The word in Scripture

Hour in the Bible

The word hour appears 94 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The hour is the appointed time of God's purposes. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What hour means in the Bible

The hour is the appointed time of God's purposes.

Where the word hour appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word hour appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?”Matthew 26:40

“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”Matthew 27:45

“And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.”Luke 23:44

“And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,”Luke 24:33

“Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.”John 4:6

“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,”John 5:28

“To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.”Galatians 2:5

“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”Revelation 8:1