ἡμέραις

emerais

days

feminine (with ὥρα implied) of a derivative of (to sit; akin to the base of ἑδραῖος) meaning tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context):--age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

G2250

Mark 13:24 · Word #5

Lexicon G2250

Lemmaἡμέρα
Transliterationhēméra
Strong'sG2250
In-contextdays
Literaldays

Morphology N DAT F PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Lexical Info

Lemmaἡμέρα
Strong'sG2250

SIBI-P1 G2250-03

in the days

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,DFP — noun, dative feminine plural; from ἡμέρα (“day”). The dative plural commonly expresses time within which (“in the days”), means, or association.
Rendering RationaleThe form ἡμέραις is dative feminine plural, indicating location in time (“in”), association with, or reference to multiple days. Rendering it as “in the days” preserves the plural number and the dative case’s common temporal sense while maintaining the core meaning of a defined period of time.

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Words from Root ἡμέρα (day, daylight, 24-hour period, time span, appointed time, age)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G2250-01 emera in a day
G2250-02 emerai day-periods
G2250-04 emeran a day

Word Usage (388 occurrences of G2250)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 2:1 ἡμέραις emerais the days
Matthew 3:1 ἡμέραις emerais days
Matthew 4:2 ἡμέρας emeras