יוֹם
day
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
Every verse where H3117 appears in the Book of Isaiah — 110 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:1 בִּ/ימֵ֨י prep + n c mp cs The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Isaiah 2:2 הַ/יָּמִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be raised above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.
- Isaiah 2:11 בַּ/יּ֥וֹם prep det + n c ms The lofty looks of man will be brought low, The haughtiness of men will be bowed down, And Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:12 י֞וֹם n c ms For there will be a day of Yahweh of Hosts for all that is proud and haughty, And for all that is lifted up; And it shall be brought low:
- Isaiah 2:17 בַּ/יּ֥וֹם prep det + n c ms The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:20 בַּ/יּ֤וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, And their idols of gold, Which have been made for themselves to worship, To the moles and to the bats;
- Isaiah 3:7 בַ/יּ֨וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer; For in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.
- Isaiah 3:18 בַּ/יּ֨וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
- Isaiah 4:1 בַּ/יּ֤וֹם prep det + n c ms Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach."
- Isaiah 4:2 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day, Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.
- Isaiah 5:30 בַּ/יּ֥וֹם prep det + n c ms They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
- Isaiah 7:1 בִּ/ימֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs It happened in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
- Isaiah 7:17 יָמִים֙ לְ/מִ/יּ֥וֹם n c mp prep + prep + n c ms cs Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 7:18 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
- Isaiah 7:20 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
- Isaiah 7:21 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
- Isaiah 7:23 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.
- Isaiah 9:4 כְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 9:14 י֥וֹם n c ms Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
- Isaiah 10:3 לְ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?
- Isaiah 10:17 בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
- Isaiah 10:20 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and those who are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
- Isaiah 10:27 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that his burden shall depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.
- Isaiah 10:32 הַ/יּ֖וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 11:10 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the peoples, to him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
- Isaiah 11:11 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 11:16 בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs There shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
- Isaiah 12:1 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day you will say, "I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
- Isaiah 12:4 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day you will say, "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Isaiah 13:6 י֣וֹם n c ms cs Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
- Isaiah 13:9 יוֹם n c ms cs Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners of it out of it.
- Isaiah 13:13 וּ/בְ/י֖וֹם conj + prep + n c ms cs Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
- Isaiah 13:22 וְ/יָמֶ֖י/הָ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
- Isaiah 14:3 בְּ/י֨וֹם prep + n c ms cs It shall happen in the day that Yahweh shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
- Isaiah 17:4 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
- Isaiah 17:7 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall men look to their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 17:9 בַּ/יּ֨וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.
- Isaiah 17:11 בְּ/י֤וֹם בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs In the day of your planting you hedge it in, and in the morning you make your seed to blossom; but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
- Isaiah 19:16 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall the Egyptians be like women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Hosts, which he shakes over them.
- Isaiah 19:18 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.
- Isaiah 19:19 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall there be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border of it to Yahweh.
- Isaiah 19:21 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms Yahweh shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know Yahweh in that day; yes, they shall worship with sacrifice and offering, and shall vow a vow to Yahweh, and shall perform it.
- Isaiah 19:23 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.
- Isaiah 19:24 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
- Isaiah 20:6 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms The inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
- Isaiah 22:5 יוֹם֩ n c ms cs For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.
- Isaiah 22:8 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms He took away the covering of Judah; and you did look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
- Isaiah 22:12 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day did the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Isaiah 22:20 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
- Isaiah 22:25 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day, says Yahweh of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was on it shall be cut off; for Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 23:7 מִֽ/ימֵי prep + n c mp cs Is this your joyous [city], whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?
- Isaiah 23:15 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם כִּ/ימֵ֖י prep det + n c ms prep + n c mp cs It shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute.
- Isaiah 24:21 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that Yahweh will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
- Isaiah 24:22 יָמִ֖ים n c mp They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
- Isaiah 25:9 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Yahweh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isaiah 26:1 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
- Isaiah 27:1 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 27:2 בַּ/יּ֖וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing you to it.
- Isaiah 27:3 וָ/י֖וֹם conj + n c ms I Yahweh am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
- Isaiah 27:8 בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs In measure, when you send them away, you do contend with them; he has removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
- Isaiah 27:12 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that Yahweh will beat off [his fruit] from the flood of the River to the brook of Egypt; and you shall be gathered one by one, you children of Israel.
- Isaiah 27:13 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms It shall happen in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 28:5 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms In that day will Yahweh of Hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people;
- Isaiah 28:19 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms As often as it passes though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nothing but terror to understand the message.
- Isaiah 28:24 הַ/יּ֔וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms Does he who plows to sow plow continually? does he [continually] open and harrow his ground?
- Isaiah 29:18 בַ/יּוֹם prep det + n c ms In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
- Isaiah 30:8 לְ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
- Isaiah 30:23 בַּ/יּ֥וֹם prep det + n c ms He will give the rain for your seed, with which you shall sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures;
- Isaiah 30:25 בְּ/יוֹם֙ prep + n c ms cs There shall be on every lofty mountain, and on every high hill, brooks [and] streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Isaiah 30:26 הַ/יָּמִ֑ים בְּ/י֗וֹם ptcl def.art + n c mp prep + n c ms Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.
- Isaiah 31:7 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you for a sin.
- Isaiah 32:10 יָמִים֙ n c mp For days beyond a year shall you be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the harvest shall not come.
- Isaiah 34:8 י֥וֹם n c ms cs For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- Isaiah 37:3 יוֹם הַ/יּ֣וֹם n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
- Isaiah 37:26 מִ֥/ימֵי prep + n c mp cs Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be your to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
- Isaiah 38:1 בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים prep det + n c mp In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.
- Isaiah 38:5 יָמֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Go, and tell Hezekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.
- Isaiah 38:10 יָמַ֛/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
- Isaiah 38:12 מִ/יּ֥וֹם prep + n c ms My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night will you make an end of me.
