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Lexicon :: Strong's G2183 - ephēmeria

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ἐφημερία
Transliteration
ephēmeria (Key)
Pronunciation
ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐφημερία ephēmería, ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah; from G2184; diurnality, i.e. (specially) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests' service at the Temple, as distributed by families:—course.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2183 in the following manner: course (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2183 in the following manner: course (2x).

  1. a service limited to a stated series of days

  2. the class or course itself of priests who for a week at a time performed the duties of the priestly office. David divided the priests into twenty four classes, each of which in its turn discharged the duties of the office for an entire week, from sabbath to sabbath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐφημερία ephēmería, ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah; from G2184; diurnality, i.e. (specially) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests' service at the Temple, as distributed by families:—course.
STRONGS G2183:
ἐφημερία, -ας, ἡ, (ἐφημέριος, -ον, by day, lasting or acting for a day, daily), a word not found in secular authors; the Sept. in Chronicles and Nehemiah;
1. a service limited to a stated series of days (cf. German Tagdienst, Wochendienst); so used of the service of the priests and Levites: Nehemiah 13:30; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 2 Chronicles 13:10, etc.
2. the class or course itself of priests who for a week at a time performed the duties of the priestly office (German Wöchnerzunft): 1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 28:13, etc.; 1 Esdr. 1:2, 15; so twice in the N. T.: Luke 1:5, 8. For David divided the priests into twenty-four classes, each of which in its turn discharged the duties of the office for an entire week from sabbath to sabbath, 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Nehemiah 12:24; these classes Josephus calls πατριαί and ἐφημερίδες, Antiquities 7, 14, 7; de vita sua 1; Suidas, ἐφημερία· ἡ πατριά. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἡ τῆς ἡμέρας λειτουργία. Cf. Fritzsche, commentary on 3 Esdras, p. 12. [BB. DD. under the word Priests; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, book 2, chapter 3].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
23:6; 24:4; 25:8; 28:13
2 Chronicles
8:14; 13:10
Nehemiah
12:24; 13:30
Luke
1:5; 1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2183 matches the Greek ἐφημερία (ephēmeria),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these are the singers, heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:12 - Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:11 - And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their courses;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have priests ministering unto Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:8 - So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - besides them that were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even every one that entered into the house of Jehovah, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their courses;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4 - and prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
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