KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:5
Complete exact-word concordance
And God called the light day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: and the euening and the morning were the first day.
1611 marginal noteHebr. and the euening was, and the morning was &c.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
And God called the firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.
1611 marginal noteIer. 51.15.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
And the euening and the morning were the third day.
¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
¶ And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene the day and betweene the night.
1611 marginal noteDeu. 4.19 psal. 136.7.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starres also.
1611 marginal noteHebr. for the rule of the day, &c.
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And to rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
1611 marginal noteIer. 31.35
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
And the euening and the morning were the fourth day.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
And the euening and the morning were the fift day.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
And God saw euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.
1611 marginal noteEcclus. 39.16.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.
1611 marginal noteExod. 20.11. and 31.17. deut. 5.14. Hebr. 4.4.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
The part of the twenty-four hours when it is light; or the space of time between the rising and setting of the sun. The whole time or period ... of twenty-four hours. Light; sunshine. Time specified; any period of time distinguished from other time; age; time.