- Isaiah 38:13 מִ/יּ֥וֹם prep + n c ms I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaks all my bones: From day even to night will you make an end of me.
- Isaiah 38:19 הַ/יּ֑וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
- Isaiah 38:20 יְמֵ֥י n c mp cs Yahweh is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 39:6 יָמִ֣ים הַ/יּ֥וֹם n c mp ptcl def.art + n c ms Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 39:8 בְּ/יָמָֽ/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
- Isaiah 43:13 מִ/יּוֹם֙ prep + n c ms Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
- Isaiah 47:9 בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
- Isaiah 48:7 י֖וֹם n c ms They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
- Isaiah 49:8 וּ/בְ/י֥וֹם conj + prep + n c ms cs Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
- Isaiah 51:9 כִּ֣/ימֵי prep + n c mp cs Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
- Isaiah 51:13 הַ/יּ֗וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Isaiah 52:5 הַ/יּ֖וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms Now therefore, what do I here, says Yahweh, seeing that my people is taken away for nothing? those who rule over them do howl, says Yahweh, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
- Isaiah 52:6 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore [they shall know] in that day that I am he who does speak; behold, it is I.
- Isaiah 53:10 יָמִ֑ים n c mp Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.
- Isaiah 56:12 י֣וֹם n c ms Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
- Isaiah 58:2 י֥וֹם יוֹם֙ n c ms n c ms Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
- Isaiah 58:3 בְּ/י֤וֹם prep + n c ms cs Why have we fasted, [say they], and you don't see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.
- Isaiah 58:4 כַ/יּ֔וֹם prep det + n c ms Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
- Isaiah 58:5 י֛וֹם וְ/י֥וֹם n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
- Isaiah 58:13 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking [your own] words:
- Isaiah 60:20 יְמֵ֥י n c mp cs Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
- Isaiah 61:2 וְ/י֥וֹם conj + n c ms cs to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
- Isaiah 62:6 הַ/יּ֧וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
- Isaiah 63:4 י֥וֹם n c ms cs For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
- Isaiah 63:9 יְמֵ֥י n c mp cs In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 63:11 יְמֵֽי n c mp cs Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
- Isaiah 65:2 הַ/יּ֖וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
- Isaiah 65:5 הַ/יּֽוֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
- Isaiah 65:20 יָמִים֙ יָמָ֑י/ו n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
- Isaiah 65:22 כִ/ימֵ֤י יְמֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs n c mp cs They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Isaiah 66:8 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
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The Hebrew noun יום centers on the idea of “day.” Beyond “day” it also covers “time” and “year” — see its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 1,930 verses — among the most common. First canonically at Genesis 1:5, it enters the text early. Related forms include יום, יומם and ים. Dig into 1,930-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H3117 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,930
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,930 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #18
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 18 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Deuteronomy 146 verses 8%
- Genesis 139 verses 7%
- 1 Samuel 131 verses 7%
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- Prophets (Nevi'im) 937 verses · 49%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 542 verses · 28%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 451 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
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- King James Version: Day 944×, Days 484×, All the days 57×
- American Standard Version: Day 856×, Days 470×, All the days 55×
