Strongs Number: H3117
| Hebrew Word: | יוֹם |
| Transliteration: | yôwm |
| Phonetic: | yome |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
| BDB Definition: |
1. day, time, year a. day (as opposed to night) b. day (24 hour period) 1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 2. as a division of time 1b c. a working day, a day's journey d. days, lifetime (pl.) e. time, period (general) f. year g. temporal references 1. today 2. yesterday 3. tomorrow |
| Origin: | From an unused root meaning to be hot |
| Bible Usage: | {age} + {always} + {chronicles} continually ({-ance}) {daily} ({[birth-]} {each} to) {day} (now {a} two) days ({agone}) + {elder} X-(idiom) {end} + {evening} + (for) ever ({-lasting} {-more}) X-(idiom) {full} {life} as (so) long as (. . . {live}) (even) {now} + {old} + {outlived} + {perpetually} {presently} + {remaineth} X-(idiom) {required} {season} X-(idiom) {since} {space} {then} (process of) {time} + as at other {times} + in {trouble} {weather} (as) {when} ({a} {the} within a) while ({that}) X-(idiom) whole (+ {age}) (full) year ({-ly}) + younger. |