What is the Strong's number for Hemera?

The Strong's number for Hemera (ἡμέρα) is G2250. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Hemera (Strong’s G2250): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Hemera mean?

Hemera (ἡμέρα, Strong's G2250) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context). The King James Bible translates it as age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

Hemera (ἡμέρα) is the Greek word numbered G2250 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context). In the King James Bible it is translated age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever.

ἡμέρα

hēméra · Greek

Strong’s G2250 · hay-mer'-ah

Original wordἡμέρα
Transliterationhēméra
Pronunciationhay-mer'-ah
Strong’s numberG2250
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)

Derivation. feminine (with G5610 implied) of a derivative of (to sit; akin to the base of G1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle;

How the King James Bible translates it

age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

Where Hemera appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Hemera (G2250) stands behind 410 English renderings in 362 verses across 23 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Acts (94), Luke (88), Matthew (49).

How the King James Bible renders Hemera, by count

day177 of 410 (43 percent)
days134 of 410 (33 percent)
daily18 of 410 (4 percent)
the18 of 410 (4 percent)
the days17 of 410 (4 percent)
the day12 of 410 (3 percent)

Three places to read Hemera

Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Luke 18:33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
Acts 24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Hemera in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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