- Berean Standard Bible: Day 937×, Days 504×, Today 132×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Day 910×, Days 591×, Days of 210×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3117 across 2,211 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 239 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 76 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3117 across 2,210 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 298 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3117 across 2,013 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 124 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 284 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3117 across 2,689 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 60 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
33 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 33 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. day, opp. night, Gn 7:4, 12; 8:22 (all J), 31:39, 40 (E), Ex 24:18; 34:28 Nu 11:32(×2) Jos 10:13 (all JE), Dt 9:9, 11, 18, 25; 10:10 (D), Gn 1:5, 14, 16, 18 (P), 1 S 30:12 Ju 19:8, 9(×2), 11 Am 5:8 1 K 8:29; 19:8 Ne 4:16 Ec 8:16; ‖ לִפְנֵי בוֹא־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ 2 S 3:35; חֹם הַיּ׳ Gn 18:1 (J) the heat of the day 1 S 11:11 2 S 4:5; עוֹד הַיּ׳ גָּדוֹל Gn 29:7 (J) the day is still high, not near its end; רוּחַ הַיּ׳ 3:8 cool of the day; מִן־הָאוֹר עַד־מַחֲצִית הַיּ׳ Ne 8:3 from dawn until mid-day; so also prob. of mid-day הוֹלך ואור עַד־נְכוֹן הַיּוֹם Pr 4:18 growing lighter and lighter until the full day; note phr. in Ju 19, עַד־נְטוֹת הַיּ׳ Ju 19:8 until the declining of the day; רָפָה הַיּ׳ לַעֲרוֹב v 9 the day hath sunk down to become evening; חֲנוֹת הַיּ׳ v 9 the declining of the day; הַיּ׳ רַד מְאֹד v 11 the day has gone down exceedingly (is far spent). e.g. Genesis 7:4
- 2. Day as division of time:
- a. working-day Ex 20:9, 10 (E) = Dt 5:13, Ex 16:26, 30(×2) (J), 23:12 (JE), 31:15 (P), Lv 23:3 (H); יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה Ez 46:1. e.g. Exodus 20:9
- b. דֶּרֶךְ יוֹם a day’s journey Nu 11:31(×2) (JE), 1 K 19:4; מַהֲלַךְ יוֹם אֶחָד Jon 3:4; דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים a three days’ journey Gn 30:36 Ex 3:18; 5:3; 8:23 (all J), Nu 10:33(×2) (JE), 33:8 (P); מַהֲלַךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Jon 3:3; so seven days’ journey Gn 31:23 (E), 2 K 3:9; without דֶּרֶךְ etc., שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Ex 15:22 (E) they went three days, etc. e.g. Numbers 11:31
- c. to denote duration of various other acts or states: seven days Gn 7:4, 10; 8:10, 12; forty days 7:17; 8:6 (all J); 150 days 7:24; 8:3 (both P) 1 S 25:38 1 K 8:65(×2) Je 42:7 Ez 4:5, 6 1 Ch 9:25 Ezr 6:22 Est 1:4 etc. In Est 4:16 1 & 2 are combined: וְאַל־תִּשְׁתּוּ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֹם do not eat and do not drink for three days, night or day (v. Zc 14:7 sub 3 infr.) e.g. Genesis 7:4
- d. day as defined by evening and morning Gn 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31 (all P; cf. further בֹּקֶר, עֶרֶב); v. also 2:2(×2), 3 (P), Ex 20:11(×2) (E), 31:17(×2) (P). e.g. Genesis 1:5
- e. day of month (c. num. ordin.), chiefly P and late: Gn 7:11; 8:4, 14 Ex 12:6, 18(×2) +, 1 K 12:32, 33 Ez 45:21, 25 Zc 1:7 Hg 1:1, 15; 2:18 2 Ch 29:17(×2) Ezr 3:6 Ne 8:2; 9:1 Dn 10:4 Est 3:12; 9:1 +; (יוֹם often om. e.g. Gn 8:5, 13 Ex 12:10 2 K 25:1, 3 Ez 1:1, 2 Hg 2:1, 20 Zc 7:1 2 Ch 3:2 Ezr 6:19 Est 3:13, etc.) e.g. Genesis 7:11
- f. יוֹם defined by subst., inf., or other cl.: cstr. יוֹם הַשֶּׁלֶג = the snowy day 2 S 23:20 = 1 Ch 11:22; יוֹם סַגְרִיר Pr 27:15 = rainy d.; יוֹם קָרָה 25:20 = cold d.; (so, = time יוֹם צָרָתִי Gn 35:3 (E) d. of my distress; Je 18:17 La 1:7 Pr 24:10; 25:19; 27:10); יוֹם מוֹתוֹ etc. Ju 13:7 2 S 6:23 2 K 15:5 + often; cf. יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת אֶת־פַּרְעֹה Gn 40:20 (E) = Pharaoh’s birthday; כְּיוֹם הִוָֽלְדָהּ Ho 2:5 cf. Ec 7:1 (v. also 7 d infr.; cf. יוֹמוֹ Jb 3:1), יום חֲתֻנָּה Ct 3:11; of day emphat. characterized by proph. and others יוֹם מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּסָה וּמְבוּכָה Is 22:5 (v. מְהוּמָה sub הום); יוֹם צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה 37:3 = 2 K 19:3; on the other hand יוֹם רָצוֹן לי׳ Is 58:5 a day of acceptableness to י׳; pl. sq. subst. יְמֵי שָׂכִיר Lv 25:50 (H) the days of an hireling; (מִלֻּאֵיכֶם) יְמֵי Lv 8:33 Nu 6:13; sq. rel. cl. אָרוּר הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּדְתִּי בּ֑וֹ יוֹם אֲשֶׂר־יְלָדַתְנִי אִמִּי וגו׳ Je 20:14 cf. Jb 3:3 also ψ 118:24 (v. i). e.g. 2 Samuel 23:20
- g. particular days defined by n.pr.loc.: יוֹם יִזְרְעֶאל Ho 2:2 i.e. of judgment, with implied restoration; v. also Is 9:3 Ez 30:9; יְמֵי הַגִּבְעָה Ho 9:9; 10:9, i.e. of the outrage at Gibeah (Ju 19:22 ff.); יוֹם ירושׁלם ψ 137:7 i.e. of Jerusalem’s calamity, cf. Je 50:27, 31. e.g. Hosea 2:2
