ὥρα, ὥρας, ἡ, from Homer down, the Sept. for ςΕϊ and in Daniel for ωΘΡςΘδ; 1. a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year; of the seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter, as ὥρα τοῦ θέρους, πρώϊμος καί ὄψιμος, χειμερια, etc.; often in the Greek writings (cf. Liddell and Scott, under A. I. 1 c., and on the inherent force of the word especially Schmidt, chapter 44 § 6f). 2. the daytime (bounded by the rising and the setting of the sun), a day: ὥρα παρῆλθεν, Mat_14:15; ἤδη ὥρας πολλῆς γενομένης (or γινομένης) (A. V. when the day was now far spent), Mar_6:35 (see πολύς, c. (but note that in the example from Polybius there cited πολλῆς ὥρας means early)); ὀψίας (ὀψέ T Tr marginal reading WH text) ἤδη οὔσης τῆς ὥρας (WH marginal reading brackets τῆς ὥρας), Mar_11:11 (ὀψέ τῆς ὥρας, Polybius 3, 83, 7; τῆς ὥρας ἐγιγνετο ὀψέ, Demosthenes, p. 541, 28). 3. a twelfth part of the daytime, an hour (the twelve hours of the day are reckoned from the rising to the setting of the sun, Joh_11:9 (cf. BB. DD., under the word Hour; Riehm's HWB, under the word Uhr)): Mat_24:36; Mat_25:13; Mar_13:32; Mar_15:25; Mar_15:33; Luk_22:59; Luk_23:44; Joh_1:39(40); ; with τῆς ἡμέρας added, Act_2:15; of the hours of the night, Luk_12:39; Luk_22:59; with τῆς νυκτός added, Act_16:33; Act_23:23; dative ὥρα, in stating the time when (Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; Buttmann, § 133, 26): Mat_24:44; Mar_15:34; Luk_12:39 f; preceded by ἐν, Mat_24:50; Joh_4:52; Act_16:33; accusative to specify when (Winers Grammar, § 32, 6; Buttmann, § 131, 11): Joh_4:52; Act_10:3; 1Co_15:30; Rev_3:3; also to express duration (Winers Grammar, and Buttmann's Grammar, at the passages cited): Mat_20:12 (cf. ποιέω, I. 1 a. at the end); ; Mar_14:37; preceded by prepositions: ἀπό, Mat_27:45; Act_23:23; ἕως, Mat_27:45; μέχρι, Act_10:30; περί with the accusative Act_10:9, improperly used for a very short time: μία ὥρα, Rev_18:10 (Rec. ἐν, WH marginal reading accusative), 17 (16), 19; πρός ὥραν (A. V. for a season), Joh_5:35; 2Co_7:8; Gal_2:5 (here A. V. for an hour); Phm_1:15; πρός καιρόν ὥρας (for a short season), 1Th_2:17. 4. any definite time, point of time, moment: Mat_26:45; more precisely defined by a genitive of the thing, Luk_1:10; Luk_14:17; Rev_3:10; Rev_14:7; Rev_14:15; by a genitive of the person the fit or opportune time for one, Luk_22:53; Joh_2:4; by a pronoun or an adjective: ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα (A. V. this present hour), 1Co_4:11; ἐσχάτῃ ὥρα, the last hour i. e. the end of this age and very near the return of Christ from heaven (see ἔσχατος, 1, p. 253b), 1Jn_2:18 (cf. Westcott at the passage); αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρα, that very hour, Luk_2:38 (here A. V. (not R. V.) that instant); ; Act_16:18; Act_22:13; ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρα, in that very hour, Luk_7:21 (R G L text); ; ἐν τῇ ὥρα ἐκείνῃ, Mat_8:13; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρα, Mat_10:19 (Lachmann brackets the clause); Mar_13:11; (Luk_7:21 L marginal reading T Tr WH); Rev_11:13; ἀπ' ἐκείνης τῆς ὥρας, Joh_19:27; ἀπό τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης, Mat_9:22; Mat_15:28; Mat_17:18; by a conjunction: ὥρα ὅτε, Joh_4:21; Joh_4:23; Joh_5:25'; ; ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2 d.), Joh_12:23; Joh_13:1; Joh_16:2; Joh_16:32; by καί and a finite verb, Mat_26:45; by a relative pronoun ὥρα ἐν ἤ, Joh_5:28; by the addition of an accusative with an infinitive Rom_13:11 (οὔπω ὥρα συναχθῆναι τά κτήνη, Gen_29:7; see examples in the Greek writings, from Aeschylus down, in Passow, under the word, vol. ii., p. 2620a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. I. 3); so the Latintempus est, Cicero, Tusc. 1, 41, 99; ad Attic 10, 8). Owing to the context ὥρα sometimes denotes the fatal hour, the hour of death: Mat_26:45; Mar_14:35; Mar_14:41; Joh_12:27; Joh_16:4 (here L Tr WH read ἡ ὥρα αὐτῶν i. e. the time when these predictions are fulfilled); ; ἡ ὥρα τίνος, 'one's hour', i. e. the time when one must undergo the destiny appointed him by God: so of Christ, Joh_7:30; Joh_8:20, cf. Joh_16:21. (On the omission of the word see ἐξαυτῆς (ἀφ' ἧς? cf., p. 58b top), Winers Grammar, § 64, 5, under the word; Buttmann, 82 (71); on the omission of the article with it (e. g. 1Jn_2:18), see Winers Grammar, § 19, under the word).

