yôwm

/yome/

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)

Quick Facts

Strong's Number: H3117
Hebrew: יוֹם
Transliteration: yôwm
Pronunciation: /yome/
KJV Translations: 40 distinct renderings
Language: Biblical Hebrew

Definition & Etymology

Full 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)

Derivation

from an unused root meaning to be hot;

KJV Translation Breakdown

This Hebrew word is translated as the following in the King James Version:

age[phrase] always[phrase] chronicalscontinually(-ance)daily((birth-)eachto) day(now atwo) days (agone)[phrase] elderend[phrase] evening[phrase] (for) ever(-lasting-more)fulllifeas (so) long as (... live)(even) now[phrase] old[phrase] outlived[phrase] perpetuallypresently[phrase] remainethrequiredseasonsincespacethen(process of) time[phrase] as at other times[phrase] in troubleweather(as) when(athewithin a) while (that)whole ([phrase] age)(full) year(-ly)[phrase] younger