Word

יוֹם

yôwm · H3118 · Aramaic · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

day, time, when

A basic unit of time, including evening and morning; seven days make a week; sometimes used in a figurative sense referring to a limited period of time, which may be shorter or slightly longer than a single day; the context often makes it difficult to determine

Examples
Ezra 6:9 “And whatever is needed, bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem order, it is to be given to them daily without fail,
Ezra 6:15 Now this temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
Daniel 6:7 “All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.
days, time, period, season, life

Literally: days; hence: an unspecified amount of time

Examples
Daniel 2:44 “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.
Daniel 4:34 “But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Daniel 5:11 “There is a man in your kingdom in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—appointed him chief of the soothsayer priests, sorcerers, Chaldeans, and diviners.
latter days, future days, days to come

Literally: end of days; hence: a period of time in the future

Examples
Daniel 2:28 “However, there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.
a distant past

Literally: the day of everlasting; hence: a reference to the time of long ago

Examples
Ezra 4:15 so that a search may be conducted in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and detrimental to kings and provinces, and that they have revolted within it in past days; for this reason that city was laid waste.
Ezra 4:19 “And a decree has been issued by me, and a search has been conducted and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, and that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,
Ancient of Days, Ancient in Years, Ancient One

Literally: ancient of days; hence: a title for God as the one who has been in existence from everlasting

Examples
Daniel 7:9 “I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
Daniel 7:13 “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a son of man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
Daniel 7:22 until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 3 groups

עָלַםfor ever 2
אַבfather 1
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

5 occurrences in 5 groups

תְּלָתִיןthirty 2
לָאnot 1
מֶלֶךְking 1
שְׁנָהyear 1
תְּלָתthird 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 7
עַדand 6
מִןfrom 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 3 groups

עַתִּיקancient 3
אַחֲרִיתlatter 1
קְצָתend 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἡμέρα hēméra · G2250 · day: Greek ἡμέρα (hēmera) is the standard direct translation equivalent of Hebrew יוֹם (yom), both denoting 'day' as the fundamental temporal unit (either daylight period or 24-hour span); the LXX consistently renders יוֹם with ἡμέρα across narrative, legal, and prophetic texts.

Semantic domains 5 entries

Time002002002010: The Aramaic יוֹם likewise denotes an ordinary day, as in the offerings to be supplied daily without fail (Ezra 6:9) or the temple's completion on a specific day (Ezra 6:15).
Complete002001003003: As with its Hebrew counterpart, the Aramaic יוֹם appears in expressions of a complete or entire span of days, such as 'past days' referring to a full prior period (Ezra 4:15, 19).
Old002001001041: The Aramaic יוֹם marks accumulated age in the fixed title "the Ancient of Days," illustrated at Daniel 7:9 and 7:13 — a genuine sense paralleling the Hebrew cognate's use of days to signify advanced age.
Titles003001017: The same phrase, "the Ancient of Days," illustrated at Daniel 7:9, 7:13, and 7:22, is also a fixed title or epithet for God, naming a specific figure in Daniel's vision rather than ordinary time.
Scrolls001003001001014: The Aramaic יוֹם occurs in the phrase 'the record books,' referring to the official Persian court chronicles searched to verify Jerusalem's history (Ezra 4:15, 19).

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יוֹם yôwm · H3117 · day, time, when · 2303×יוֹמָם yôwmâm · H3119 · by day · 51×יוֹםyôwm · H3118יֵם yêm · H3222 · donkeys · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3118. yom [יוֺם] noun masculineEzr 6:15 day (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳י Ezr 6:9…

H3118. yom
[יוֺם] noun masculineEzr 6:15 day (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳י Ezr 6:9 (twice in verse); Ezr 6:15, emphatic יוֺמָא Dan 6:11; Dan 6:14; plural absolute יוֺמִין Dan 6:8 +, emphatic יוֺמַיָּא Dan 2:28 +; construct יוֺמֵי Dan 5:11, and יוֺמָת (K§ 51, 2, Anm. 3) Ezr 4:15, Ezr 4:19; suffix יוֺמֵיהוֺן Dan 2:44; — day, as division of time Dan 6:11; Dan 6:14, day of month Ezr 6:15; thirty days Dan 6:8; Dan 6:13; בְּיוֺם יוֺם Ezr 6:9 day by day; plural especially of duration: י ׳עַתִּיק one aged of days, aged man Dan 7:9, Dan 7:13, Dan 7:22; ׳י עָֽלְמָא days of old Ezr 4:15, 19: of a period: life-time, or reign, of king Dan 2:44; Dan 5:11; י ׳לִקְצָת Dan 4:31 at the end of the days (appointed time), י ׳בְּאַחֲרִית Dan 2:28 in the latter part of the (future) days.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0