Lexical Definition

‎ὥρα‎ hṓra (ho'-rah) hour ^G:N-F
apparently a primary word

day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) time.

• an "hour" (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ὥρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה ;]

1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.).
2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Mt 24:36, Mk 13:32, Ac 10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 215; Bl., § 34, 8), Jo 4:52, Ac 10:3, 30 I Co 15:30, Re 3:3; acc. of duration, Mt 20:12 26:40, Mk 14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν, for a season, for a time, Jo 5:35, II Co 7:8, Ga 2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, for a short season (ICC, in l.), I Th 2:17.
3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Mt 26:45; c. gen. rei, Lk 1:10 14:17, Re 3:10, al.; c. gen. pers., Lk 22:53, Jo 2:4 7:30, al.; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα, I Co 4:11; ἐσχάτη ὥ., I Jo 2:18; seq. ὅτε, Jo 4:21, 23 5:25 16:25; ἵνα, Jo 12:23, al.; c. acc. et inf., Ro 13:11 (cf. DB, ext., 475b, 476b).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὥρα,

__CIonic dialect ὥρη, ἡ: Epic dialect genitive plural ὡράων, Ionic dialect ὡρέων: locative plural ὥρασι, (which see) any period, fixed by natural laws and revolutions, whether of the year, month, or day (the sense 'day' is implied in the compound ἑπτάωρος, which see), νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ [ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας “IG” 12(8).240 (from Samothrace): but specially, ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.I in [Refs 8th c.BC+], part of the year, season; mostly in plural, the seasons, ὅτε τέτρατον ἦλθεν ἔτος καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ μεταλλάσσουσι αἱ ὧραι [ὥραις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 156 (Lyric poetry)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάσαις ὥραις at all seasons, [ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ταύτης οὔσης, ἐν ᾗ ἀσθενοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι μάλιστα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.47 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλεπὴ ὥ. a bad season, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἡ ὥ. αὕτη this season, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὰς ὥρας according to the seasons, [ὥραν χρόνοι [prev. author] “Pol.” 1335a37.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus distinguish three seasons, and express each by the \_sing.\_ ὥρη, with a word added to specify each: ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.I.a spring, ἔαρος.. ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἦρος ὥρα or ὧραι, [ὥρα νέα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 419; νεᾶνις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 786 (Lyric poetry); see below 2. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.I.b summer, θέρεος ὥρη [ὥρα θερινή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987a, etc. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.I.c winter, χείματος ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ in winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+] also names three seasons, [Refs]; an Egyptian division of the year, accusative to [Refs 1st c.BC+]—A fourth first appears in [Refs 7th c.BC+], θέρος καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ϝῆ; and in [ὥρας φαίνομεν ἡμεῖς ἦρος χειμῶνος ὀπώρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 709 (\_anapaest meter\_)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τετράμορφοι ὧραι E(?).[Refs]: later, seven seasons are named, ἔαρ, θέρος, ὀπώρα, φθινόπωρον, σπορητός, χειμών, φυταλιά [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__C.I.2 especially prime of the year, springtime, ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ [ὥραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.6. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.I.2.b in historians, the campaigning season, τὸν τῆς ὥρας εἰς τὸν περίπλουν χρόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in the phrase ὥρα ἔτους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἔτους ὥραν next season, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__C.I.3 the year generally, τῆς ὥρης μέσον θέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ πέρυσιν ὥρᾳ last year, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς ὥρας next year, [ὥρας ">LXX+5th c.BC+]hereafter, [ὥρας τὰς ἑτέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 562 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν εἰς τὰς ὥρας [prev. author] “Th.” 950 (\_anapaest meter\_)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἠς ὥρας κἤπειτα next year and for ever, [ὥραις ἐξ ὡρᾶν 3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 25 ">Refs 3rd c.BC+]; compare ὥρασιν.
__C.I.4 in plural, of the climate of a country, as determined by its seasons, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (here perhaps three harvest seasons); τὰς ὥ. κάλλιστα κεκρημένας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; climatic conditions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II time of day, νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ [Refs]; αἱ ὧ. τῆς ἡμέρας the times of day, i.e. morning, noon, evening, and night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ὥραν ἡμέρας by the time of day (fixed for meetings), [ὥραις “Anacreontea” 31.1: without ἡμέρας">Refs 4th c.BC+] or νυκτός, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας μέχρι τρίτου μέρους ὥρας [ὥρας μικρὸν πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.22 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψευσθεὶς τῆς ὥ. having mistaken the hour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐποίησαν ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν τὴν ὥραν, i.e. they prolonged the day beyond midnight, [ὥρας ἐγίγνετ᾽ ὀψέ [prev. author] 21.84; ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥ. “PTeb.” 793 xi 12 (2nd c.BC)">Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλῆς ὥρας it being late, [ὥρα πολλή NT.Mark.6.35 ">NT+2nd c.BC+]; ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας till late in the day, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__C.II.b duration, interval or lapse of time, μετὰ ἱκανὴν ὥραν τοῦ κατενεχθῆναι τὸν πέλεκυν ἐξακούεται ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φωνή [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; length of time, term, Ἄρτεμις ἐννέ᾽ ἐτῶν δεκάδας βίον Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ ἔκχρησεν, τρεῖς δ᾽ ὥραι(date.) ἔτι προσέθηκε Προνοίη [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥ. for a long time, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__C.II.2 the νυχθήμερον was probably first divided into twenty-four hours by [ὥραις ἰσημεριναῖς">Refs 2nd c.BC+] (equinoctial hours) ἕκαστον τῶν ἄστρων ἢ δύνει ἢ ἀνατέλλει [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__C.II.2.b in ordinary life the day from sunrise to sunset was divided into twelve equal parts called ὧραι (ὧραι καιρικαί when it was necessary to distinguish them from the ὧραι ἰσημεριναί, see at {καιρικός} 2 c), ἡμέρα ἡ.. δωδεκάωρος, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μέχρι δύσεως [NT+2nd c.AD+]; the time of day was commonly given without the Article, ὥρᾳ ᾱ [Refs 2nd c.AD+], τρίτης ὥρας [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὀγδόης, ἐνάτης, δεκάτης ὥ., [Refs]; but we have περὶ τὴν τρίτην ὥραν, περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην, [ὥραν ἑβδόμην NT.John.4.52, compare “IG” 5(1).1390.109 (Andania, 1st c.BC), etc.">NT+1st c.BC+]; ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι.. αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ ¯ -to-morrow the 15th at 9 o'clock, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] as we say 'at the eleventh hour', [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__C.II.2.c τὰ δυώδεκα μέρεα τῆς ἡμέρης παρὰ Βαβυλωνίων ἔμαθον οἱ Ἕλληνες [Refs 5th c.BC+] ὧραι ἰσημερινα; these double hours (Assyr. kaš-bu) are called ὧραι by [ὥρας ἥμισυ “Ars” 14.11, compare 16.2; compare δωδεκάωρος 11. