DAY

- The light first called Ge 1:5 - Natural, from evening to evening Ge 1:5; Le 23:32 - Artificial, the time of the sun's continuance above the horizon Ge 31:39,40; Ne 4:21,22 - Prophetical, a year Eze 4:6; Da 12:12 - ARTIFICIAL, DIVIDED INTO . Break of Ge 32:24,26; So 2:17 . Morning Ex 29:39; 2Sa 23:4 . Noon Ge 43:16; Ps 55:17 . Decline of Jud 19:8,9; Lu 9:12; 24:29 . Evening Ge 8:11; Ps 104:23; Jer 6:4 - Sometimes divided into four parts Ne 9:3 - Later subdivided into twelve hours Mt 20:3,5,6; Joh 11:9 - Time of, ascertained by the dial 2Ki 20:11 - Succession of, secured by covenant Ge 8:22 - Made for the glory of God Ps 74:16 - Proclaims the glory of God Ps 19:2 - Under the control of God Am 5:8; 8:9 - A TIME OF JUDGMENT CALLED A DAY OF . Anger La 2:21 . Wrath Job 20:28; Zep 1:15,18; Ro 2:5 . Visitation Mic 7:4 . Destruction Job 21:30 . Darkness Joe 2:2; Zep 1:15 . Trouble Ps 102:2 . Calamity De 32:35; Jer 18:17 . Adversity Pr 24:10 . Vengeance Pr 6:34; Isa 61:2 . Slaughter Isa 30:25; Jer 12:3 . Evil Jer 17:17; Am 6:3; Eph 6:13 . The Lord Isa 2:12; 13:6; Zep 1:14 - A TIME OF MERCY CALLED A DAY OF . Salvation 2Co 6:2 . Redemption Eph 4:30 . Visitation Jer 27:22; 1Pe 2:12 . God's power Ps 110:3 - A TIME OF FESTIVITY CALLED A . Good day Es 8:17; 9:19 . Day of good tidings 2Ki 7:9 . Day which the Lord has made Ps 118:24 . Solemn day Nu 10:10; Ho 9:5 . Day of gladness Nu 10:10 - The time for labour Ps 104:22 - Wild beasts hide during Ps 104:22 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF . Time of judgment 1Co 3:13; 4:3 . Spiritual light 1Th 5:5,8; 2Pe 1:19 . The path of the just Pr 4:18

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The day is distinguished into natural, civil, and artificial. The natural day is one revolution of the earth on its axis. The civil day is that, the beginning and the end of which are determined by the custom of any nation. The Hebrews began their day in the evening, Le 23:32; the Babylonians at sunrise; and we begin at midnight. The artificial day is the time of the sun’s continuance above the horizon, which is unequal according to different seasons, on account of the obliquity of the equator. The sacred writers generally divide the day into twelve hours. The sixth hour always ends at noon throughout the year; and the twelfth hour is the last hour before sunset. But in summer, all the hours of the day were longer than in winter, while those of night were shorter. See HOURS, and THREE. The word day is also often put for an indeterminate period, for the time of Christ’s coming in the flesh, and of his second coming to judgment, Isa 2:12 Eze 13:5 Joh 11:24 1Th 5:2. The prophetic "day" usually is to be understood as one year, and the prophetic "year" or "time" as 360 days, Eze 4:6. Compare the three and half years of Da 7:25, with the forty-two months and twelve hundred and sixty days of Re 11:2,3.

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Day. Day
The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three parts (Ps. 55:17). “The heat of the day” (1 Sam. 11:11; Neh. 7:3) was at our nine o’clock, and “the cool of the day” just before sunset (Gen. 3:8). Before the Captivity the Jews divided the night into three watches, (1) from sunset to midnight (Lam. 2:19); (2) from midnight till the cock-crowing (Judg. 7:19); and (3) from the cock-crowing till sunrise (Ex. 14:24). In the New Testament the division of the Greeks and Romans into four watches was adopted (Mark 13:35). (See WATCHES.)

The division of the day by hours is first mentioned in Dan. 3:6, 15; 4:19; 5:5. This mode of reckoning was borrowed from the Chaldeans. The reckoning of twelve hours was from sunrise to sunset, and accordingly the hours were of variable length (John 11:9).

The word “day” sometimes signifies an indefinite time (Gen. 2:4; Isa. 22:5; Heb. 3:8, etc.). In Job 3:1 it denotes a birthday, and in Isa. 2:12, Acts 17:31, and 2 Tim. 1:18, the great day of final judgment.

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DAY. → A creative period Ge 1:5,8,13,19,23,31; 2:2 → Divided into twelve hours Joh 11:9 → Prophetic 2Pe 3:8; Da 8:14; 9:24-27; 12:11,12; Re 11:3; 9:15; 12:6 → Six working days ordained Ex 20:9; Eze 46:1 → Th sixth day of the week called preparation day Mr 15:42; Joh 19:14,31,42 → The first day of the week called the Lord's day Re 1:10 → Day's journey, eighteen or twenty miles Ex 3:18; 1Ki 19:4; Jon 3:4 → Sabbath day's journey, about two-thousand paces Ac 1:12 → The seventh of the week ordained as a day of rest
* See SABBATH

→ Times of adversity called Day of the Lord Isa 2:12; 13:6,9; 34:8; Jer 46:10; La 2:22; Eze 30:3; Am 5:18; Joe 2:1; Ob 1:15; Zep 1:8,18; 2:2,3; Zec 14:1 → JUDGMENT
* Called THE DAY OF THE LORD Mal 4:5; 1Co 5:5; 2Co 1:14; 1Th 5:2; 2Pe 3:10
* See JUDGMENT
* A figure of spiritual illumination Pr 4:18; 1Th 5:8

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general references to Ge 1:5; 8:22; Ps 74:16; Jer 33:20

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day. Day, n. time from sunrise to its setting, 24 hours

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Day (?), n. [[OE. day, dai,, dei, AS. dæg; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. √69. Cf. Dawn.]] 1. 1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
2. 2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. — ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
3. 3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
4. 4. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day. Jowett (Thucyd. ) If my debtors do not keep their day, . . . I must with patience all the terms attend. Dryden. 5. 5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. Shak. His name struck fear, his conduct won the day. Roscommon. ☞ Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as, daybreak, daylight, workday, etc. Anniversary day. See Anniversary, n. — Astronomical day, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. — Born days. See under Born. — Canicular days. See Dog day. — Civil day, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. — Day blindness. (Med.) See Nyctalopia. — Day by day, or Day after day, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under By. “Day by day we magnify thee.” Book of Common Prayer. — Days in bank (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; — so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. Burrill. — Day in court, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. — Days of devotion (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. Shipley. — Days of grace. See Grace. — Days of obligation (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. Shipley. — Day owl, (Zoöl.), an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl. — Day rule (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. — Day school, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. — Day sight. (Med.) See Hemeralopia. — Day's work (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. — From day to day, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. — Jewish day, the time between sunset and sunset. — Mean solar day (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. — One day, One of these days, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. “Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.” Shak. — Only from day to day, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. Bacon. — Sidereal day, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. — To win the day, to gain the victory, to be successful. S. Butler. — Week day, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. — Working day. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.