Original Word: ὥρろーαあるふぁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: hóra
Pronunciation: HO-rah
Phonetic Spelling: (ho'-rah)
Definition: Hour, time, season
Meaning: (a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.

Word Origin: Derived from the same as ὥρろーαあるふぁ (hōra), meaning "hour" or "time."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H6256 (עֵת, 'et): Time, season

- H4150 (מוֹעֵד, mo'ed): Appointed time, season, festival

Usage: In the New Testament, ὥρろーαあるふぁ (hóra) primarily refers to a specific time or hour of the day. It can denote a literal hour, a period of time, or a significant moment. The term is often used to indicate the timing of events, both ordinary and eschatological. It can also imply a divinely appointed time or season, reflecting God's sovereign control over history.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, time was often measured by the sundial or water clock, dividing daylight into twelve hours. The concept of "hour" was more fluid than the modern 60-minute period, varying with the length of daylight. In Jewish culture, the day was divided into watches and hours, with significant religious and social activities tied to specific times, such as prayer and sacrifice.

5610 hṓra – properly, an hour; (figuratively) a finite "season"; limited time or opportunity to reach a goal (fulfill a purpose); a divinely pre-set time-period; a limited period to accomplish the Lord's specific purpose, i.e. "the hour" in which specific characteristics prevail exactly like that for a limited time.

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
a time or period, an hour
NASB Translation
hour (84), hours (3), late* (2), moment (3), once* (3), short* (1), time (6), while (4).

STRONGS NT 5610: ὥρろーαあるふぁ

ὥρろーαあるふぁ, ὥρας, ἡ, from Homer down, the Sept. for עֵת and in Daniel for שָׁעָה;

1. a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year; of the seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter, as ὥρろーαあるふぁ τたうοおみくろんῦ θέρους, πρώϊμος καί ὄψιμος, χειμερια, etc.; often in the Greek writings (cf. Liddell and Scott, under A. I. 1 c., and on the inherent force of the word especially Schmidt, chapter 44 § 6f).

2. the daytime (bounded by the rising and the setting of the sun), a day: ὥρろーαあるふぁ πぱいαあるふぁρろーῆλらむだθしーたεいぷしろんνにゅー, Matthew 14:15; ἤδでるたηいーた ὥρας πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῆς γενομένης (or γινομένης) (A. V. when the day was now far spent), Mark 6:35 (see πολύς, c. (but note that in the example from Polybius there cited πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῆς ὥρας means early)); ὀψίας (ὀψέ T Tr marginal reading WH text) ἤδでるたηいーた οおみくろんὔσης τたうῆς ὥρας (WH marginal reading brackets τたうῆς ὥρας), Mark 11:11 (ὀψέ τたうῆς ὥρας, Polybius 3, 83, 7; τたうῆς ὥρας ἐγιγνετο ὀψέ, Demosthenes, p. 541, 28).

3. a twelfth part of the daytime, an hour (the twelve hours of the day are reckoned from the rising to the setting of the sun, John 11:9 (cf. BB. DD., under the word Hour; Riehm's HWB, under the word Uhr)): Matthew 24:36; Matthew 25:13; Mark 13:32; Mark 15:25, 33; Luke 22:59; Luke 23:44; John 1:39(40); ; with τたうῆς ἡμέρας added, Acts 2:15; of the hours of the night, Luke 12:39; Luke 22:59; with τたうῆς νυκτός added, Acts 16:33; Acts 23:23; dative ὥρろーαあるふぁ, in stating the time when (Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; Buttmann, § 133, 26): Matthew 24:44; Mark 15:34; Luke 12:39f; preceded by ἐνにゅー, Matthew 24:50; John 4:52; Acts 16:33; accusative to specify when (Winers Grammar, § 32, 6; Buttmann, § 131, 11): John 4:52; Acts 10:3; 1 Corinthians 15:30; Revelation 3:3; also to express duration (Winers Grammar, and Buttmann's Grammar, at the passages cited): Matthew 20:12 (cf. ποιέω, I. 1 a. at the end); ; Mark 14:37; preceded by prepositions: ἀπό, Matthew 27:45; Acts 23:23; ἕως, Matthew 27:45; μέχρι, Acts 10:30; περί with the accusative Acts 10:9, improperly used for a very short time: μία ὥρろーαあるふぁ, Revelation 18:10 (Rec. ἐνにゅー, WH marginal reading accusative), 17 (16), 19; πρός ὥρろーαあるふぁνにゅー (A. V. for a season), John 5:35; 2 Corinthians 7:8; Galatians 2:5 (here A. V. for an hour); Philemon 1:15; πρός καιρόν ὥρας (for a short season), 1 Thessalonians 2:17.

