ἡμέρα

ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם ;]

day;

1. as distinct from night: genitive ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Åb 21,25 ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ̔ἡ.), ApG 9,24, 1 Thess 2,9, 2 Thess 3,8, Åb 4,8 (BL, §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης, at mid-day, ApG 26,13 accusative durat., τ. ἡμέρας, Luk 21,37 ὅλην τὴν ἡ., Rom 8,36 ἐν ἡμέρα, Joh 11,9, Rom 13,13; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Luk 2,44 ἡ. γίνεται, Luk 4,42; 22,66; κλίνει, Luk 9,12, al.; metaphorically, Joh 9,4, Rom 13,12, 1 Thess 5,4, 5 8, 2 Pet 1,19,

2. Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Matt 6,34, Mark 6,21, Luk 13,14, al.; τρίτῃ ἡ., Matt 16,21 ἡμέρᾳ κ. ἡ. (cf. יוֹם בְּיוֹם, Est 3,4), 2 Kor 4,16; ὅλην τ. ἡ., Rom 8,36; 10,21; pl., Joh 2,12, ApG 9,19, al.; ἡ. τῶν ἀζύμων, ApG 12,3 τ. σαββάτου, Luk 13,14, 16; ἡ κυριάκη ἡ., Åb 1,10,

3. In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ. (ἐκείνη, τ. κυρίου, etc.), Matt 7,22, Luk 6,23, Rom 13,12, 1 Kor 1,8, 1 Thess 5,2, 2 Thess 2,2, 2 Pet 3,10, al; by meton., as compared with the divine judgment on that day, ἡ. ἀνθρωπίνη, of a human tribunal, 1 Kor 4,3 (EV, man's judgment).

4. As in Heb. (also in Gk. writers; Bl, §46, 9; M, Pr., 81), of time in general: Joh 8,56; 14,20, 2 Kor 6,2, Ef 6,13, 2 Pet 3,18; pl. ApG 15,7, Ef 5,16, Hebr 10,32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ. (cf. כָּל הַיָּמִים, 5 Mos 4,40, al.; MM, Exp., xv), Matt 28,20 ἐλεύσονται ἡ. ὅταν (ὅτε), Matt 9,15, Mark 2,20, Luk 5,35; 17,22; αἱ ἡ., with genitive of person(s) (1 Mos 26,1, al.), Matt 2,1, Luke 1,5, ApG 7,45, 1 Pet 3,20; ἀρχ̀ ἡμερῶν, Hebr 7,3,