Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3117
יוֹם
yom · “day”
Used 2,304 times across 39 books
Definition
: day/when/time/period
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
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
Where it appears
Genesis152
Exodus115
Leviticus113
Numbers121
Deuteronomy167
Joshua78
Judges75
Ruth8
1 Samuel150
2 Samuel75
1 Kings100
2 Kings79
1 Chronicles41
2 Chronicles75
Ezra21
Nehemiah60
Esther53
Job59
Psalms115
Proverbs32
Ecclesiastes26
Song of Solomon5
Isaiah120
Jeremiah138
Lamentations19
Ezekiel108
Daniel23
Hosea28
Joel13
Amos22
Obadiah12
Jonah4
Micah14
Nahum4
Habakkuk2
Zephaniah21
Haggai8
Zechariah40
Malachi8
In the text
Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.Genesis 1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.Genesis 1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.Genesis 1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.Genesis 1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
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