Strong's Lexicon

G5504

G5504 — χθές

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekchthesadverbOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G5504
Word:χθές
Part of Speech:adverb
Etymology:of uncertain derivation
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:chthes
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khthes'
Meaning:1. "yesterday" 2. (by extension) in time past or hitherto
KJV Renderings:yesterday

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐχθές and (Rec., so Griesbach in Acts and Heb.) χθές (on which forms cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 323f; (especially Rutherford. New Phryn., p. 370f); Bleek, Br. an d. Hebrew ii. 2, p. 1000; (Tdf. Proleg., p. 81; Winers Grammar, pp. 24, 45; Buttmann, 72 (63))), adverb, yesterday: Joh 4:52; Act 7:28; of time just past, Heb 13:8. (From Sophocles down.)

STRONGS NT 5504: χθέςχθές (Rec.; also Griesbach in Acts and Heb.), equivalent to ἐχθές (which see), yesterday; the Sept. for úÀÌîåì. (Homer (h. Merc.), others) χιλαρχος, χιλαρχου, (χίλιοι and ἄρχων; (on the form of the word cf. references under the word ἑκατοντάρχης, and Liddell and Scott, under the word χιλαρχης)), the commander of a thousand soldiers, a chiliarch; the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribune): Joh 18:12; Act 21:31-33; Act 21:37; Act 22:24; Act 22:26-29; Act 23:10; Act 23:15; Act 23:17-19; Act 23:22; Act 24:7 Rec., ; (the Sept. for ΰΒμΘτΔιν ùÇÒø and àÂìÈôÄéí øÉàùÑ). Any military commander (R. V. high or chief captain, captain): Mar 6:21; Rev 6:15; Rev 19:18. ((Aeschylus, Xenophon, others.))

Englishman's Greek Concordance

χθές (yesterday)

John 4:52

KJV: Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend And they said unto him Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him
GK: επύθετο ούν παρ΄ αυτών την ώραν εν η κομψότερον έσχε και είπον αυτώ ότι χθές ώραν εβδόμην αφήκεν αυτόν ο πυρετός

Acts 7:28

KJV: Wilt thou kill me as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday
GK: μη ανελείν με συ θέλεις ον τρόπον ανείλες χθές τον Αιγύπτιον

Hebrews 13:8

KJV: Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever
GK: Ιησούς χριστός χθές και σήμερον ο αυτός και εις τους αιώνας
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