What does ὥρα · ἔννατος mean in the Bible?
ὥρα · ἔννατος is a Greek phrase meaning "ninth hour".
Greek · G5610, G1766
ὥρᾳ τῇ ἐνάτῃ
An "hour" (literally or figuratively) · ninth
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ὥρα G5610 an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation hṓra
Definite point in time carrying theological weight; God's predetermined moment for decisive action or revelation.
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ἔννατος G1766 ninth
Pronunciation énnatos
Ordinal number marking the ninth position; in NT, frequently denotes the ninth hour (3 p.m.).
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What does ὥρᾳ τῇ ἐνάτῃ (hōra tē enatē) mean in the Bible?
ὥρα · ἔννατος is a Greek phrase meaning "ninth hour".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5610, G1766?
G5610, G1766 is connected to 106 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. ninth hour
Source Gloss
ninth hour
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 106 Case pattern Nominative (34) Number pattern Singular (103)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 14:15 · Matt 26:45 · Mark 6:35 · Mark 14:35 · Mark 14:41 · Mark 15:25 · Luke 22:14 · Luke 22:53 · Luke 23:44 · John 1:39 · John 2:4 · John 4:6 · John 4:21 · John 4:23 · John 5:25 · John 5:28 33×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine John 11:9 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:22 · Matt 15:28 · Matt 17:18 · Matt 24:36 · Matt 27:45 · Mark 6:35 · Mark 11:11 · Mark 13:32 · Mark 15:33 · Luke 22:59 · Luke 23:44 · John 12:27 · John 19:27 · Acts 10:30 · Acts 23:23 · 1 Cor 4:11 20×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 5:7 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:13 · Matt 10:19 · Matt 18:1 · Matt 24:44 · Matt 24:50 · Matt 26:55 · Mark 13:11 · Mark 15:34 · Luke 1:10 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 7:21 · Luke 10:21 · Luke 12:12 · Luke 12:39 · Luke 12:40 · Luke 12:46 28×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:3 · Matt 20:5 · Matt 20:9 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 25:13 · Matt 26:40 · Matt 27:46 · Mark 14:37 · John 4:52 · John 5:35 · John 12:27 · Acts 3:1 · Acts 10:3 · Acts 10:9 · 1 Cor 15:30 · 2 Cor 7:8 22×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 19:34 1×
Word Origins
ὥρᾳ τῇ ἐνάτῃ is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain