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Lexicon :: Strong's G4594 - sēmeron

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σήμερον
Transliteration
sēmeron (Key)
Pronunciation
say'-mer-on
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter (as adverb) of a presumed compound of the art. (G3588) and ἡμέρα (G2250), on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed)
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TDNT Reference: 7:269,1024

Strong’s Definitions

σήμερον sḗmeron, say'-mer-on; neuter (as adverb) of a presumed compound of the article G3588 (t changed to s) and G2250; on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e. at present, hitherto):—this (to-)day.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's G4594 in the following manner: this day (22x), to day (18x), this (with G3588) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's G4594 in the following manner: this day (22x), to day (18x), this (with G3588) (1x).
  1. this (very) day

  2. what has happened today

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σήμερον sḗmeron, say'-mer-on; neuter (as adverb) of a presumed compound of the article G3588 (t changed to s) and G2250; on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e. at present, hitherto):—this (to-)day.
STRONGS G4594:
σήμερον (Attic τήμερον, i. e. ἡμέρα with pronominal prefix (Sanskritsa); cf. Vanicek, p. 971), adverb, from Homer down, the Sept. for הַיום, today, this day: Matthew 6:11; Matthew 16:3 (T brackets WH reject the passage); Luke 4:21; Luke 19:5; Acts 4:9; Acts 13:33, etc.; also where the speaker refers to the night just passed, Matthew 27:19; equivalent to this night (now current), Luke 2:11; σήμερον ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί, Mark 14:30; ἕως σήμερον, 2 Corinthians 3:15; opposed to αὔριον, Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28; Luke 13:32; James 4:13; χθές καί σήμερον καί εἰς τούς αἰῶνας, a rhetorical periphrasis for ἀεί, Hebrews 13:8; σήμερον ἡμέρα, this (very) day, Acts 20:26; ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας, Romans 11:8; μέχρι τῆς σήμερον namely, ἡμέρας, Matthew 11:23; Matthew 28:15; ἕως τῆς σήμερον, Matthew 27:8; ἄχρι... τῆς σήμερον (where L T Tr WH add ἡμέρας), 2 Corinthians 3:14; 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.), Acts 19:40; τό σήμερον, the word today, Hebrews 3:13; as a substantive: ὁρίζει ἡμέραν, σήμερον, a today (meaning, 'a time for embracing the salvation graciously offered' (cf. R. V. marginal reading)), Hebrews 4:7a.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:11; 6:30; 11:23; 16:3; 27:8; 27:19; 28:15
Mark
14:30
Luke
2:11; 4:21; 12:28; 13:32; 19:5
Acts
4:9; 13:33; 19:40; 20:26
Romans
11:8
2 Corinthians
3:14; 3:15
Hebrews
3:13; 4:7; 13:8
James
4:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4594 matches the Greek σήμερον (sēmeron),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:11 - Give us today the food we need,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:30 - And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:23 - “And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead.[fn] For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:3 - red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times![fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:28 - “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:8 - That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:19 - Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Leave that innocent man alone. I suffered through a terrible nightmare about him last night.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15 - So the guards accepted the bribe and said what they were told to say. Their story spread widely among the Jews, and they still tell it today.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:11 - The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:26 - Everyone was gripped with great wonder and awe, and they praised God, exclaiming, “We have seen amazing things today!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:28 - And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:32 - Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:33 - Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn’t do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:5 - When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:9 - Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:34 - But Jesus said, “Peter, let me tell you something. Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:43 - And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:21 - We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:9 - are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:33 - and God has now fulfilled it for us, their descendants, by raising Jesus. This is what the second psalm says about Jesus:
‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:40 - I am afraid we are in danger of being charged with rioting by the Roman government, since there is no cause for all this commotion. And if Rome demands an explanation, we won’t know what to say.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:26 - I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:21 - except for the one time I shouted out, ‘I am on trial before you today because I believe in the resurrection of the dead!’”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2 - “I am fortunate, King Agrippa, that you are the one hearing my defense today against all these accusations made by the Jewish leaders,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:29 - Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:33 - Just as day was dawning, Paul urged everyone to eat. “You have been so worried that you haven’t touched food for two weeks,” he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:8 - As the Scriptures say,
“God has put them into a deep sleep.
To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see,
and closed their ears so they do not hear.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:14 - But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:15 - Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:5 - For God never said to any angel what he said to Jesus:
“You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.[fn]” God also said,
“I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:7 - That is why the Holy Spirit says,
“Today when you hear his voice,
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:13 - You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:15 - Remember what it says:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts
as Israel did when they rebelled.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:7 - So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:5 - That is why Christ did not honor himself by assuming he could become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him,
“You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:13 - Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.”
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