Lexical Definition

‎ἡμέρα‎ hēméra (hay-mer'-ah) day ^G:N-F
feminine (with ‎ὥρα‎ implied) of a derivative of (to sit; akin to the base of ‎ἑδραῖος‎) meaning tame, i.e. gentle

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

• 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)

Abbott-Smith

ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם;]
day;
1. as distinct from night: gen. ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Re 21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ἡ.), Ac 9:24, I Th 2:9, II Th 3:8, Re 4:8 (Bl., §36, 13); ἡμέρας μέσης, at mid-day, Ac 26:13; acc. durat., τ. ἡμέρας, Lk 21:37; ὅλην τὴν ἡ., Ro 8:36; ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, Jo 11:9, Ro 13:13; ἡμέρας ὁδός, a day's journey, Lk 2:44; ἡ. γίνεται, Lk 4:42 22:66; κλίνει, Lk 9:12, al.; metaph., Jo 9:4, Ro 13:12, I Th 5:4, 5, 8, II Pe 1:19.
2. Of a civil day of 24 hours, incl. night: Mt 6:34, Mk 6:21, Lk 13:14, al.; τρίτῃ ἡ., Mt 16:21; ἡμέρᾳ κ. ἡ. (cf. יוֹם בְּיֹום, Es 3:4), II Co 4:16; ὅλην τ. ἡ., Ro 8:36 10:21; pl., Jo 2:12, Ac 9:19, al.; ἡ. τῶν ἀζύμων, Ac 12:3; τ. σαββάτου, Lk 13:14, 16; ἡ κυριάκη ἡ., Re 1:10.
3. In Messianic sense, of the last day: ἡ ἡ. (ἐκείνη, τ. κυρίου, etc.), Mt 7:22, Lk 6:23, Ro 13:12, I Co 1:8, I Th 5:2, II Th 2:2, II Pe 3:10, al.; by meton., as compared with the divine judgment on that day, ἡ. ἀνθρωπίνη, of a human tribunal, I Co 4:3 (EV, man's judgment).
4. As in Heb. (also in Gk. writers; Bl., §46, 9; M, Pr., 81), of time in general: Jo 8:56 14:20, II Co 6:2, Eph 6:13, II Pe 3:18; pl., Ac 15:7, Eph 5:16, He 10:32; πᾶσας τὰς ἡ. (cf. כָּל הַיָּמִים, De 4:40, al.; MM, Exp., xv), Mt 28:20; ἐλεύσονται ἡ. ὅταν (ὅτε), Mt 9:15, Mk 2:20, Lk 5:35 17:22; αἱ ἡ., c. gen. pers. (Ge 26:1, al.), Mt 2:1, Lk 1:5, Ac 7:45, I Pe 3:20; ἀρχὴ ἡμερῶν, He 7:3.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἡμέρα,

Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἡμέρη [Refs], Doric dialect ἀμέρα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Locrian dialect ἀμάρα [Refs] (aspirated perhaps only in Attic dialect and West Ionic dialect, compare ἐπάμερος [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; usually unaspirated in early Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs]; aspirated in codices even in dialects: original ἀμέρα probably took aspirate from ἑσπέρα): ἡ:—day, less frequently than ἦμαρ in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς νύ μοι ἡ. ἥδ; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆνές τε καὶ ἡ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ σήμερον ἡ., see at {σήμερον· ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ} or ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ at daybreak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. διέλαμψεν, ἐξέλαμψεν, ὑπέφαινε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἡ. ὀψέ late in the day, [Refs]

