χθές
chthesAdverbG5504
yesterday
From: of uncertain derivation;
Short Definition
"yesterday"; by extension, in time past or hitherto
Full Lexicon Entry
adv., yesterday: , (on the form, see Rutherford, NPhr., 370 f.).† ἐχθές, adverb ={χθές}, yesterday, ( 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 175, “Th.” 616, etc.; ἀπ᾽ ἐ. “Anthologia Graeca” (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus); μέσφα τό γ᾽ ἐ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus ); οὐ γάρ τι νῦν γε κἀ. today or yesterday, ( 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 456; οὐκ ἐ. *οὐδὲ πρῴην *5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 58 ); ἐ. *καὶ τρίτης *[ἡμέρας] ( LXX., compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator . (*ἐχθές *is commoner than χθές) in Comedy texts and LXX, is the only form used in “NT”, and frequently in papyri of all periods, ( “PSI” .21 (3rd c.BC), etc.))
LXX Usage: for תְּמוֹל, etc.
Grammar
Part of Speech Adverb
Morphology G:ADV
DescriptionGreek Adverb
Occurrences
3 timesAppears 3 times in the New Testament. Top books include:
Acts
1
Hebrews
1
John
1
Key Passages
- Acts 7:28
- Hebrews 13:8
- John 4:52
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