Yowm

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 3117

Original Word	Word Origin
~wy	from an unused root meaning to be hot
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
Yowm	TWOT - 852
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
yome	Noun Masculine

Definition

day, time, year
1. day (as opposed to night)
2. day (24 hour period)
  1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
  2. as a division of time 1b
3. a working day, a day's journey
4. days, lifetime (pl.)
5. time, period (general)
6. year
7. temporal references
  1. today
  2. yesterday
  3. tomorrow

NAS Word Usage - Total: 2247

afternoon* 1, age 8, age* 1, all 1, always* 14, amount* 2, battle 1, birthday* 1, Chronicles* 38, completely* 1, continually* 14, course* 1, daily 22, daily the days 1, day 1115, day of the days 1, day that the period 1, day's 6, day's every day 1, daylight* 1, days 635, days on the day 1, days to day 1, days you shall daily 1, days ago 1, days' 11, each 1, each day 4, entire 2, eternity 1, evening* 1, ever in your life* 1, every day 2, fate 1, first 5, forever* 11, forevermore* 1, full 5, full year 1, future* 1, holiday* 3, later* 2, length 1, life 12, life* 1, lifetime 2, lifetime* 1, live 1, long 2, long as i live 1, long* 11, midday* 1, now 5, older* 1, once 2, period 3, perpetually* 2, present 1, recently 1, reigns 1, ripe* 1, short-lived* 1, so long* 1, some time 1, survived* 2, time 45, time* 1, times* 2, today 172, today* 1, usual 1, very old* 1, when 10, when the days 1, whenever 1, while 3, whole 2, year 10, yearly 5, years 13, yesterday* 1

NAS Verse Count
Genesis	137
Exodus	82
Leviticus	87
Numbers	88
Deuteronomy	146
Joshua	62
Judges	62
Ruth	7
1 Samuel	131
2 Samuel	60
1 Kings	93
2 Kings	71
1 Chronicles	34
2 Chronicles	58
Ezra	16
Nehemiah	43
Esther	40
Job	53
Psalms	105
Proverbs	28
Ecclesiastes	21
Solomon	4
Isaiah	110
Jeremiah	120
Lamentations	17
Ezekiel	85
Daniel	20
Hosea	23
Joel	10
Amos	17
Obadiah	6
Jonah	3
Micah	13
Nahum	4
Habakkuk	2
Zephaniah	14
Haggai	6
Zechariah	36
Malachi	7

Total	1921

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Yowm". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .

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