__2 sometimes like Epic dialect ἦμαρ, with adjectives to describe a state or time of life, ἐπίπονος ἁ. a life of misery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λυπρὰν ἄγειν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐχθρὰ ἡ. [Refs]; παλαιὰ ἁ. old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τερμία ἁ. [Refs]; αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι length of days, [Refs]; νέα ἁ. youth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τῇ πρώτῃ ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῇ τελευταίᾳ ἡ. at the close of life,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζοὴν βλέπουσιν ἡ. look life-like, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 poetry for time, ἡ. κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια [ἡμέρας [prev. author] “OC” 1138: \_plural\_, ἐν ἡμέραις τινός">Refs 5th c.BC+] in the days of.., [LXX]; ἡ. ἀρχαῖαι[LXX]
__4 birthday, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__5 a fixed day, τακτὴ ἡ. [NT]; ῥητὴ ἡ. [ἡμέρας">NT+1st c.BC+] a human tribunal, [ἡμέραι καὶ ἀγῶνες “Jahresh.” 23 “Beibl.” 93 (Pamphyl.). ">NT]
__6 in plural, age, προβεβηκὼς ἐν ταῖς ἡ. [LXX+NT]
__II absolutely usages,
__II.1 genitive, τριῶν ἡμερέων within three days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων within a few days, [Refs]; ἄλλης ἡ. another day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς αὐτῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμέρας by day, opposed to νυκτός, [ἡμέρας οὔτε νυκτός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 240c ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς.. τῆς ἡ. ἄρτους δ ¯ daily, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δὶς τῆς ἡμέρης ἑκάστης twice every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίς τῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεντάκις τῆς ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατεσθίω.. τῆς ἡ. πένθ᾽ ἡμιμέδιμνα five every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 _dative_, τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ,= σήμερον, (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1283; τῇ τόθ᾽ ἡ [prev. author] “El.” 1134.
__II.3 _accusative_, πᾶσαν ἡ. any day, i.e. soon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ᾽ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλην τὴν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρίτην ἡ. ἥκων two days after one's arrival, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέντε ἡμέρας during five days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἡ. in the daytime, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἡ. daily, [LXX]
__III with Preps., μίαν ἀν᾽ ἁμέραν on one day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡ. every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφ᾽ ἡμέρας τῆς νῦν from this day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀφ᾽ ἡμέρας γίνεσθαι ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ from early in the day, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], the whole day long, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τρίτης ἡ. every other day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ πολλῶν ἡ. at a distance of many days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰσ ἡμέραν yearly, [LXX]; ἐν ἡμέρῃ in a single day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇδ᾽ ἐν ἡ. [Refs]; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡ. [NT]; ἐν ἑστέραισιν ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ὀκτὼ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐν τρισὶν ἡ. within three days, [NT]; ἐξ ἡμέρας by day, οὔτε νυκτὸς οὔτ᾽ ἐξ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας day after day, [ἡμέρας LXX.2Chr.21.15)">NT+4th c.AD+]; ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρην ἔχειν, ἐφ᾽ -ραν χρῆσθαι, sufficient for the day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τοὐφ᾽ ἡμέραν day by day, [Refs] every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡμέραν by day, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡ. τὴν νῦν to-day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but καθ᾽ ἡ. commonly means day by day, [Refs]; καθ᾽ ἡ. ἀεί [[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ καθ᾽ ἡ. every day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἡμέρην in broad daylight, opposed to νυκτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας some days after, [LXX]; ἡμέρα παρ᾽ ἡμέραν γιγνομένη day following on day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but παρ᾽ ἡμέραν every other day, [ἡμέραν εἰώθειν ὀργίζεσθαι, νῦν παρ᾽ ἡμέραν, εἶτα παρὰ δύο, εἶτα παρὰ τρεῖς 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.18.13 ">Refs 1st c.AD+]; πρὸ ἡμέρας before day-break, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but πρὸ ἀμερᾶν δέκα ἤ κα μέλλωντι ἀναγινώσκεν [Refs]; πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ εἰδυῶν Ὀκτωμβρίων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; γίγνεται, ἔστι πρὸς ἡμέραν, towards day, near day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, for the day, daily, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV as proper name, the goddess of day, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV.2 see at {ἥμερος} [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Chr.4.41 ☩ LXX.Ps.142.5* ☩ Acts.12.21 ☩ Acts.17.31 ☩ LXX.Joel.2.1 ☩ 2Pet.3.12 ☩ Matt.10.15 ☩ 1Cor.4.3 ☩ Luke.1.7 ☩ LXX.Gen.47.8 ☩ LXX.Exod.29.38 ☩ LXX.Judg.17.10 ☩ John.14.20 ☩ John.2.19 ☩ LXX.Gen.39.10 ☩ 2Pet.2.8 ☩ LXX.2Chr.21.15 ☩ LXX.Judg.15.1}