- h. c. sf., thy, his, or their day, in sense of (1) day of disaster or death: †בָּא יוֹמְךָ Je 50:31 thy day has come; אוֹ יומו יָבֹא וָמֵת 1 S 26:10; יומו in this sense also Ez 21:30 ψ 37:13 Jb 18:20; †בָּא יוֹמָם Je 50:27 Ez 21:34. e.g. Jeremiah 50:31
- i. specif. a holy day: יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת the sabbath day (v. also שַׁבָּת), Ex 20:8, 11 (E) = Dt 5:12, 15, Ex 31:15; 35:3 +; = יוֹם קָדְשִׁי Is 58:13; repetition בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת Lv 24:8 every sabbath day; also †יוֹם הַכִּפֻּרים Lv 23:27; 25:9; יוֹם כִּפֻּרִים 23:28; יוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים Nu 28:26; יוֹם חַגֵּנוּ ψ 81:4; יוֹם מַלְכֵּנוּ Ho 7:5; also of false gods, יִמֵי הַבְּעָלִים 2:11. e.g. Exodus 20:8
- 3. יוֹם י׳ day of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment, involving often blessedness for righteous (v. RSProph. 396 f. Dr Is 28); Am 5:18(×2), 20 Is 2:12; 13:6, 9 Zp 1:7 (cf. v 8), v 14(×2) (cf. v 15, 16), Je 46:10 Ez 13:5; 30:3 (cf. 36:33; 39:8, 11, 13), Ob 15 Zc 14:1 Mal 3:23 (cf. Zc 14:7 Mal 3:2, 17, 19(×2), 21), Jo 1:15; 2:1, 11 (cf. v 2(×2)), 3:4; 4:14; יוֹם עֶבְרַת י׳ Zp 1:18; יוֹם עֶבְרָה Pr 11:4; יוֹם חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ Is 13:13 La 1:12; יוֹם נָקָם Is 34:8; 61:2; 63:4; יוֹם נְקָמָה Je 46:10; יוֹם אף י׳ Zp 2:2, 3 La 2:22; יוֹם אַפּוֹ La 2:1; cf. also Zc 14:7 (where sense of 1 and 2 are combined, cf. Est 4:16 2 c supr.); וְהָיָה יוֹם־אֶחָד הוּא יִּוָּדַע לי׳ לֹא יוֹם וְלֹא לָ֑יְלָה but there shall be one day, known shall it be of י׳, not day and not night; cf. also ביום ההוא 7 g infr. e.g. Amos 5:18
- 4. Pl. days of any one:
- a. = his life, his age Gn 6:3 (J), Dt 22:19, 29; 23:7 Jos 24:31(×2) (D), Ju 2:7(×2), 18 1 S 25:28, etc.; Gn 5:4, 8, 11; 9:29; 11:32 (all P), Jb 7:1(×2), 6, 16; 8:9 ψ 39:5, 6; 90:9, 10, 12, 14; 103:15; כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ Gn 3:14, 17 (J), ψ 23:6, so Pr 31:12; יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיִּים 2 S 19:35 Gn 25:7; 47:8, 9 (all P); יְמֵי חַיָּיו Ec 5:17, 19; יְמֵי שָׁנָיו 6:3; יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ ψ 90:10; מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם Ec 2:3; מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֹ 6:12 the number of the days of his vain life, i.e. his empty, fleeting years; כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־הֵם חַיִּים עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה 1 K 8:40; יָמִים רַבִּים long life 1 K 3:11 = 2 Ch 1:11; בָּא בַּיָּמִים advanced in days = of advanced age Gn 18:11; 24:1 (both J), Jos 13:1(×2) (JE), 23:1, 2 (D), 1 K 1:1; מִיָּמָיו 1 K 1:6 from his (earliest) days, so מִיָּמֶיךָ 1 S 25:28 (v. Dr), Jb 38:12; שְׂבַע יָמִים Jb 42:17 1 K 8:40; יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ Ex 20:12 (JE) that thy days may be long = Dt 5:16, v. further ארך; יָמִים עַל־יְמֵי־מֶלֶךְ תּוֹסִיף ψ 61:7 i.e. prolong the king’s life; outlive is הֶאֱרִיךְ יָמִים אַחֲרֵי Jos 24:31 (D), Ju 2:7; אֹרֶךְ יָמִים וּשְׁנוֹת חַיִּים Pr 3:2 length of days and years of life; אֹרֶךְ יָמִים v 16, כְּיָמֶיךָ דבאך Dt 33:25 according to (the length of) thy life shall be [thy strength? read רבאך?] v. Di VB; rarely sg. e.g. קְשֵׁה־יוֹם Jb 30:25 one hard of day, i.e. whose day (= life) was hard; of life as approaching its end, וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵי ישׂראל לָמוּת Gn 47:29 (J) and the days of Israel drew near for dying, so Dt 31:14 1 K 2:1 (cf. Jb 7:6, 16; 8:9 Ec 2:3 supr.) e.g. Genesis 6:3
- b. (in) the days of (i.e. life-time, reign, or activity of) Gn 10:25 (J) 14:1 Ju 5:6(×2); 8:28 2 S 21:1 1 K 16:34; 21:29(×2); 22:47 2 K 20:19 2 Ch 13:20; 35:18 + often (so MI6.8.8.9.33). e.g. Genesis 10:25
- c. hence in phr. סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְ 1 K 14:19, 29 + 31 times K, Ne 12:23 Est 2:23; 10:2; מִסְפַּר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים 1 Ch 27:24; סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים Est 6:1. e.g. 1 Kings 14:19
- 5. Days:
- a. indef.: יָמִים אֲחָדִים some days, a few days † Gn 27:44 (J), 29:20 (E), Dn 11:20; יָמִים alone 40:4 (E) they were days (a certain time) in the prison 1 K 17:15 Ne 1:4; עוּל יָמִים Is 65:20 a suckling of (a few) days; מִיָּמִים Ju 11:4 after a time, 15:1; so מִקֵּץ יָמִים Gn 4:3 (J) after the end of days, 1 K 17:7; יוֹם אוֹ יוֹמַיִם Ex 21:21 (JE) a day or two. יָמִים אוֹ עָשׂוֹר Gn 24:55 (J) some day, or ten (days or a dekad; on question of txt. v. Di). e.g. Genesis 27:44
