adverb
echthes
Greekἐχθές (echthes)
Strong’sG5504
yesterday
stem echthe-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
ἐχθές (Rec. χθές),
adv.,[in LXX for תְּמוֹל, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5504 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhthes
"yesterday"; by extension, in time past or hitherto
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesyesterday.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
echthes2×
Acts 7:28“yesterday”mē anairara min sis thelasō hon tropon anairasa echthes ton Aiguption?Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Hebrews 13:8“yesterday”Iēsus Christos echthes kai sēmeron tos autos, kai eis toin aiōnoin.Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Echthes1×
John 4:52“yesterday”punthaneta oun tan hōran para autoiu en ha kompsoterem echata; legala oun auto hoti Echthes hōran hebdoman afiēkata auton tos puretos.So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”