Word Study

The meaning of יוֹם

Understanding yôwm reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H3117
Hebrew Text
Strong's Concordance

יוֹם

Phoneticyome
Transliterationyôwm
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger. - 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) 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

1879 total references
ReferenceText
Genesis 24:42

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

Ruth 4:5

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Ezra 8:33

Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

Song of Solomon 4:6

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Joel 2:29

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences
1879x
Most Frequent Book
Deuteronomy
Book Distribution
Genesis137
Exodus82
Leviticus87
Numbers87
Deuteronomy146
Joshua62
Judges62
Ruth7
1 Samuel131
2 Samuel60
1 Kings77
2 Kings50
1 Chronicles33
2 Chronicles58
Ezra16
Nehemiah42
Esther37
Job50
Psalms106
Proverbs29
Ecclesiastes22
Song of Solomon4
Isaiah110
Jeremiah121
Lamentations17
Ezekiel85
Daniel20
Hosea23
Joel10
Amos17
Obadiah6
Jonah3
Micah13
Nahum4
Habakkuk2
Zephaniah14
Haggai6
Zechariah36
Malachi7

Devotional Reflection

How does the original Hebrew meaning of 'יוֹם' deepen your understanding of Genesis 24:42?

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