Hebrew word · Strong's H3117

יוֹם

yôwm · yome · noun · “day”

In a sentence

Yom means day — a 24-hour day, a general period of time, or the great “day of the LORD” when God acts decisively in judgment and salvation.

Yom is the Hebrew word for day. It can mean the daylight hours, a 24-hour cycle, or a period of time more broadly — “in the day when…” .

The prophets give it climactic weight in the phrase “the day of the LORD” — the day when God decisively intervenes to judge evil and save his people. The New Testament centers that day on Jesus’ return.

Strong's reference

Definition: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

KJV usage: age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 1:5 “God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.” Joel 2:31 “The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.” Psalms 118:24 “This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.