noun · feminine

efēmerias

Greekἐφημερία (efēmeria)

Strong’sG2183

a class of priests

stem efēmeri-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

division2×

What it means

† ἐφ-ημερία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἐφήμερος), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת, מַחֲלֹקֶת;]

1. a course of daily services (Ne 13:30, I Ch 25:8, al.).

2. a class or course of priests detailed for service in the temple (I Ch 23:6, al.): Lk 1:5, 8 (cf. MGr., ἐφημέριος, priest).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2183 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidef-ay-mer-ee'-ah

diurnality, i.e. (specially) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests' service at the Temple, as distributed by families

Fromfrom G2184;

King Jamescourse.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	efēmerias	efēmeriais
object accusative	efēmerian	efēmeriain
direct address vocative	efēmeriar	efēmeriair
of, belonging to genitive	efēmeriau2×ἐφημερίας	efēmeriaiu
to, for dative	efēmeria	efēmeriai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

efēmeristem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

efēmeria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

efēmeriau“division”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Luke 1:5“division”Gineta en tai hēmerai Hērōdou basilevou tau Ioudaiau hierevos tinos onome Zacharios ek efēmeriau Abia, kai gunaikas auto ek taiu thugatēraiu Aarōn, kai tem onomem autau Elisabet.In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.

Luke 1:8“division”Gineta de en te hierateuarō auton en ta taxia tau efēmeriau autou enanti tou theouOne day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,