών, 3) is likened to the night, αἰὼν μέλλων to day, and Christians are admonished to live decorously as though it were light, i. 6. as if ὁ αἰὼν ὁ μέλλων were already come, Ro. xiii. 12 sq. ἕως ἡμέρα ἐστίν while it is day, i. 6. while life gives one an opportunity to work, Jn. ix.4. of the light of knowledge, 2 Beta 19: 2. of the civil day, or the space of twenty-four hours (thus including the night): Mt. vi. 34; Mk. vi. 21; Lk. xiii. 14, ete.; opp. to an hour, Mt. xxv. 13; to hours. months, years, Rey. ix. 15; Gal. iv. 10; ἡ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τρυφή, the revelling of a day, i. 6. ephemeral, very brief, 2 Pet. ii. 13 [al. refer this to 1 b. above];
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἡμέρα hēmera 389x
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
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם;]
day; as distinct from night: gen. ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Re 21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ἡ.), Ac 9:24, I Th 2:9, II Th 3:8, Re 4:8 (Bl., §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης, at mid-day, Ac 26:13; acc. durat., τ. ἡμέρας, Lk 21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ., Ro 8:36; ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, Jo 11:9, Ro 13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Lk 2:44; ἡ. γίνεται, Lk 4:42 22:66; κλίνει, Lk 9:12, al.; metaph., Jo 9:4, Ro 13:12, I Th 5:4, 5, 8, II Pe 1:19.
Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Mt 6:34, Mk 6:21, Lk 13:14, al.; τρίτῃ ἡ., Mt 16:21; ἡμέρᾳ κ. ἡ. (cf. יוֹם בְּיֹום, Es 3:4), II Co 4:16; ὅλην τ. ἡ., Ro 8:36 10:21; pl., Jo 2:12, Ac 9:19, al.; ἡ. τῶν ἀζύμων, Ac 12:3; τ. σαββάτου, Lk 13:14, 16; ἡ κυριάκη ἡ., Re 1:10.
In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ. (ἐκείνη, τ. κυρίου, etc.), Mt 7:22, Lk 6:23, Ro 13:12, I Co 1:8, I Th 5:2, II Th 2:2, II Pe 3:10, al.; by meton., as compared with the divine judgment on that day, ἡ. ἀνθρωπίνη, of a human tribunal, I Co 4:3 (EV, man's judgment).
As in Heb. (also in Gk. writers; Bl., §46, 9; M, Pr., 81), of time in general: Jo 8:56 14:20, II Co 6:2, Eph 6:13, II Pe 3:18; pl., Ac 15:7, Eph 5:16, He 10:32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ. (cf. כָּל הַיָּמִים, De 4:40, al.; MM, Exp., xv), Mt 28:20; ἐλεύσονται ἡ. ὅταν (ὅτε), Mt 9:15, Mk 2:20, Lk 5:35 17:22; αἱ ἡ., c. gen. pers. (Ge 26:1, al.), Mt 2:1, Lk 1:5, Ac 7:45, I Pe 3:20; ἀρχὴ ἡμερῶν, He 7:3.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἡμέρα. P Par 133} (8.6. 117) ἡμέρας, “during the day,” 7d. 275} (B.C. 160) τῆς ἡμέρας, ‘‘every day,” 23. 497° (B.c. 164-158) τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ἀσχοληθείς, P Tebt I. 17° (B.c. 114) ἅμ᾽ ἡμέραι, ‘‘at daybreak,” P Giss I. 1710 (time of Hadrian) καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, P Oxy VII. 10296 (A.D. 107) els τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν, 74. τοῦ814 (iii/A.D.) ἡμερῶν ἀνοχὴν ἔχω, 26. X. 127513 (iii/A.D.) ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας ἑορτῶν πέντε. In P Giss I. 197 (ii/A.D.) a wile writes to her husband—ovv]exas ἀγρυπνοῦσα γυκτὸς ἡϊμέρας μ]ήίαν μέριμναν ἔχω τὴν περὶ [τῆς σωτ]ηρίας σου. The noun is used of ¢ime generally, as in Jn 14°°, Ac 933 a/., in P Amh II. 304° (ii/B.c.) where a woman, who has been ordered to vacate a house, asks ‘‘ for time’”’—‘pépas αἰτοῦσα, promising that she will quit—ev ἡ[μ]έραις 4, “ within ten days.’ For the parenthetic nominative of time, as Mt 1532, Mk 85, Lk 928, we may perhaps cite P Lond 417} (c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 299) ἐπειδὴ ἀσχολῶ ἐλθῖν πρὸς] σὲν αὐτὲ (-- - αἱ) ἡμέρε, ‘his diebus,’”’ according to Cronert’s reading (CX xvii. p. 197), but see Chrest. I. 129 where Wilcken reads atrenpepe = αὐθημερόν : see Proleg. p. 69 f. The phrase πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας (Mt 280) may be illustrated from an important Ephesian inscr. of ii/a.p., Sy// 6564) διὸ [δεδόχθαι ἱερ]ὸν τὸν μῆνα τὸν ᾿Αρτεμισιῶνα el[var πάσας τ]ὰς ἡμέρας. It is accordingly a vernacular Greek expression like the Homeric ἤματα πάντα = ‘‘ perpetually,’’ though one does not willingly drop the suggestiveness of the literal translation in the Great Commission, the aid from heaven given day by day. To the same effect RKoufhac (Recherches, Ῥ. 49) quotes Przexe 1748 (ii/B.C.) where it is stated that the priest of Dionysus has, amongst other advantages, that of being supplied with ‘‘daily’’ food—evat δὲ αὐτῶι . -. σίτησιν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. For ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, as in 2 Pet 28, see s.v. ἐκ. In the account of the excavations at Didyma (Add. der Berl. Akad. d. W. 1911, Anhang, p. 54) mention is made of an inscr. found in the Temple, in which the day of Hadrian’s visit is described as ἱερὰ ἡμέρα, and see Archiv v. p. 342, where it is shown that in all probability from B.C. 30 to the time of Trajan the 24th day of every month was observed as a ἡμέρα Σεβαστή in memory of the birth of Augustus on 24 Thoth B.c. 30. For an invocation to the god of the day see Wiinsch 47 47° (ii1/a.D.) ὁρ[κί]ζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἧς σε ὀρκίζω Αὠαβαωθ. MGr ἡμέρα may suffer aphaeresis and become μέρα. For the adj. ἡμερινός, cf. P Lond τ177}Ὁ5 (A.p. 113) (=I. p. 185) βοηλάτας ἡμερινοὺς δ, and the same document for ἡμερεύω and ἡμερήσιος. See also εὐημερέω, “bene me habeo,” in P Amh 11. 39° (b.c. 103) δι[ὰ πα]ντὸς εὐημερεῖν, and the subst. in P Leid Di (B.c. 162) εὐημερία, καὶ ἐν τοῖς [πράγμασιν εὐ]τυχία, | | |
