adverb
sēmeron
Strong’sG4594
today, now
stem sēmer-41 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
σήμερον means today or now, referring to the current day or present time 1234. It is used both as a plain adverb ("today," often contrasted with "tomorrow") and, with the article, as a noun-like phrase meaning "this day" or "the present" 1. It can also appear in fuller phrases such as "this day" or "until this day," and is sometimes used to mean "now" in the sense of "at present" or "hitherto" 2.
The word also has alternate dialect spellings and forms, such as tēmeron in Attic and sameron in Doric, and a related form tēmera, though these variants are not the biblical usage 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
σήμερον (Att.. τήμερον),
adv.,[in LXX for הַיּוֺם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4594 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsay'-mer-on
on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e. at present, hitherto)
Fromneuter (as adverb) of a presumed compound of the article G3588 (t changed to s) and G2250;
King Jamesthis (to-)day.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb to-day, NT+8th c.BC+; Doric dialect σάμερον [ᾱ] Refs 5th c.BC+; Attic dialect τήμερον Refs 5th c.BC+ is sometimes found in Comedy texts, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ τ. εἶναι to-day, Refs 4th c.BC+; also in the form τήμερα Refs 5th c.BC+. (Prob. from κyᾱμερον, containing stem [kcirc]yo- 'this', cf. Lithuanian šis 'this', Latin ci-tra: σήμερον (τήμερον) is to ἡμέρα as σῆτες (τῆτες) to ἔτος.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
41 occurrences, every one of them listed
sēmeron32×
Matthew 6:11… arton nu ton epiousion dōasar ni sēmeron;Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:30ei de ton chorton tou agrou sēmeron arōnton kai aurion eis klibanon balorōnton …… of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the …
Matthew 11:23… en si, menata an mechris tau sēmeron.… Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Matthew 21:28… prosercharantos te prōte legata; Teknem, hupagasōr sēmeron ergazosōr en to ampelōno.… and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
Matthew 27:8… agros ekeinos Agros Haimeu heōs tau sēmeron.… the Field of Blood to this day.
Matthew 27:19… to dikaio ekeino, polleim gar paschama sēmeron kata onarem dia auton.… have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
Matthew 28:15“this day”… logos houtos para Ioudaioi mechris tau sēmeron hēmerau.… instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
Mark 14:30“today”… Iēsus; Amēn legamō si hoti sis sēmeron houta ta nukta prin ē dis …“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny …
Luke 2:11hoti tiktita vi sēmeron sōtēros hos atō christos kurios en …Today in the city of David a …
Luke 5:26… pimplēila fobou legarōntois hoti Horana paradoxeim sēmeron.… said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
Luke 12:28… de en agro ton chorton arōnton sēmeron kai aurion eis klibanon balorōnton tos …… of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the …
Luke 13:32… Idou ekbalamō daimoneim kai iasiain apotelamō sēmeron kai aurion, kai ta trita teleiomō.… driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third …
Luke 13:33plēn datō min sēmeron kai aurion kai ta echorōnta poreuorō, …Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day …
Luke 19:5… legata pros auton; Zakchaior, speudarantos katabainasar, sēmeron gar en to oiko su datō …… I must stay at your house today.”
Luke 22:34… legata; Legamō si, Petror, ouk fōnati sēmeron alektōros heōs tris min aparneseia oidarē.… Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times …
Luke 22:61… legata auto hoti Prin alektōron fōnara sēmeron aparnesi min tris.… to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
Luke 23:43kai legata auto; Amēn si legamō sēmeron meta mu esi en to paradeiso.… to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in …
Acts 4:9ei nis sēmeron anakrinonō epi euergesia anthrōpou asthenou, en …If we are being examined today about a kind service to a …
Acts 13:33… deutero; Huios mu asō sis, mis sēmeron gennamē sin.… second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
Acts 19:40“today”… gar kinduneuanō enkalorō stasiau peri tau sēmeron mēdeneu aitieu huparcharōnteu peri heu ouk …For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to …
Acts 20:26“today”dioti marturoomō vi en ta sēmeron hēmera hoti katharos amō apo teu …Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of …
Acts 22:3… tou theou kathōs pantois vis avō sēmeron,… God as any of you are today.
Acts 24:21… hoti Peri anastasiau nekroiu mis krinomō sēmeron epi vu.… I am on trial before you today.’”
Acts 26:2… hēgomē miauton makarion epi su mellarōntos sēmeron apologorō,… myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the …
Acts 26:29“today”… alla kai pantoin toin akouarōntoin mu sēmeron genera toioutoin hopoios kai mis amō …… only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for …
Acts 27:33… Paulos hapantoin metalabara trofēau legarōntos; Tessareskaidekatan sēmeron hēmeran prosdokarōntois asitois diatelavō, mēdenem proslaberantois;… kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant …
Romans 11:8… oueim teu mē akouarō, heōs tau sēmeron hēmerau.… ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
2 Corinthians 3:14“present”… teim noēmeim autoiu. achri gar tau sēmeron hēmerau tem autem kalummem epi ta …But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant …
2 Corinthians 3:15alla heōs sēmeron hēnika an anagnōskoteiō Mōusos kalummem epi …And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil …
Hebrews 1:5… angeloiu; Huios mu asō sis, mis sēmeron gennamē sin, kai palin; Mis emi …… ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or …
Hebrews 5:5… auton; Huios mu asō sis, mis sēmeron gennamē sin;… to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
Hebrews 13:8Iēsus Christos echthes kai sēmeron tos autos, kai eis toin aiōnoin.… Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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Matthew 16:3kai prōi; Sēmeron cheimōnos, purrazatō gar stugnazarōntos tos ouranos. …and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the …
Luke 4:21archeta de legarō pros autoin hoti Sēmeron plērotē tas grafas houtas en tei …and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your …
Luke 19:9… de pros auton tos Iēsus hoti Sēmeron sōtērēas to oiko houto geneta, kathoti …Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house …
Hebrews 3:7… kathōs legatō tem pneumem tem hagiem; Sēmeron ean tau fōnau autou akouaveia,Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
Hebrews 3:13… kata hekastan hēmeran, achris hou tem Sēmeron kalotō, hina mē sklēruniteia tinos ek …… as long as it is called today, so that none of you may …
Hebrews 3:15en te legorō; Sēmeron ean tau fōnau autou akouaveia, Mē …As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do …
Hebrews 4:7palin tinan horizatō hēmeran, Sēmeron, en David legarōntos meta tosouton chronon, …… again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He …
Hebrews 4:7… legarōntos meta tosouton chronon, kathōs prolegotē, Sēmeron ean tau fōnau autou akouaveia, mē …… through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do …
James 4:13Agasōr nun tois legarōntoir; Sēmeron ē aurion poreueni eis hōdan tan …Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to …