Greek noun (feminine) · G5610
ὥρα
horaho'-rah
any; A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night; A definite point of time
106 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hṓra
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5610is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5610
an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) time.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hora is rendered "any; A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night; A definite point of time". It stands 106 times in the Greek text, across thirteen books.
- Twenty-six of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "any".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
Matthew 8:13ὥρᾳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: any, and A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, and A definite point of time.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| anytime or period fixed by nature | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 8:13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you… |
| A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or nightan hour | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 24:36No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son… |
| A definite point of timetime, hour | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 26:45Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὡραῖος | horaios | Beautiful | Uses4 |
The words it stands beside
All 106, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὥρα33
- ὥρᾳ28
- ὥραν22
- ὥρας21
- ὧραί1
- ὡρῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular33N-NSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular28N-DSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular22N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular20N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1N-GPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
twenty-one uses
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: time
“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Mark
twelve uses
By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: when the hour
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Luke
seventeen uses
And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
John
twenty-six uses
“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
“Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: at hour
Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a season
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
- ὧραίhorainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: hours
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Acts
eleven uses
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
- ὡρῶνhoronnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: hours
One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- ὥραςhorasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: hours
came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Romans
one use
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
1 Corinthians
two uses
To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
2 Corinthians
one use
Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
Galatians
one use
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an hour
1 Thessalonians
one use
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of an hour
Philemon
one use
For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a time
1 John
two uses
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Revelation
ten uses
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- ὥραςhorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
- ὥραhoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hour
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
- ὥρανhorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hour
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”
- ὥρᾳhoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: hour
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