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Lexicon :: Strong's G5504 - echthes

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ἐχθές
Transliteration
echthes (Key)
Pronunciation
khthes
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
mGNT
3x in 1 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
20x in 2 unique form(s)
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Variant Spellings

TR reads χθές

Strong’s Definitions

†χθές chthés, khthes; of uncertain derivation; "yesterday"; by extension, in time past or hitherto:—yesterday.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G5504 in the following manner: yesterday (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G5504 in the following manner: yesterday (3x).

  1. yesterday

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†χθές chthés, khthes; of uncertain derivation; "yesterday"; by extension, in time past or hitherto:—yesterday.
STRONGS G5504:
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: John 4:52; Acts 7:28; of time just past, Hebrews 13:8. (From Sophocles down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
4:52
Acts
7:28
Hebrews
13:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5504 matches the Greek ἐχθές (echthes),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:2 - And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban’s attitude toward him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:5 - He said to them, “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:29 - I could destroy you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and warned me, ‘Leave Jacob alone!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac[fn]—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?”
Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - But Moses pleaded with the LORD, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “Do not supply any more straw for making bricks. Make the people get it themselves!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Then they whipped the Israelite foremen they had put in charge of the work crews. “Why haven’t you met your quotas either yesterday or today?” they demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - But suppose the ox had a reputation for goring, and the owner had been informed but failed to keep it under control. If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned, and the owner must also be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - But if the ox had a reputation for goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under control, he must pay full compensation—a live ox for the dead one—but he may keep the dead ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - “If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “If the distance to the nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. Then the slayer would die unfairly, since he had never shown hostility toward the person who died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about a half mile[fn] behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure you don’t come any closer.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - As soon as the priests carrying the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant came up out of the riverbed and their feet were on high ground, the water of the Jordan returned and overflowed its banks as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - they panicked. “The gods have[fn] come into their camp!” they cried. “This is a disaster! We have never had to face anything like this before!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - When those who knew Saul heard about it, they exclaimed, “What? Is even Saul a prophet? How did the son of Kish become a prophet?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:21 - Even the Hebrews who had previously gone over to the Philistine army revolted and joined in with Saul, Jonathan, and the rest of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:3 - They are gaunt with hunger
and flee to the deserts,
to desolate and gloomy wastelands.
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