Words the Bible translates as time
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 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
- kairosκαιρόςthe right moment: a stretch of time defined by what it is fit for
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- the appointed time: the moment God has set for a decisive event
- etעֵתthe right or appointed time: the particular moment when something is due, fitting, or destined to happen.
- chronosχρόνοςtime measured as a stretch: how much of it passes, how long something lasts
- hōraὥραa fixed point or stretch of time: an hour, a time of day, or the right moment for something
- pa'amפַּעַםa time: a single instance of something happening, counted out and often added up
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- a foot, or the step a foot makes: the tread of a person walking, often used of the path one's life takes
- a pedestal-foot: one of the cast metal corner-feet that the ark and other holy furniture rested on
- 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
- iddanעִדָּןa set stretch of time: a period or moment with a fixed term, its length decided by the situation rather than by the word
- zemanזְמַןa set time: the point or stretch of time marked out for something to happen
- zemanזְמָןa fixed or appointed time: a set date or period decided in advance, rather than time in general
- monehמֹנֶהtimenot studied yet
- ophenאֹפֶן(right) timenot studied yet
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