Day

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: day, days. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “day” or one of its forms.

• יוֹם yôm1,598
• ἡμέρα hēméra322
• יוֹמָם yômâm48
• מׇחֳרָת mochŏrâth27
• חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh25
• כֹּל kôl22
• ἐπαύριον epaúrion17
• יוֹם yôm12
• זֶה zeh7
• σήμερον sḗmeron6
• παρασκευή paraskeuḗ5
• שֵׁנִי shênî4

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• יוֹם yômdaytranslated this way 1,598 times of its 2,013 uses · Strong’s H3117Noun  ·  Translated: day 1,009, days 524, today 141, time 72

  Genesis 1:5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.

  Exodus 2:11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

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• יוֹמָם yômâmdaytime, by daytranslated this way 48 times of its 51 uses · Strong’s H3119Adverb  ·  Translated: day 48, daytime 1, broad daylight 1, daily 1

  Exodus 13:21 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

  Leviticus 8:35 You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

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• מׇחֳרָת mochŏrâththe morrowtranslated this way 27 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s H4283Noun  ·  Translated: next day 20, day 7, next 3, next morning 2

  Genesis 19:34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

  Exodus 9:6 And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

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• חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh(newness), new moon, monthtranslated this way 25 times of its 254 uses · Strong’s H2320Noun  ·  Translated: month 165, months 31, day 18, New Moon 11

  Genesis 8:5 And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

  Exodus 40:17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 22 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
• יוֹם yômdaytranslated this way 12 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H3118Noun  ·  Translated: days 9, day 3, times 2, daily 1

  Ezra 6:15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

  Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

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• זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 7 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27

  Exodus 12:3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.

  Leviticus 23:27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.

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• שֵׁנִי shênîsecondtranslated this way 4 times of its 147 uses · Strong’s H8145Number  ·  Translated: second 91, other 20, another 13, second time 7

  Numbers 1:1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

  2 Chronicles 30:15 And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

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• רִאשׁוֹן rishônformer, first, chieftranslated this way 4 times of its 171 uses · Strong’s H7223Adjective  ·  Translated: first 85, beginning 10, former 9, former things 6

  Joshua 4:19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

  2 Chronicles 29:17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 4 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
• חֲמִישִׁי chămîshîfifthtranslated this way 3 times of its 45 uses · Strong’s H2549Number  ·  Translated: fifth 40, day of the fifth 3, five-sided 1, fifth month 1

  2 Kings 25:8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

  Ezra 7:9 He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.

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• אַרְבַּע arbafourtranslated this way 3 times of its 247 uses · Strong’s H702Number  ·  Translated: four 161, fourteenth 20, fourteen 17, fourth 5

  Ezra 6:19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.

  Esther 9:17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.

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• עֶשְׂרִים esrîm(a) twentytranslated this way 3 times of its 228 uses · Strong’s H6242Number  ·  Translated: twenty 107, twenty-five 20, 24 000 13, twenty-two 11

  Ezra 10:9 So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

  Haggai 2:1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

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• שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbâthônsabbath observance, sabbatismtranslated this way 2 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H7677Noun  ·  Translated: complete rest 8, day of complete rest 1, day of rest 1, and 1

  Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

  Leviticus 23:24 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.

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• קֹדֶשׁ qôdeshsacred, sanctitytranslated this way 2 times of its 437 uses · Strong’s H6944Noun  ·  Translated: holy 192, sanctuary 42, sacred 31, according to the sanctuary 24

  Exodus 35:2 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

  Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

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• שָׁנֶה shânehyeartranslated this way 2 times of its 612 uses · Strong’s H8141Noun  ·  Translated: years 295, year 255, years old 20, two years 7

  Numbers 14:34 In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years — a year for each day — and you will experience My alienation.

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• אֶחָד echâdonetranslated this way 2 times of its 855 uses · Strong’s H259Number  ·  Translated: one 278, first 43, and one 43, a 36

  Deuteronomy 1:2 It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.

  Deuteronomy 1:3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.

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• עַד adas far as, even to, up to, until, whiletranslated this way 2 times of its 1,111 uses · Strong’s H5704Preposition  ·  Translated: until 348, to 278, far 48, forever 43

  Joshua 9:27 On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.

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• שִׁמְשׁוֹן ShimshônSamsontranslated this way 2 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s H8123Noun  ·  Translated: Samson 32, day samson 2, Samson's 2, because 1

  Judges 14:1 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.

  Judges 16:1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.

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• עַתָּה attâhnowtranslated this way 2 times of its 428 uses · Strong’s H6258Adverb  ·  Translated: now 178, therefore 47, and now 41, but now 31

  2 Kings 13:23 But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

  Micah 4:7 And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

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• עֲשִׂירִי ăsîrîtenthtranslated this way 2 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s H6224Number  ·  Translated: tenth 23, tenth month 2, day of the tenth 2, along with a tenth 1Full study and all 25 verses →
• שְׁנַיִם shenayimtwotranslated this way 2 times of its 642 uses · Strong’s H8147Number  ·  Translated: two 364, twelve 68, both 33, 12 25Full study and all 550 verses →
• עָשָׂר âsârtentranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H6240Number  ·  Translated: seventeen 1, Happizzez 1, men 1, days of the month 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• עֵת êthtimetranslated this way 2 times of its 270 uses · Strong’s H6256Noun  ·  Translated: time 182, times 22, season 10, when 6Full study and all 237 verses →
• אַחֲרִית achărîthafter-part, endtranslated this way 2 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H319Noun  ·  Translated: end 21, future 6, latter 5, come 4Full study and all 60 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ἡμέρα hēméraa daytranslated this way 322 times of its 368 uses · Strong’s G2250Noun  ·  Translated: day 186, days 131, time 19, daily 7Full study and all 353 verses →
• ἐπαύριον epaúriontomorrowtranslated this way 17 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s G1887Adverb  ·  Translated: next day 16, following day 1Full study and all 17 verses →
• σήμερον sḗmerontoday, nowtranslated this way 6 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s G4594Adverb  ·  Translated: today 30, day 6, very 2, today's 1Full study and all 39 verses →
• παρασκευή paraskeuḗthe day before the Sabbathtranslated this way 5 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G3904Noun  ·  Translated: day of preparation 3, Preparation Day 2, Preparation 1Full study and all 6 verses →
• δέ début, on the other hand, andtranslated this way 3 times of its 1,642 uses · Strong’s G1161Conjunction  ·  Translated: but 784, and 340, now 117, then 101Full study and all 1,541 verses →
• αὔριον aúriontomorrowtranslated this way 3 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G839Adverb  ·  Translated: tomorrow 11, next day 3Full study and all 13 verses →

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.