Strong's Lexicon
G4594 — σήμερον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4594 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σήμερον |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | neuter (as adverb) of a presumed compound of the article G3588 (t changed to s) and G2250 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 41 |
| Transliteration: | semeron |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | say'-mer-on |
| Meaning: | 1. on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed) 2. (generally) now (i.e. at present, hitherto) |
| KJV Renderings: | this (to-)day |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σήμερον (Attic τήμερον, i. e. ἡμέρα with pronominal prefix (Sanskritsa); cf. Vanicek, p. 971), adverb, from Homer down, the Sept. for äÇéåí, today, this day: Mat 6:11; Mat 16:3 (T brackets WH reject the passage); Luk 4:21; Luk 19:5; Act 4:9; Act 13:33, etc.; also where the speaker refers to the night just passed, Mat 27:19; equivalent to this night (now current), Luk 2:11; σήμερον ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί, Mar 14:30; ἕως σήμερον, 2Co 3:15; opposed to αὔριον, Mat 6:30; Luk 12:28; Luk 13:32; Jas 4:13; χθές καί σήμερον καί εἰς τούς αἰῶνας, a rhetorical periphrasis for ἀεί, Heb 13:8; ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα, this (very) day, Act 20:26; ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας, Rom 11:8; μέχρι τῆς σήμερον namely, ἡμέρας, Mat 11:23; Mat 28:15; ἕως τῆς σήμερον, Mat 27:8; ἄχρι ... τῆς σήμερον (where L T Tr WH add ἡμέρας), 2Co 3:14; ἡ σήμερον, equivalent to what has happened today (others render concerning this day’s riot; Buttmann, § 133, 9; but see Meyer at the passage; Winer’s Grammar, § 30, 9 a.), Act 19:40; τό σήμερον, the word today, Heb 3:13; as a substantive: ὁρίζει ἡμέραν, σήμερον, a today (meaning, ’a time for embracing the salvation graciously offered’ (cf. R. V. marginal reading)), Heb 4:7 a.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σήμερον (this (to-)day)
Matthew 6:11
- KJV: Give us this day our daily bread
- GK: τον άρτον ημών τον επιούσιον δος ημίν σήμερον
Matthew 6:30
- KJV: Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven not much more you O ye of little faith
- GK: ει δε τον χόρτον του αγρού σήμερον όντα και αύριον εις κλίβανον βαλλόμενον ο θεός ούτως αμφιέννυσιν ου πολλώ μάλλον υμάς ολιγόπιστοι
Matthew 11:23
- KJV: And thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shalt be brought down to hell for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day
- GK: και συ Καπερναούμ η έως του ουρανού υψωθείσα έως άδου καταβιβασθήση ότι ει εν Σοδόμοις εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν σοι έμειναν αν μέχρι της σήμερον
Matthew 16:3
- KJV: And in the morning foul weather to day for the sky is red and lowring hypocrites ye can discern the face of the sky but can ye not the signs of the times
- GK: και πρωϊ σήμερον χειμών πυρράζει γαρ στυγνάζων ο ουρανός υποκριταί το μεν πρόσωπον του ουρανού γινώσκετε διακρίνειν τα δε σημεία των καιρών ου δύνασθε
Matthew 21:28
- KJV: But what think ye A certain man had two sons and he came to the first and said Son go work to day in my vineyard
- GK: τι δε υμίν δοκεί άνθρωπος τις είχε τέκνα δύο και προσελθών τω πρώτω είπεν τέκνον ύπαγε σήμερον εργάζου εν τω αμπελώνί μου
Matthew 27:8
- KJV: Wherefore that field was called The field of blood unto this day
- GK: διό εκλήθη ο αγρός εκείνος αγρός αίματος έως της σήμερον
Matthew 27:19
- KJV: When he was set down on the judgment seat his wife sent unto him saying Have thou nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him
- GK: καθημένου δε αυτού επί του βήματος απέστειλε προς αυτόν η γυνή αυτού λέγουσα μηδέν σοι και τω δικαίω εκείνω πολλά γαρ έπαθον σήμερον κατ΄ όναρ δι΄ αυτόν
Matthew 28:15
- KJV: So they took the money and did as they were taught and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day
- GK: οι δε λαβόντες τα αργύρια εποίησαν ως εδιδάχθησαν και διεφημίσθη ο λόγος ούτος παρά Ιουδαίοις μέχρι της σήμερον
Mark 14:30
- KJV: And Jesus saith unto him Verily I say unto thee That this day in this night before the cock crow twice thou shalt deny me thrice
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς αμήν λέγω σοι ότι σήμερον εν τη νυκτί ταύτη πριν η δις αλέκτορα φωνήσαι τρις απαρνήση με