4. any definite time, point of time, moment: Matthew 26:45; more precisely defined — by a genitive of the thing, Luke 1:10; Luke 14:17; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 14:7, 15; by a genitive of the person the fit or opportune time for one, Luke 22:53; John 2:4; by a pronoun or an adjective: ἡ ἄρろーτたうιいおた ὥρろーαあるふぁ (A. V. this present hour), 1 Corinthians 4:11; ἐσχάτῃ ὥρろーαあるふぁ, the last hour i. e. the end of this age and very near the return of Christ from heaven (see ἔσχατος, 1, p. 253b), 1 John 2:18 (cf. Westcott at the passage); αあるふぁὐτたうῇ τたうῇ ὥρろーαあるふぁ, that very hour, Luke 2:38 (here A. V. (not R. V.) that instant); ; Acts 16:18; Acts 22:13; ἐνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῇ τたうῇ ὥρろーαあるふぁ, in that very hour, Luke 7:21 (R G L text); ; ἐνにゅー τたうῇ ὥρろーαあるふぁ ἐκείνῃ, Matthew 8:13; ἐνにゅー ἐκείνῃ τたうῇ ὥρろーαあるふぁ, Matthew 10:19 (Lachmann brackets the clause); Mark 13:11; (Luke 7:21 L marginal reading T Tr WH); Revelation 11:13; ἀπぱい' ἐκείνης τたうῆς ὥρας, John 19:27; ἀπό τたうῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης, Matthew 9:22; Matthew 15:28; Matthew 17:18; by a conjunction: ὥρろーαあるふぁ ὅτたうεいぷしろん, John 4:21, 23; John 5:25'; ; ἵνにゅーαあるふぁ (see ἵνにゅーαあるふぁ, II. 2 d.), John 12:23; John 13:1; John 16:2, 32; by καί and a finite verb, Matthew 26:45; by a relative pronoun ὥρろーαあるふぁ ἐνにゅー ἤ, John 5:28; by the addition of an accusative with an infinitive Romans 13:11 (οおみくろんὔπぱいωおめが ὥρろーαあるふぁ συναχθῆνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた τά κτήνη, Genesis 29:7; see examples in the Greek writings, from Aeschylus down, in Passow, under the word, vol. ii., p. 2620a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. I. 3); so the Latintempus est, Cicero, Tusc. 1, 41, 99; ad Attic 10, 8). Owing to the context ὥρろーαあるふぁ sometimes denotes the fatal hour, the hour of death: Matthew 26:45; Mark 14:35, 41; John 12:27; John 16:4 (here L Tr WH read ἡ ὥρろーαあるふぁ αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー i. e. the time when these predictions are fulfilled); ; ἡ ὥρろーαあるふぁ τίνος, 'one's hour', i. e. the time when one must undergo the destiny appointed him by God: so of Christ, John 7:30; John 8:20, cf. John 16:21. (On the omission of the word see ἐξαυτῆς (ἀφふぁい' ἧς? cf., p. 58b top), Winers Grammar, § 64, 5, under the word; Buttmann, 82 (71); on the omission of the article with it (e. g. 1 John 2:18), see Winers Grammar, § 19, under the word).

day, hour, instant, season

Apparently a primary word; an "hour" (literally or figuratively) -- day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) time.

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