- b. of long time, זֶה יָמִים אוֹ זֶה שָׁנִים 1 S 29:3 these days or these years; אוֹ יֹמַיִם אוֹ חֹדֶשׁ אוֹ יָמִים Nu 9:22 (P) whether two days or a month or days (an indefinitely long period); יָמִים רַבִּים many days Gn 21:34 (JE) 37:34 (J) +; וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִים וגו׳ Gn 38:12 (J) and the days were multiplied (= time passed) and Judah’s wife died, 1 S 7:2; אָֽרְכוּ לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים Gn 26:8 (J) the days were long to him there = he had been there a long time; בְּהַאֲרִיךְ הֶעָנָן … יָמִים רַבִּים Nu 9:19 (P) when the cloud prolonged many days (remained a long time) upon the tabern.—Vid. also 6 infr. e.g. 1 Samuel 29:3
- c. days of old, former or ancient times (especially of early period of Isr. hist.): יְמוֹת עוֹלָם Dt 32:7 (poem); יְמֵי עוֹלם Mi 5:1; 7:14 Is 63:9, 11; יְמֵי קֶדֶם Mi 7:20; יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם ψ 77:6; 143:5; cf. הַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים Ec 7:10; coming days הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים Ec 2:16; coming time יוֹם אַחֲרוֹן Pr 31:25; especially (ב)אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים v. p. 31 supr.; לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין Dn 12:13. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:7
- 6. יוֹם = time;
- a. vividly in gen. sense (v. also 5 supr.): time of harvest Pr 25:13; usually יְמֵי Gn 30:14 (J), Jos 3:15 Nu 13:20(×2) (all JE), Ju 15:1 2 S 21:9; proper time for paying wages Dt 24:15 cf. Jb 14:6; time of parturition וַיִּמְלְאוּ יָמֶיהָ לָלֶדֶת Gn 25:24. e.g. Proverbs 25:13
- b. appos. to other expr. of time (Dr§192(1) DaSynt. §29.d): חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים a month of time Gn 29:14 (J; lit. a month, time), Nu 11:20, 21 (JE); = יֶרַח יָמִים Dt 21:13 2 K 15:13; יָמִים ארבעה חדשׁים Ju 19:2 time, four months (si vera l., v. 1 S 27:7); †שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים (מִקֵּץ) Gn 41:1 (E) two years (of) time, 2 S 13:23; 14:28 Je 28:3, 11; שְׁלשָׁה שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים Dn 10:2, 3 three weeks (of) time. e.g. Genesis 29:14
- c. pl. in specific sense, appar. = year, lit. יָמִים 1 S 27:7 Lv 25:29 (H); לַיָּמִים Ju 17:10; זֶבַח הַיָּמִים 1 S 1:21; 2:19; 20:6; יָמִים וארבעה חדשׁים 27:7 = a year and four months (cf. Ju 19:2 supr. b); מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה = from year to year, yearly Ex 13:10 (JE), Ju 11:40 (cf. v b), 21:19 1 S 1:3; 2:19; מִקֵּץ יָמִים לַיָּמִים 2 S 14:26; יֹמַיִם אוֹ חֹדֶשׁ אוֹ־יָמִים Nu 9:22 (P) distrib. Nu 14:34(×2) (P), Ez 4:6(×2); וַיְהִי לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים וּכְעֵת צֵאת הַקֵּץ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם 2 Ch 21:19 and it came to pass at days from days (= after some days) even about the time of the outgoing of the end of two (series of) days (i.e. prob. years, v. Be). e.g. 1 Samuel 27:7
- 7. Phrases, without prep. and with, are:
- a. (1) הַיּוֹם=to-day Gn 4:14; 31:43, 48 Ex 13:4 (JE) + often; opp. תְּמוֹל yesterday Ex 5:14 1 S 20:27; opp. מָחָר Ex 19:10; (2) †(בְּ)יוֹם מָחָר = to-morrow Gn 30:33 Is 56:12 Pr 27:1; (3) יוֹם אֶתְמוֹל ψ 90:4; (4) הַיּוֹם שְׁלשֶׁת הַיָּמִים 1 S 9:20 three days ago (v. Dr); = הַיּוֹם שְׁלשָׁה 1 S 30:13; †(5) בַּיּוֹם Ju 13:10 appar. = the other day (v. Be); (6) יוֹם אֶחָד no prep., emphat. = in one day, Gn 27:45 Is 9:13; c. בְּ 10:17; 47:9; for, during, one day Gn 33:13 Nu 11:19; unemphat., one day (= some day) 1 S 27:1; יוֹם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי 9:15 one day, before Saul came. e.g. Genesis 4:14
- b. וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַֹ־ and the day came, that (or when) 1 S 1:4 (v. Dr) 2 K 4:8, 11, 18 Jb 1:6, 13; 2:1. e.g. 1 Samuel 1:4
- c. הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים lo! days are coming, when, etc.; especially in Am Je: 1 S 2:31 Am 4:2; 8:11; 9:13 Is 39:6 = 2 K 20:17, Je 7:32 + 13 times Je. e.g. 1 Samuel 2:31
