Definition

on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e. at present, hitherto)

Etymology

neuter (as adverb) of a presumed compound of the article G3588 (ὁ) (t changed to s) and G2250 (ἡμέρα);

Where the KJV renders it

• this (to-)day

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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