G5610 — ὥρα (hora)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G5610
Original: ὥρα
Transliteration: hora
Pronunciation: ho'-rah
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: Apparently a primary word
Occurrences: 100 unique verses (108 tokens) in 13 NT books
First Occurrence: Mat 8:13 — "And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour."
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

An "hour" (literally or figuratively): — day, hour, instant, season, short, (even-)tide, (high) time.

Semantic Domains¶

Louw-Nida: - 067 — Time - 067.009 — Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour - 067.004 — A Point of Time with Reference to Units of Time: Daybreak, Midday, Midnight, Late - 067.001 — A Point of Time without Reference to Other Points of Time: Time, Occasion, Ever, Often - Glosses: time, occasion, a while

UBS Semantic Domains: - [067] Time

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
hour	70	70.0%
time	7	7.0%
the hour	5	5.0%
an hour	4	4.0%
a season	3	3.0%
hours	3	3.0%
the time	3	3.0%
a short	1	1.0%
high time	1	1.0%
instant	1	1.0%
the eventide	1	1.0%
when the day	1	1.0%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Philemon	1	4.0
John	24	2.7
Revelation	10	2.5
Matthew	22	2.1
Mark	10	1.5
Luke	15	1.3
Acts	11	1.1
1 Thessalonians	1	1.1
1 John	1	1.0
Galatians	1	0.7
1 Corinthians	2	0.5
2 Corinthians	1	0.4
Romans	1	0.2

Gospels + Acts account for 82 of 100 verses (82%). John has the highest raw count (24x), driven by "the hour" as a motif for Jesus' passion. Revelation is the densest epistolary/prophetic book (2.5/100v), using hora for eschatological judgment moments. Absent from Hebrews, the Pastorals, James, 2 Peter, Jude, and most of Paul's letters.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Literal Clock Hour (Time-of-Day Marker)¶

Mat 20:3 — "he went out about the third hour"
Mat 27:45 — "from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour"
Mar 15:25 — "it was the third hour, and they crucified him"
Acts 2:15 — "seeing it is but the third hour of the day"

2. The Decisive Moment / Turning Point¶

Mat 26:45 — "the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed"
Jhn 12:23 — "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified"
Jhn 17:1 — "Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son"
Jhn 13:1 — "when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart"

3. Appointed Eschatological Moment¶

Rev 14:7 — "the hour of his judgment is come"
Rev 3:10 — "the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world"
Rev 14:15 — "the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe"
Rev 9:15 — "prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year"

4. The Unknown / Unexpected Moment¶

Mat 24:36 — "of that day and hour knoweth no man"
Mat 24:44 — "in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh"
Mat 25:13 — "ye know neither the day nor the hour"
Luk 12:40 — "the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not"

5. Brief Period / Short Duration¶

Jhn 5:35 — "ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light"
1Th 2:17 — "being taken from you for a short time in presence"
Phm 1:15 — "he therefore departed for a season"
Gal 2:5 — "we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour"

6. Immediacy ("That Very Hour")¶

Mat 8:13 — "his servant was healed in the selfsame hour"
Mat 17:18 — "the child was cured from that very hour"
Luk 24:33 — "they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem"
Acts 16:33 — "he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes"

7. Prophetic/Apocalyptic Duration¶

Rev 17:12 — "receive power as kings one hour with the beast"
Rev 18:10 — "in one hour is thy judgment come"
Rev 18:17 — "in one hour so great riches is come to nought"
Rev 18:19 — "in one hour is she made desolate"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
ἔρχομαι (erchomai)	G2064	33x (33%)	"the hour is come / cometh" — hora as the moment that arrives
ἡμέρα (hemera)	G2250	16x (16%)	"the day and the hour" — paired temporal terms
γίνομαι (ginomai)	G1096	14x (14%)	"when the hour was come" — the hour that happens/arrives
πατήρ (pater)	G3962	11x (11%)	"Father, the hour is come" — prayer-context in John
υἱός (huios)	G5207	10x (10%)	"the Son of man cometh at an hour" — eschatological Son of Man sayings
ἔννατος (ennatos)	G1766	9x (9%)	"the ninth hour" — standard time marker (3 PM, prayer time)
μέγας (megas)	G3173	9x (9%)	"great earthquake" in Revelation contexts alongside hora
ἕκτος (hektos)	G1623	7x (7%)	"the sixth hour" — standard time marker (noon)
γινώσκω (ginosko)	G1097	7x (7%)	"ye know not what hour" — the unknown hour

Synonyms¶

None listed by search_relationships.py for this lemma.

Antonyms¶

None listed by search_relationships.py for this lemma.

Domain Neighbors (Louw-Nida 067.004)¶

Word	Strong's	Verses	Primary KJV	Key Difference
αὐγή (auge)	G827	1	break of day	Specifically daybreak; hora covers any time-point
μεσημβρία (mesembria)	G3314	2	noon, the south	Midday specifically; hora marks any hour
μεσονύκτιον (mesonuktion)	G3317	4	midnight	Midnight specifically; hora can denote any point
ὄρθρος (orthros)	G3722	3	early morning	Dawn; hora is the broader time-unit
ὀψέ (opse)	G3796	3	at even	Late/evening; hora marks any discrete moment
ὄψιος (opsios)	G3798	7	when the even	Evening time; hora is not restricted to day-end

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
καιρός (kairos)	G2540	"time," "season" (39x vs 7x)	kairos = the right/appointed season in God's plan; hora = the specific moment or hour when it breaks into history
χρόνος (chronos)	G5550	"time" (22x vs 7x)	chronos = measured elapsed duration; hora = a point or brief period, not a span
ἡμέρα (hemera)	G2250	"time" (3x vs 7x)	hemera = a full day or epoch; hora = a smaller unit within the day
שָׁעָה (sha'ah)	H8160	"hour" (1x vs 70x)	Aramaic equivalent in Daniel; cognate concept but restricted to Dan 3:6, 4:19, 4:33, 5:5

Hebrew Source (via LXX)¶

Hebrew Source	Strong's	Co-occ	PMI	Notes
עֵת (ʻêth)	H6256	24x	5.69	Primary — LXX renders ʻêth as hora for time-of-day or short-interval meanings
שָׁעָה (shâʻâh)	H8160	5x	9.04	Aramaic "hour" — highest PMI, direct semantic match
מָחָר (mâchâr)	H4279	8x	6.37	"Tomorrow" — LXX sometimes uses hora for the temporal element
מוֹעֵד (mô'êd)	H4150	7x	4.13	"Appointed time" — hora captures the specific-moment aspect

The primary OT antecedent is H6256 ʻêth ("time, season"), which the LXX renders as hora 24 times — specifically when the Hebrew refers to time-of-day or a brief defined period rather than a qualitative appointed season (for which kairos is preferred).