- d. יוֹם in cstr. bef. vbs., both literally, the day of, and (often) in gen. sense = the time of (forcible and pregn., representing the act vividly as that of a single day): (1) bef. inf., †(α) sg. without prep. אֶת־יוֹם צֵאתְךָ Dt 16:3 and thou shalt remember the day of the going out from the land of Egypt, Is 58:5 Ez 39:13 Mal 3:2 cf. Ec 7:1 (מִן compar.); (β) עַד־יוֹם Jos 6:10 Ju 18:30 + 5 times; (γ) בְּיוֹם Gn 2:4, 17; 3:5 + 53 times; † (δ) כְּיוֹם Ho 2:5, 17 Zc 14:3; †(ε) מִיּוֹם 1 S 7:2; 8:8; 29:6, 2 S 13:32 2 K 8:6 Dt 9:24 Lv 23:15 Ez 28:15; †(ζ) לְמִיּוֹם Ju 19:30 2 S 7:6 Is 7:17; †(2) pl. cstr. bef. inf.: (α) כָּל־יְמֵי Ju 18:31 1 S 22:4; 25:7, 16 Lv 26:34, 35 Nu 6:6 2 Ch 36:21; (β) בִּימֵי Ru 1:1 2 Ch 26:5; (γ) כִּימֵי Mi 7:15; †(3) sg. cstr. c. perp. bef. finite vb. in pf.: (α) cf. בְּ, בְּיוֹם דִּבֶּר י׳ Ex 6:28 in the day (when) י׳ spoke, so Nu 3:1 Dt 4:15; also Lv 7:35 2 S 22:1 = ψ 18:1, ψ 138:3 Zc 8:9; (β) מִיּוֹם Je 36:2; †(4) sg. cstr. bef. impf.: בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא ψ 56:10 in the day (when) I cry, 102:3 La 3:57; also without בְּ, יוֹם אִירָא ψ 56:4 (at the) time (when) I am afraid; †(5) pl. cstr. bef. pf.: כָּל־יְמֵי הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ אִתָּם 1 S 25:15, so Lv 14:46 (prob., v. Di); כִּימוֹת ψ 90:15; †(6) pl. cstr. bef. impf.: כִּימֵי אֱלֹוהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי Jb 29:2; †(7) מִיּוֹם cstr. bef. rel. cl.: מִיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי לְפָנֶיךָ 1 S 29:8 since the day when (= as long as) I have been before thee, Ne 5:14; †(8) pl. cstr. bef. rel. cl. כָּל־יְמֵי אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכֹּן Nu 9:18 as long as the cloud remained, etc. e.g. Deuteronomy 16:3
- e. (1) יוֹם יוֹם day by day Gn 39:10 (J), Ex 16:5 (P), Pr 8:30, 34 ψ 61:9; 68:20 (+ Je 7:25 ψ 13:3 Lag, v. יוֹמָם); so (late) †לְיוֹם בְּיוֹם 2 Ch 24:11; †יוֹם בְּיוֹם 30:21 Ne 8:18; †לְעֶת־יוֹם בְּיוֹם 1 Ch 12:23; עֹלֹת יוֹם בְּיוֹם Ezr 3:4; בִּדְבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹם 2 Ch 8:13; מִיּוֹם אֶל־יוֹם from day to day 1 Ch 16:23 = מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם ψ 96:2 (Est 3:7 v. infr.); †יוֹם וָיוֹם Est 3:4 (very late, v. וְ 1 i (b), p. 253 supr. and DrIntr. 505); בְּכָל־יוֹם וָיוֹם 2:11; †כְּיוֹם בִּיוֹם 1 S 18:10 as daily = according to daily habit; (2) מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם Est 3:7, is in phr. of casting lots for one day after another; (מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה v. 6 c); (3) of daily duties, observances, etc.: †דְּבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ each day’s affair in its day Ex 5:13, 19; 16:4 (all J), Lv 23:37 (H), 1 K 8:59 2 K 25:30 = Je 52:34, Ezr 3:4 Ne 11:23; 12:47 Dn 1:5; לִדְבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ 1 Ch 16:37 2 Ch 8:14; 31:16. e.g. Genesis 39:10
- f. †כָּל־הַיָּמִים = always, continually, Gn 43:9; 44:32 (both J), Dt 4:40; 5:26; 6:24; 11:1; 14:23; 18:5; 19:9; 28:29, 33 Jos 4:24 (D), Ju 16:16 1 S 2:32, 35; 18:29; 23:14; 28:2 2 S 13:37; 19:14 Je 31:36; 32:39; 33:18; 35:19; 1 K 5:15; 9:3; 11:36, 39; 12:7; 14:30 2 K 8:19; 13:3; 17:37 2 Ch 7:16; 10:7; 12:15; 21:7 Jb 1:5; also (only in proph. writers and in poetry) †כָּל־הַיּוֹם Gn 6:5 (J), Ho 12:2 Dt 28:32; 33:12 Je 20:7, 8 Is 28:24, 51:13; 52:5 (both תָּמִיד כל־היום), 65:2, 5 La 1:13; 3:3, 14, 62 ψ 25:5; 32:3; 35:28; 37:26; 38:7, 13; 42:4, 11; 44:9, 16, 23; 52:3; 56:2, 3, 6; 71:8, 15, 24; 72:15; 73:14; 74:22; 86:3; 88:18; 89:17; 102:9; 119:97 Pr 21:26; 23:17. e.g. Genesis 43:9
- g. additional phr. c. בְּ = on a particular day: בַּיּוֹם הַחֲמִישִׁי Ju 19:18, so Gn 2:2(×2) + often; בְּכָל־יוֹם every day ψ 7:12; 88:10; 145:2; בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא of definite time in past Gn 15:18; 33:16 + (v. also 3 supr.); cf. הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (no prep.) 1 S 24:11 (JE); בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא of time defined in subsequent context, 1 S 3:2 at that time when Eli was laid down, i.e. at the particular time of the foll. incident (= at a certain time, on one particular day; cf. Gn 39:11 sub h; see DaSynt.§ 21.e.R. 1, 2 and especially Dr 1 S 1:4; 19:3); בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה Gn 7:11 +; בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה on this selfsame day Gn 7:13 + (v. עֶצֶם); בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא also of future 1 S 3:12 Dt 31:17(×2), 18; and very often in proph., as formula in describing what is to come at time of future blessing, retribution, etc., Am 8:3, 9 Ho 2:18, 20, 23 etc., especially Is 2:11, 17, 20; 3:7, 18; 4:1, 2 + often; pl. בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם of past Gn 6:4 (J), Ju 18:1(×2) 19:1; 21:25 1 S 3:1 + often; of future Dt 17:9; 19:17; 26:3. e.g. Judges 19:18
