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1: σήμερον

(Strong's #4594 — Adverb — semeron — say'-mer-on )

an adverb (the Attic form is temeron), akin to hemera, a day, with the prefix t originally representing a pronoun. It is used frequently in Matthew, Luke and Acts; in the last it is always rendered "this day;" also in Hebrews 1:5 , and the RV of Hebrews 5:5 (AV, "to day") in the same quotation; "today" in Hebrews 3:7,13,15; 4:7 (twice); 13:8; also James 4:13 .

The clause containing semeron is sometimes introduced by the conjunction hoti, "that," e.g., Mark 14:30; Luke 4:21; 19:9; sometimes without the conjunction, e.g., Luke 22:34; 23:43 , where "today" is to be attached to the next statement, "shalt thou be with Me;" there are no grammatical reasons for the insistence that the connection must be with the statement "Verily I say unto thee," nor is such an idea necessitated by examples from either the Sept. or the NT; the connection given in the AV and RV is right.

In Romans 11:8; 2 Corinthians 3:14,15 , the lit. rendering is "unto the today day," the emphasis being brought out by the RV, "unto (until) this very day."

In Hebrews 4:7 , the "today" of Psalm 95:7 is evidently designed to extend to the present period of the Christian faith.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Today, This Day'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​t/today-this-day.html. 1940.
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