ὥρα G5610
Hour, time, moment; a specific period ranging from a literal hour to a decisive or appointed time
Hora spans a range from a literal twelfth-of-daylight hour to a theologically charged moment or appointed time. In narrative contexts it marks clock time ('the tenth hour,' John 1:39) or duration. More significantly, it denotes divinely appointed moments — Jesus repeatedly speaks of 'my hour' as his destined time of glorification through suffering (John 2:4; 7:30; 12:23). The eschatological 'hour' signals the end times (1 John 2:18). Translations across languages use straightforward cognates — Spanish 'hora,' French 'heure,' German 'Stunde' — all capturing both temporal and kairos dimensions.
Senses
1. hour / time / moment — A period of time ranging from a specific clock hour to a decisive, divinely appointed moment. Covers literal time-keeping ('about the sixth hour,' Matt 27:45), instantaneous healing moments ('from that hour,' Matt 8:13; 9:22), Jesus's destined 'hour' of passion and glorification (John 2:4; 12:23), and eschatological turning points (Rev 3:10). The Greek term bridges chronos (measured time) and kairos (significant time) in a single word. 106×
AR["-", "السَّاعَةَ", "السَّاعَةُ", "السَّاعَةِ", "تِلْكَ", "ساعَةٍ", "ساعَةِ", "سَاعَةٍ", "سَاعَةِ", "وَاحِدَةً"]·ben["ঘণ্টা", "ঘণ্টায়", "ঘণ্টার", "ঘন্টা", "ঘন্টার", "সময়", "সময়ে", "সময়ের"]·DE["Stunde"]·EN["hour"]·FR["heure"]·heb["אַחַת", "שָׁעָה"]·HI["घड़ी", "घड़ी-में", "घड़ी-से", "घदि", "घन्त", "घन्ते"]·ID["jam", "saat"]·IT["ora"]·jav["jam", "wanci,", "wekdal"]·KO["때-를", "때에", "시간", "시간-도", "시간-에", "시간-이", "시간부터", "시간에", "시간에-대하여", "시간이"]·PT["hora", "hora,"]·RU["час", "часа", "часа,", "часе"]·ES["hora", "la-hora"]·SW["akaona", "hajui", "hakuna-mtu", "kila-mmoja", "moja", "na", "saa", "vivyo-hivyo", "wa-"]·TR["saat", "saate", "saati", "saatin", "saatte", "saatten"]·urd["وقت", "گھنٹہ", "گھنٹے-تک", "گھنٹے-سے", "گھنٹے-کے", "گھڑی", "گھڑی-سے", "گھڑی-میں"]
Matt 8:13, Matt 9:22, Matt 10:19, Matt 14:15, Matt 15:28, Matt 17:18, Matt 18:1, Matt 20:3, Matt 20:5, Matt 20:9, Matt 20:12, Matt 24:36 (+38 more)
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)G2193 1. until (143×)G3825 1. (141×)G3752 1. (123×)H6153 1. evening, time of day (123×)H0227a 1. then (122×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὥρα, __CIonic dialect ὥρη, ἡ: Epic dialect genitive plural ὡράων, Ionic dialect ὡρέων: locative plural ὥρασι, (which see) any period, fixed by natural laws and revolutions, whether of the year, month, or day (the sense 'day' is implied in the compound ἑπτάωρος, which see), νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+ __C.I in Refs 8th c.BC+, part of the year, season; mostly in plural, the…