- h. c. כְּ: כַּיּוֹם as or like the day ψ 139:12; כַּיּוֹם הַהוּא Jos 10:14; כְּיוֹם Ho 2:5 as at the day of; כְּיוֹם תָּמִים Jos 10:13 about a whole day; †כַּיּוֹם lit. at (about) to-day = now (v. כְּ 1 S 9:27 1 K 22:5 = 2 Ch 18:4 Is 58:4; so †כְּהַיּוֹם 1 S 9:13 + v 12 We Dr (for MT כי היום), Ne 5:11; †כַּיּוֹם = at once, first of all Gn 25:31, 33 1 S 2:16 1 K 1:51; often c. adj. pron. to point out agreement of result with promise or prediction, †כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה as it is at this day Gn 50:20 (E), 1 S 22:8, 13, and especially Dt Je and subseq. writings: Dt 2:30; 4:20, 38; 8:18; 10:15; 29:27 Je 11:5; 25:18 (gloss, om. 𝔊, cf. especially KueEinl. § 56. 1), 32:20; 44:6, 23 1 K 3:6; 8:24, 61 1 Ch 28:7 2 Ch 6:15 Dn 9:7, 15; so †כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה Dt 6:24 Je 44:22 Ezr 9:7, 15 Ne 9:10; in Gn 39:11 (J) this phr. = on this particular day (when the incident to be narrated occurred; cf. ביום ההוא g supr.) i. c. לְ: לְיוֹם on, at (lit. with reference to) †Ho 9:5(×2) what will ye do on the day of assembly, etc., Is 10:3; לְיוֹם אֶחָד 1 K 5:2 bread for one day; הַמְּלָאכָה לֹא לְיוֹם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezr 10:13; distrib. phr. נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם Nu 7:11 (P), Jb 21:30(×2); cf. לַיּוֹם Mal 3:17; לַיּום against, i.e. in expectation of Ex 19:11, so לְיוֹם קְרָב Jb 38:23 Pr 21:31; לְיוֹם קוּמִי alm. = until Zp 3:8; לִפְנֵי יוֹם Is 48:7 before to-day; late phr. are †לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים 2 Ch 21:19 = in the course of time; לְיָמִים רַבִּים Dn 8:26 at (the end of) many days; לַיּוֹם = for every day, daily, †Ex 29:36, 38 Nu 7:11(×2); 28:3, 24 1 Ch 26:17(×2) Je 37:21 Ez 4:10; 43:25; 45:23(×2); 46:13; לַיּוֹם in exclam. הָהּ לַיּ׳ Ez 30:2 alas for the day! אֲהָהּ לַיּ׳ Jo 1:15. j. c. מִן: מִיּוֹם since the day (time) of (or when), Ex 10:6 Lv 23:15 Dt 9:24 1 S 7:2 etc.; מִיּוֹם הראשׁן Ex 12:15 from the first day (on om. of art. v. Dr§ 209 (1)); מִימֵי השׁפטים 2 K 23:22, etc.; מִיּוֹם = from to day, from this day forth Is 43:13 Ez 48:35; מֵהַיּוֹם הַהוּא וָמָ֑עְלָה 1 S 16:13; 30:25 from that day forward; so מֵהַיּ׳ הַה׳ וָהָ֑לְאָה 1 S 18:9; מִן־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וָמָ֑עְלָה Hg 2:15, 18 from this day onward (v. Add. on p. 751b); עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה Gn 47:26 until now; מִיָּמִים רַבִּים after many days Jos 23:1 Ez 38:8; מִיָּמִים after a time Ju 11:4; 14:8; 15:1; but usually מִקֵּץ י׳, v. קֵץ; מִיֹּמָ֑יִם Ho 6:2 after two days;—מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה v. e. (4) supr. †k. c. לְמִן (v. לְ ad fin.): לְמִן הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר Dt 4:32; 9:7 2 S 7:11 Je 7:25; 32:31 Hg 2:18; twice sq. inf. appos. Ex 9:18 2 S 19:25 (cf. also 2 Ch 8:16; v. DrSm. & § 190, Obs.); לְמִימֵי: למ׳ קֶדֶם 2 K 19:25 since days of old = long ago, cf. Mal 3:7 since the days of your fathers.† 1. עַד (ה)יום: עַד יוֹם הָאֶחָד וגו׳ Ex 12:18 until the 21st day, Lv 19:6 +; עַד־יוֹם מוֹתוֹ Ju 13:7 1 S 15:35 2 S 6:23 +, etc., v. also (sq. inf.) c. supr.; עַד־הַיּוֹם until to-day, denoting especially permanence of a name or situation, or of result of an event, †Gn 19:37, 38 (J), 35:20 (E), 2 K 10:27 Ez 20:31†; more often עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה until this day Gn 26:33 (J), 31:33 (P or R), 47:26 (J), 48:15 (E), Ex 10:6 Nu 22:30 (both J), Dt 2:22; 3:14; 10:8; 11:4; 29:3 34:6 Jos 4:9; 5:9; 6:25; 7:26(×2); 8:28, 29; 9:27; 13:13; 14:14; 15:63; 16:10 (all JE), 22:3 (D), v 17 (P), 23:8, 9 (D), Ju 1:21, 26; 6:24; 10:4; 15:19; 18:12; 19:30 1 S 5:5; 6:18; 8:8; 12:2; 27:6; 29:3, 6, 8; 30:25 2 S 4:3; 6:8 = 1 Ch 13:11, 2 S 7:6 = 1 Ch 17:5, 2 S 18:13 + often; עַד־עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה †Jos 10:27 (JE), Ez 2:3 (cf. Lv 23:14 H); עַד־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא †Ju 18:1 Ne 8:17. m. once עַל־יוֹם טוֹב 1 S 25:8 upon a good day, i.e. a day of social cheerfulness, feasting, rejoicing (c. rare עַל temp. cf. Dr; יוֹם טוֹב) also Est 8:17; 9:19, 22, v. טוֹב adj.) e.g. Psalms 139:12
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Word origin
n.m. Gn 1:5 day (NH id.; Aramaic יומָא, ܝܰܘܡܳܐ; Ph. ים; MI 5 ימן, sf. ימי l.6.9.33, pl. cstr. ימי l.8, sf. 3 ms. ימה l.8; SI3 ים; Zinj. יום DHMSendsch. Gloss; Palm. יום VogNo. 123 a, Oxon. iii,; Arabic يَوْمٌ; Ethiopic ዮም: Sab. יום, ים MordtZMG 1876, 29, יומה DHMZMG 1883, 328 SabDenkm61; Assyrian ummu, ûmu COTGloss; deriv. unknown: on √ and relation of יום to Ph. ימם, Aramaic ימם, ܐܻܝܡܳܡܳܐ, v. NöZMG 1886, 721 BaZMG 1887, 632 f.)—יוֹם abs. Gn 1:5 +; cstr. Gn 2:4 +; sf. יוֹמְךָ Je 50:31; יוֹמוֹ Ex 5:13 + 22 times; יוֹמָם Je 50:27 Ez 21:34; du. †יוֹמַ֫יִם Ex 21:21; יוֹמָ֑יִם Ex 16:29 Nu 11:19; יֹמַ֫יִם 9:22; יֹמָ֑יִם Ho 6:2†; pl. יָמִים Gn 4:3 +; יָמִם Nu 6:5; יָמִין (Aramaic form; Ges§ 87. 1 a) Dn 12:13; מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה Ex 13:10 + 4 times; cstr. יְמֵי Gn 3:14 +; †יְמוֹת Dt 32:7 ψ 90:15†; sf. יָמַי Jb 7:6 + 9 times; יָמָ֑י Gn 29:21 + 8 times; יָמֵינוּ Je 35:8 + 7 times, etc.;—