ὥρα hōra 106x a limited portion of time, marked out by part of a settled routine or train of circumstances; a season of the year; time of day, Mat_14:15 ; Mar_6:35 ; Mar_11:11 ; an hour, Mat_20:3 ; Joh_11:9 ; in NT an eventful season, 1Jn_2:18 (2x); Rev_3:10 ; Rev_14:7 ; due time, Joh_16:21 ; Rom_13:11 ; a destined period, hour, Mat_26:45 ; Mar_14:35 ; Joh_2:4 ; Joh_7:30 ; a short period, Mat_26:40 ; Joh_5:35 ; 2Co_7:8 ; Gal_2:5 ; 1Th_2:17 ; Phm_1:15 ; a point of time, time, Mat_8:13 ; Mat_24:42 ; Luk_2:38 hour.

ὥρα , -ας , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H6256 and in Da for H8160 ;] 1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp . a season ( Hom ., Hdt ., Plat ., al ). 2. A part of the day, and esp . a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Mat_24:36 , Mar_13:32 , Act_10:3 , al. ; accus. in ans. to "when"? ( M , Pr., 63, 245; Bl., § 34, 8), Joh_4:52 , Act_10:3 ; Act_10:30 , 1Co_15:30 , Rev_3:3 ; acc of duration, Mat_20:12 ; Mat_26:40 , Mar_14:37 ; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν , for a season, for a time, Joh_5:35 , 2Co_7:8 , Gal_2:5 ; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας , for a short season ( ICC , in l ), 1Th_2:17 . 3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Mat_26:45 ; c . gen . rei , Luk_1:10 ; Luk_14:17 , Rev_3:10 , al. ; c . gen . pers ., Luk_22:53 , Joh_2:4 ; Joh_7:30 , al. ; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα , 1Co_4:11 ; ἐσχάτη ὥ ., 1Jn_2:18 ; seq . ὅτε , Joh_4:21 ; Joh_4:23 ; Joh_5:25 ; Joh_16:25 ; ἵνα , Joh_12:23 , al. ; c . acc et inf ., Rom_13:11 ( cf. DB , ext., 475b, 476b).