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.III Astrology texts, degree of the zodiac rising at the nativity compare (ὡρονόμος [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἐξ ὥρης ἐσορῶν Ζεὺς Ἑρμείην Jupiter in the ascendant in aspect with Mercury, [Refs]
__B the fitting time or season for a thing (mostly without Article, even in Attic dialect), frequently in [ὥρα συνάπτει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.247; ὧραι ἐπειγόμεναι [prev. author] “N.” 4.34; ὅταν ὥ. ἥκῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.2 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; but with Article, τῆς ὥ. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι [Refs]: frequently in later writers, τῆς ὥρας ἐπιγενομένης [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.2 with genitive of things, ὥρη κοίτοιο, μύθων, ὕπνου, the time for bed, tale-telling, or sleep, [ὥραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.13; πολυηράτου ἐς γάμου ὥρην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.126; ἐς γάμου ὥρην ἀπικέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; γάμων ἔχειν ὥραν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.32 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; so εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἥκουσα time for a husband, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥρη ἀρότου, ἀμήτου, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καρπῶν ὧραι [ὥρα τῆς ὀχείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 509b20; τοῦ φωλεύειν [prev. work] 579a26, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὥραν εἶχον παιδεύεσθαι I was of age to.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.3 ὥρα [ἐστίν] with infinitive, it is time to do a thing, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so also in Trag. and Attic dialect, [ὥρα εἶναι καθεύδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.11, compare “HG” 7.2.13 (uncertain reading)">Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, ὥρα δ᾽ ἐμπόρους καθιέναι ἄγκυραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in these phrases the infinitive present is almost universal; the aorist, however, occurs in [ὥρα, as in 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 3, ἀφαιρεῖν ὥρα 'στὶν ἤδη τὰς τραπέζας)">Refs 8th c.BC+]; and the perfect in ὥρα πεπαῦσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]: sometimes the infinitive must be supplied, οὐδέ τί σε χρή, πρὶν ὥρη, καταλέχθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὥρα κἠς οἶκον (i. e. ἰέναι εἰς οἶκον) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.4 in various adverbial usages, τὴν ὥρην at the right time, [Refs 5th c.BC+] at that hour, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταύτην τὴν ὥραν at this season, [ὥραν γίγνεται τῆς ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 371b31; δείελον ὥρην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.417 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥραν οὐδενὸς κοινὴν θεῶν at an hour.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτῆς ὥρας immediately, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐν ὥρῃ in due season, in good time, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also αἰεὶ εἰς ὥρας in successive seasons, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς τὰς ὥρας for all time, [ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν">Refs 5th c.BC+] hurrah for.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οἱ ὧδε χέζοντες εἰς ὥ. μὴ ἔλθοιεν [ὥρασ; καθ᾽ ὥραν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.12, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.45.4, compare 3.93.6, etc.; opposed to παρ᾽ ὥρην “Anthologia Graeca” 7.534 (3rd c.BC: Alexander Aetolus Elegiacus or 1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.784b, etc.:— πρὸ τῆς ὥρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.16; πρὸ ὥρας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13; πρὸ ὥρας τελευτῆσαι “IG” 42(1).84.26 (Epid., 1st c.AD)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν ὥρας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II metaphorically, the spring-time of life, the bloom of youth, [ὥραν ἐχούσας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 997, compare “Th.” 13, 535; παῖδας πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 705 (\_anapaest meter\_); πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474d ">Refs 6th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐνὥ., ={πρεσβύτερος}, [Refs]; παυσαμένου τῆς ὥ. probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λήγειν ὥρας, opposed to ἀνθεῖν, [ὥρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1174b33, compare 1157a8. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 frequently involving an idea of beauty, φεῦ φεῦ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ κάλλους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφ᾽ ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 1st c.AD+]“Tim..” 14,compare [Refs 5th c.BC+]“Mem..” 1.6.13, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —then,
__B.II.2.b generally, beauty, grace, elegance of style, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of beauty in general, χάρις καὶ ὥρα [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.II.3 Ὥρα personified, like{Ἥβη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III ={τὰ ὡραῖα}, the produce of the season, fruits of the year, ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐτρέφοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C personified, αἱὯραι, the Hours, keepers of heaven's cloudgate, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; and ministers of the gods,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of Aphrodite, [Refs]; also Ὧ. Διονυσιάδες, Καρνειάδες, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; three in number, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, daughters of Zeus and Themis, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; worshipped at Athens, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.18.10 ☩ Mark.6.35 ☩ John.11.9 ☩ Matt.20.3 ☩ John.4.52}