ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם;]
day; 1)
as distinct from night: genitive ἡμέρας,
by day (WM, §30, 11), Rev.21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ̔ἡ.), Act.9:24, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8, Rev.4:8 (BL, §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης,
at mid-day, Act.26:13; accusative durat, τ. ἡμέρας, Luk.21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ, Rom.8:36; ἐν ἡμέρα, Jhn.11:9, Rom.13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός,
a day's journey, Luk.2:44; ἡ. γίνεται, Lk 4:42 22:66; κλίνει, Luk.9:12, al; metaphorically, Jhn.9:4, Rom.13:12, 1Th.5:4, 5 8, 2Pe.1:19. 2) Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Mat.6:34, Mrk.6:21, Luk.13:14, al; τρίτῃ ἡ, Mat.16:21; ἡμέρᾳ κ. ἡ. (cf. יוֹם בְּיוֹם, Est.3:4), 2Co.4:16; ὅλην τ. ἡ, Rom.8:36 10:21; pl, Jhn.2:12, Act.9:19, al; ἡ. τῶν ἀζύμων, Act.12:3; τ. σαββάτου, Luk.13:14, 16; ἡ κυριάκη ἡ, Rev.1:10. 3)
In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ. (ἐκείνη, τ. κυρίου, etc.), Mat.7:22, Luk.6:23, Rom.13:12, 1Co.1:8, 1Th.5:2, 2Th.2:2, 2Pe.3:10, al; by meton, as compared with the divine judgment on that day, ἡ. ἀνθρωπίνη, of a human
tribunal, 1Co.4:3 (EV,
man's judgment). 4) As in Heb. (also in Gk. writers; Bl, §46, 9; M,
Pr., 81), of time in general: Jhn.8:56 14:20, 2Co.6:2, Eph.6:13, 2Pe.3:18; pl. Act.15:7, Eph.5:16, Heb.10:32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ. (cf. כָּל הַיָּמִים, Deu.4:40, al; MM,
Exp., xv), Mat.28:20; ἐλεύσονται ἡ. ὅταν (ὅτε), Mat.9:15, Mrk.2:20, Luk.5:35 17:22; αἱ ἡ, with genitive of person(s) (Gen.26:1, al.), Mat.2:1, Luk.1:5, Act.7:45, 1Pe.3:20; ἀρχ̀ ἡμερῶν, Heb.7:3. (
AS)