ὥρα [page 702] (1) an hour : P Oxy II. 235 .7 (A.D. 20 50) ὥρᾳ τετάρτῃ τῆς νυκτός , P Ryl II. 234 .3 (ii/A.D.) ὡρᾷ ᾱ , at the first hour, P Hamb I. 96 .3 (date of a horoscope A.D. 145) ὀγδόου Ἀντωνείνου Φαρμοῦτι κατ᾽ ἀρχαίους ιδ̄ ὥρᾳ τρίτῃ νυκτός , P Ryl II.IO9 .11 (A.D. 235) τῇ κ̄η̄ τοῦ ὄντος Μεσορὴ μηνὸς ὥρας ἀρχομένης τετάρτης , and P Oxy IX, 1214 .7 (v/A.D.) ὥρ (ας ) ζ̄ , at 7 o clock. With ἡ ὥρα = the fatal hour, as in Mat_26:45 , cf. P Leid W vii. 27 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II.p.103) βοήθησον ἐν ἀνάγκαις , ἐλεήμων ἐν ὥραις βιαίος ( l. βιαίαις ). (2) As the hour was the shortest period of time known to the ancients, ὥρα came to be used much as we use in one second, in one moment, instantly, e.g. P Tebt II. 411 .1 (ii/A.D.) ἅμα τῷ λαβεῖν μου τὴν ἐπιστολὴν αὐτῇ ὥρᾳ ἄνελθε , immediately after receiving my letter, come up instantly (Edd.), and similarly P Oxy IX. 1193 .2 (iv/A.D.) : cf. Luk_2:38 , and for the added significance that this usage gives to Rev_17:12 see Ramsay Teaching , p. 57. In P Iand I. 421 (vi/A.D.) ὥρᾳ = now stands alone : the editor can supply no parallel. For the ace. denoting a point of time, as in Joh_4:52 , Rev_3:3 , cf. BGU IV. 1079 .11 (A.D. 41) (= Selections p. 39) ἀκολούθει δὲ Πτολλαρίωνι πᾶσαν ὥραν , stick to Ptollarion constantly, and see Proleg. pp. 63, 245. (3) The word = age inP Lond 24 .11 (B.C. 163) (= I.p.32, UPZ i. p.117), where a mother represents that her daughter Tathemis has reached the age when circumcision was usual τὴν Ταθῆμιν ὥραν ἔχειν ὡς ἔθος ἐστὶ [ν ] τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις περι [[τε ]]τέμνεσθαι , and similarly in P Ryl II. 101 .6 (A.D. 63) a request for the examination of a youth ὥραν [ἔχοντα τῆς εἰς το ]ὺς ἐφή [β ]ους εἰσκρίσεως , having reached the age for admission as an ephebus (Edd.). For prepositional phrases we may cite the following P Oxy III. 523 .4 (ii/A.D.) (=a Selections , p. 97) an invitation to dinner ἐν τοῖς Κλαυδ (ίου ) Σαραπίω (νος ) τῆι ις̄ ἀπὸ ὥρας θ̄ , in the house of Claudius Serapion on the 16th at 9 o clock : ib. VI. 935 .17 (iii/A.D.) διὸ γ̣[ράφ ]ω σοι . . . διὰ ὥρας γράφ [ῃς ] μο [ι ] π [ε ]ρὶ τούτου , I write to you therefore to ask you to write to me at once about him (?) (Edd.) : ib. I. 41 .29 (iii/iv A.D.) ἰς ( l. εἰς ) ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν , Hurrah for all who love the city (Edd.) : BGU IV. 1208 .41 (B.C. 27 26) ἐν τῆι ὥραι ἐπεχώρ̣ησεν : P Oxy XVI. 1844 .1 (vi/vii A.D.) εὐθέως καὶ κατ᾽ αὐτὴν τὴν ὥραν , immediately and at the very moment : P Lips I. 105 .7 (i/ii A.D.) (= Chrest. I. p. 276) ὃν μετὰ μίαν ὥραν πέμψω , which ( sc. a reckoning ) I shall send within an hour : P Oxy IV. 804 (horoscope A.D. 4) περὶ ὥρα (ν ) γ̄ τῆς ἡμέρα (ς ), ib , VII. 1114 .24 (A.D. 237) περὶ ὥραν τρίτην , at the third hour of the day (Ed.) : P Gen I. 52 .4 ( c. A.D. 346) χαρτίον καθαρὸν μὴ εὑρὼν πρὸς τὴν ὥραν εἰς τοῦ [τ ]ον̣ ἔγραψα , not having found a clean sheet of paper at the moment, I wrote on this : and P Oxy II. 396 (late i/A.D.) ἐπεὶ δὲ μετρίως εἶχε ὑπὸ τὴν ὥραν ἐνεσημάνθη οὐκ εἴσχυσέ σοι γρ [ά ]ψαι .

ὥρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה ;] __1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.). __2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Mat.24:36, Mrk.13:32, Act.10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 215; Bl., §34, 8), Jhn.4:52, Act.10:3, 30 1Co.15:30, Rev.3:3; accusative of duration, Mat.20:12 26, Mrk.14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν, for a season, for a time, Jhn.5:35, 2Co.7:8, Gal.2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, for a short season (ICC, in l.), 1Th.2:17. __3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Mat.26:45; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.1:10 14:17, Rev.3:10, al.; with genitive of person(s), Luk.22:53, Jhn.2:4 7:30, al.; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα, 1Co.4:11; ἐσχάτη ὥ., 1Jn.2:18; before ὅτε, Jhn.4:21, 23 5:25 16:25; ἵνα, Jhn.12:23, al.; with accusative and inf., Rom.13:11 (cf. DB, ext., 475b 476b). (AS)