Hebrew word study
יוֹםyôwm — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise…
Pronounced “yome”
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)
Translated in the King James as: age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
Appears 2,265 times in Scripture
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 148×
Exodus — 115×
Leviticus — 111×
Numbers — 114×
Deuteronomy — 162×
Joshua — 77×
Judges — 73×
1 Samuel — 148×
2 Samuel — 75×
1 Kings — 100×
2 Kings — 77×
1 Chronicles — 40×
2 Chronicles — 74×
Ezra — 21×
Nehemiah — 60×
Esther — 52×
Job — 57×
Psalms — 115×
Proverbs — 32×
Ecclesiastes — 26×
Isaiah — 120×
Jeremiah — 137×
Lamentations — 19×
Ezekiel — 102×
Daniel — 22×
Hosea — 28×
Joel — 13×
Amos — 22×
Obadiah — 12×
Jonah — 4×
Micah — 14×
Nahum — 4×
Habakkuk — 2×
Zephaniah — 21×
Haggai — 8×
Zechariah — 39×
Malachi — 8×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.