Strong's Hebrew · H3117
H3117 yôwm
יוֹם
yome
day
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yôwm appears 2,298 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:5 and Genesis 1:8. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
In the King James Version
age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.
Derivation
from an unused root meaning to be hot;
Appears 2,298 times in Scripture
“God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
“And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.”
“to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.”
“God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.”
“And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.”
“God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.”
“And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.”
“And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
