Strong’s G5504 · Greek

χθές
chthés

Definition

"yesterday"; by extension, in time past or hitherto

Etymology

of uncertain derivation;

Where the KJV renders it

  • yesterday

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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