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Lexicon :: Strong's G2183 - ephēmeria

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ἐφημερία
Transliteration
ephēmeria (Key)
Pronunciation
ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐφημερία ephēmería, ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah; from G2184; diurnality, i.e. (specially) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests' service at the Temple, as distributed by families:—course.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2183 in the following manner: course (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2183 in the following manner: course (2x).

  1. a service limited to a stated series of days

  2. the class or course itself of priests who for a week at a time performed the duties of the priestly office. David divided the priests into twenty four classes, each of which in its turn discharged the duties of the office for an entire week, from sabbath to sabbath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐφημερία ephēmería, ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah; from G2184; diurnality, i.e. (specially) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests' service at the Temple, as distributed by families:—course.
STRONGS G2183:
ἐφημερία, -ας, ἡ, (ἐφημέριος, -ον, by day, lasting or acting for a day, daily), a word not found in secular authors; the Sept. in Chronicles and Nehemiah;
1. a service limited to a stated series of days (cf. German Tagdienst, Wochendienst); so used of the service of the priests and Levites: Nehemiah 13:30; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 2 Chronicles 13:10, etc.
2. the class or course itself of priests who for a week at a time performed the duties of the priestly office (German Wöchnerzunft): 1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 28:13, etc.; 1 Esdr. 1:2, 15; so twice in the N. T.: Luke 1:5, 8. For David divided the priests into twenty-four classes, each of which in its turn discharged the duties of the office for an entire week from sabbath to sabbath, 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Nehemiah 12:24; these classes Josephus calls πατριαί and ἐφημερίδες, Antiquities 7, 14, 7; de vita sua 1; Suidas, ἐφημερία· ἡ πατριά. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἡ τῆς ἡμέρας λειτουργία. Cf. Fritzsche, commentary on 3 Esdras, p. 12. [BB. DD. under the word Priests; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, book 2, chapter 3].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
23:6; 24:4; 25:8; 28:13
2 Chronicles
8:14; 13:10
Nehemiah
12:24; 13:30
Luke
1:5; 1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2183 matches the Greek ἐφημερία (ephēmeria),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 - These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the LORD; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:11 - And when the priests came out of the Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without regard to their divisions,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the LORD who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:8 - The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the LORD under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the LORD and to give thanks and praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah were faithfully assisting him in the cities of the priests, to distribute the portions to their brothers, old and young alike, by divisions,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - except those enrolled by genealogy, males from three years old and upward—all who entered the house of the LORD as the duty of each day required—for their service according to their offices, by their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - The enrollment of the priests was according to their fathers’ houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upward was according to their offices, by their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4 - Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 - And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood opposite them in the service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;
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