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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, , (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· πατριά. λέγεται δὲ καὶ 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 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:5 -

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division G2183 of [fn]Abijah; and he had a wife [fn]from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:8 -

Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division G2183,

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