2001 Translation

EPHĒMERON, ephēmeron

Sounds Like: eh-FEE-meh-ron

Translations: daily, for a day, ephemeral, perishable, fleeting, a daily thing, an ephemeral thing

From the root: ΕΦΗΜΕΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something that lasts only for a day, or is short-lived and transient. It can be used to characterize things that are temporary or perishable, in contrast to things that are eternal or enduring.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative

Strong’s number: G2184 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:31

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΦΗΜΕΡΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΦΗΜΕΡΟΥ — of daily, of a daily, of that which lasts for a day, of that which is short-lived, of fleeting
• ΕΦΗΜΕΡΟΣ — daily, for a day, lasting a day, ephemeral, short-lived
• ΕΦΗΜΕΡΟΥ — (of) daily, (of) a day, (of) that which lasts for a day

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