Words the Bible translates as day
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hēmeraἡμέραday: the stretch of daylight, a single dated day, or a span of time, including the appointed day when God acts in judgment and salvation.
- yomיוֹםday: a bounded stretch of time seen as a whole, whether the daylight hours, one date on the calendar, or a whole span of living
- shaḥarשַׁחַרdawn: the first light of day, the moment darkness begins to give way to morning
- yomיוֹםa day: the unit by which dates are fixed and lengths of time are counted, and in the plural a whole span of days such as a reign or an age
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