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἡμέρα (hēmera) — day. ἡμέρα, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἡμέρη [Refs], Doric dialect ἀμέρα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Locrian dialect ἀμάρα [Refs] (aspirated perhaps only in Attic dialect and West Ionic dialect, compare ἐπάμερος [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; usually unaspirated in early Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs]; aspirated in codices even in dialects: original ἀμέρα probably took aspirate from ἑσπέρα): ἡ:—day, less frequently than ἦμαρ in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς νύ μοι ἡ. ἥδ; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆνές τε καὶ ἡ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ σήμερον ἡ., see at {σήμερον· ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ} or ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ at daybreak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. διέλαμψεν, ἐξέλαμψεν, ὑπέφαινε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἡ. ὀψέ late in the day, [Refs]
2. sometimes like Epic dialect ἦμαρ, with adjectives to describe a state or time of life, ἐπίπονος ἁ. a life of misery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λυπρὰν ἄγειν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐχθρὰ ἡ. [Refs]; παλαιὰ ἁ. old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τερμία ἁ. [Refs]; αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι length of days, [Refs]; νέα ἁ. youth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τῇ πρώτῃ ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῇ τελευταίᾳ ἡ. at the close of life,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζοὴν βλέπουσιν ἡ. look life-like, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
3. poetry for time, ἡ. κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια [Refs 5th c.BC+] in the days of.., [LXX]; ἡ. ἀρχαῖαι[LXX]
4. birthday, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
5. a fixed day, τακτὴ ἡ. [NT]; ῥητὴ ἡ. [NT+1st c.BC+] a human tribunal, [NT]
6. in plural, age, προβεβηκὼς ἐν ταῖς ἡ. [LXX+NT]
II. absolutely usages,
II.1. genitive, τριῶν ἡμερέων within three days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων within a few days, [Refs]; ἄλλης ἡ. another day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς αὐτῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμέρας by day, opposed to νυκτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς.. τῆς ἡ. ἄρτους δ ¯ daily, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δὶς τῆς ἡμέρης ἑκάστης twice every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίς τῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεντάκις τῆς ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατεσθίω.. τῆς ἡ. πένθ᾽ ἡμιμέδιμνα five every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. _dative_, τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ,= σήμερον, (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1283; τῇ τόθ᾽ ἡ [prev. author] “El.” 1134.
II.3. _accusative_, πᾶσαν ἡ. any day, i.e. soon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ᾽ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλην τὴν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρίτην ἡ. ἥκων two days after one's arrival, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέντε ἡμέρας during five days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἡ. in the daytime, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἡ. daily, [LXX]
III. with Preps., μίαν ἀν᾽ ἁμέραν on one day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡ. every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφ᾽ ἡμέρας τῆς νῦν from this day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀφ᾽ ἡμέρας γίνεσθαι ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ from early in the day, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], the whole day long, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τρίτης ἡ. every other day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ πολλῶν ἡ. at a distance of many days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰσ ἡμέραν yearly, [LXX]; ἐν ἡμέρῃ in a single day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇδ᾽ ἐν ἡ. [Refs]; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡ. [NT]; ἐν ἑστέραισιν ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ὀκτὼ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐν τρισὶν ἡ. within three days, [NT]; ἐξ ἡμέρας by day, οὔτε νυκτὸς οὔτ᾽ ἐξ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας day after day, [NT+4th c.AD+]; ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρην ἔχειν, ἐφ᾽ -ραν χρῆσθαι, sufficient for the day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τοὐφ᾽ ἡμέραν day by day, [Refs] every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡμέραν by day, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡ. τὴν νῦν to-day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but καθ᾽ ἡ. commonly means day by day, [Refs]; καθ᾽ ἡ. ἀεί [[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ καθ᾽ ἡ. every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἡμέρην in broad daylight, opposed to νυκτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας some days after, [LXX]; ἡμέρα παρ᾽ ἡμέραν γιγνομένη day following on day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but παρ᾽ ἡμέραν every other day, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; πρὸ ἡμέρας before day-break, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but πρὸ ἀμερᾶν δέκα ἤ κα μέλλωντι ἀναγινώσκεν [Refs]; πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ εἰδυῶν Ὀκτωμβρίων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; γίγνεται, ἔστι πρὸς ἡμέραν, towards day, near day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, for the day, daily, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. as proper name, the goddess of day, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.2. see at {ἥμερος} [Refs]