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Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יוֹם
- (b. h.) light, day (opp. night); (astronomical) day; trnsf. day of life; time. Gen. R. s. 6 הי׳ והגשמים וכ׳ the noise of the moving light (Yoma 20ᵇ קול גלגל חמה) and the rains &c.; Midr. Sam. ch. IX. Gen. R. l. c. (ref. to Mal. III, 19) י׳ שהוא מלהט וכ׳ it is the day light which will glow the wicked (cmp. נַרְתֵּק). M. Kat. 25ᵇ (ref. to Am. VIII, 9) זה יוֹמוֹ של וכ׳ that means the day of life of Josiah (who was slain in the bloom of manhood). Gen. R. s. 3 (ref. to ib. I, 5) י׳ אחד … ואיזה זה יוה"כ ‘one (distinguished) day’ … that is the Day of Atonement. Ḥull. V, 5 (83ᵃ) הי׳ הולך וכ׳ the day follows the night, i.e. the beginning of the night is the beginning of the new day. Taan. 29ᵃ, v. זַכַּאי; a. v. fr.—י׳ טוב (abbr. יו"ט) Holy Day; festival. R. Hash. IV, 1; a. fr.—Yoma VII, 4 ויו"ט היה וכ׳ and the Highpriest gave a festival to his friends; a. fr.—Yom Tob, name of a treatise of the Tosefta (v. בֵּיצָה).—י׳ הכפורים (abbr. יו"כ, יה"כ) Day of Atonement. Yoma I, 1; a. v. fr.—בֶּן יוֹמוֹ of the same day, not quite one day old, used on the same day. Sabb. 151ᵇ. B. Kam. 65ᵇ; a. fr.—Tanḥ. Kor. 3; ed. Bub. 6; Num. R. s. 18 תינוקות בְּנֵי יוֹמָן (not בן) children just born; a. fr.—Du. יוֹמַיִם. Mekh. Mishp., N’zikin, s. 7; B. Kam. 90ᵃ ישנו בדין יום או י׳ comes under the law of ‘one or two days’ (Ex. XXI, 21); B. Bath. 50ᵃ.—Mekh. l. c. יום שהוא כי׳ וי׳ שהוא כיום a time which counts like two days, and two days which count like a day, which is twenty four hours (from the time of the accident, including part of this and part of the next day).—Snh. 65ᵇ מה יום מיומים (Ms. M. a. Rashi מה היום וכ׳) what difference is there between to-day (Sabbath) and the next day?; Gen. R. s. 11; Yalk. Deut. 918; Yalk. Lev. 617.—Pl. יָמִים; constr. יְמֵי, יְמוֹת. Erub. III, 6 לשני י׳ for both days. Zeb. V, 7 לשני י׳ during two days and one night. Pes. 52ᵃ, a. fr. שני י׳ טובים של גליות, v. גָּלוּת. Taan. IV, 8 לא היו י׳ ט׳ וכ׳ Israel had no days as merry as &c.; a. fr.—Ab. I, 17, a. fr. כל יָמַי all my lifetime.—Esp. יְמוֹת season, period of. י׳ הגשמים, v. גֶּשֶׁם I.—י׳ החמה a) summer season. Toh. VI, 7; a. fr.—b) the solar year. Gen. R. s. 33, end; a. fr.—י׳ הלבנה the lunar year. Ib.; a. fr.—י׳ בגרות, י׳ נערות, v. בַּגְרוּת &c. e.g. Malachi 3:19
יוֹם ²
- Targ. Gen. I, 5. Ib. XXXIX, 11; a. fr.—Targ. Prov. XII, 16 בר יוֹמֵיה (ed. Wil. incorr. כד) on the same day, at once.—Kidd. 39ᵇ דעבדין ליה י׳ טב וי׳ ביש they prepare for him (the righteous man) a good day, and (for the bad man) a bad day (v. Rashi a. Tosaf. a. l.).—Sabb. 134ᵃ; Ḥull. 60ᵃ top להדי י׳ towards the sunlight. Ib. י׳ דחד וכ׳ the sun which is only one of the ministering powers &c. Keth. 106ᵃ וכסי ליה לי׳ and obscured the sun.—Yeb. 72ᵃ י׳ דעיבא a cloudy day; י׳ דשותא a day when a southern wind blows. Erub. 40ᵇ במעלי י׳ דריש וכ׳ on the eve of the New Year’s day.—R. Hash. 21ᵃ י׳ רבה the Great Day, Day of Atonement (also only יומא, v. infra); a. v. fr.—בַּר י׳, בַּת י׳ of the same day, one day old, used the same day. Bets. 4ᵇ, v. בֵּיעָא. Ḥull. 58ᵇ, v. בַּקָּא.—Sabb. 134ᵃ גבינה בת י׳ fresh-made cheese. Ab. Zar. 67ᵇ, a. fr. קדירה בת י׳ a pot used the same day.—Sabb. 49ᵇ bot. ההוא מרבנן בר יוֹמֵיה (omitted in Ms. M.) a student that had just come to college; [oth. opin.: allusion to R. Idi, dubbed בר בי רב דחד י׳ the one day’s student of the college, Ḥag. 5ᵇ].—י׳ חרא, יום מחרא, י׳ מחרן, v. next w.—Pl. יוֹמִין, יוֹמַיָּא, יוֹמֵי. Targ. Gen. VIII, 10. Targ. Esth. I, 2; a. v. fr.—Bets. 4ᵇ עבדינן תרי י׳ we observe two days (as Holy Days). Erub. 65ᵃ השתא … י׳ דאריכי וכ׳ soon will come the days which are long (of duration) and short (of action), when we shall sleep much; a. v. fr.—יוֹמָא (sub רבה, v. supra) Yoma, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta (where it is named יום כפורים), Talmud Babli a. Y’rushalmi. Yoma 14ᵇ סדר י׳ the treatise on the order of exercises of the Day of Atonement.—V. יוֹמָנָא, יְמָמָא.
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The 381 distinct written forms H3117 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,808 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,930 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:5
- Exodus 2:11
- Leviticus 6:5
- Numbers 3:1
- Deuteronomy 1:2
- Joshua 1:5
- Judges 1:21
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 1:1
- 2 Kings 1:18
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
