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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2183. ἐφημερία (ephémeria) -- Division, course</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2183.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/hebrews/7-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2183.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2183</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2182.htm" title="2182">◄</a> 2183. ephémeria <a href="../greek/2184.htm" title="2184">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">ephémeria: Division, course</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἐφημερία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ephémeria<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Division, course<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a class of priests who served for a stated number of days.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word ἐφήμερος (ephēmeros), meaning "daily" or "for the day."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The corresponding Hebrew concept is found in the division of the priestly courses, as outlined in 1 Chronicles 24. While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "ephémeria," the idea is closely related to the Hebrew word מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmereth), meaning "watch" or "division."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "ephémeria" refers to a division or course, specifically in the context of the priestly service in the Temple. It denotes the organized schedule or rotation of priests who served in the Temple, each group taking turns to perform their duties.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, the priesthood was divided into 24 courses or divisions, as established by King David (1 Chronicles 24:1-19). Each division was responsible for serving in the Temple for one week at a time, twice a year. This system ensured that the Temple was continually staffed by priests who could perform the necessary rituals and sacrifices. The division of the priestly courses was a practical solution to manage the large number of priests and to maintain order in the Temple services.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2184.htm">ephémeros</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a class (of priests detailed for service in the temple)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>division (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2183: ἐφημερία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐφημερία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἐφημερίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (efeemerios], <span class="greek2">ἐφημεριον</span>, by day, lasting or acting for a day, daily), a word not found in secular authors; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> in Chronicles and Nehemiah; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">a service limited to a stated series of days</span> (cf. German <span class="foreign">Tagdienst</span>,<span class="latin">Wochendienst</span>); so used of the service of the priests and Levites: <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/13-30.htm">Nehemiah 13:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/13-10.htm">2 Chronicles 13:10</a>, etc. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> "the class or course itself of priests who for a week at a time performed the duties of the priestly office" (German <span class="foreign">Wöchnerzunft</span>): <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/23-6.htm">1 Chronicles 23:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/28-13.htm">1 Chronicles 28:13</a>, etc.; 1 Esdr. 1:2, 15; so twice in the N. T.: <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-5.htm">Luke 1:5, 8</a>. For David divided the priests into twenty-four classes, each of which in its turn discharged the duties of the office for an entire week from sabbath to sabbath, <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/24-4.htm">1 Chronicles 24:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">2 Chronicles 8:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Nehemiah 12:24</a>; these classes <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span> calls <span class="greek2">πατριαί</span> and <span class="greek2">ἐφημεριδες</span>, Antiquities 7, 14, 7; de vita sua1; <span class="abbreviation">Suidas</span>, <span class="greek2">ἐφημερία</span>. <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">πατριά</span> <span class="greek2">λέγεται</span> <span class="greek2">δέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέρας</span> <span class="greek2">λειτουργία</span>. Cf. Fritzsche, commentary on 3 Esdras, p. 12. (<span class="abbreviation">BB. DD.</span> under the word <TOPIC:Priest> <span class="topic">Priests</span>; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, book ii., chapter iii.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>course. <p>From <a href="/greek/2184.htm">ephemeros</a>; diurnality, i.e. (specially) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests' service at the Temple, as distributed by families -- course. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2184.htm">ephemeros</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εφημερία εφημερίαι εφημερίαις εφημερίαν εφημεριας εφημερίας εφημέριας ἐφημερίας εφημεριών ephemerias ephemerías ephēmerias ephēmerías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 1:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ζαχαρίας ἐξ <b>ἐφημερίας</b> Ἀβιά καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Zacharias, <span class="itali">of the division</span> of Abijah;<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Zacharias, of <span class="itali">the course</span> of Abia: and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Zechariah of [the] <span class="itali">division</span> of Abijah and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 1:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τάξει τῆς <b>ἐφημερίας</b> αὐτοῦ ἔναντι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the [appointed] order <span class="itali">of his division,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the order of his <span class="itali">course,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> order of the <span class="itali">division</span> of him before<p><b><a href="/greek/2183.htm">Strong's Greek 2183</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2183.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ephe_merias_2183.htm">ἐφημερίας — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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