Day in Hebrew, Greek, Latin

The meaning that God gave to Light / Fire could mean a "24 hour day" (as we use the word today) or a "lighted period" of time, as seen in Psalm 91:16 "With a long life — yowm — will I satisfy him — the one who dwells in the secret place of the most High — and show him my salvation."

Hebrew word — Yowm meaning "Hot"

• One day was defined in Genesis 1:5 with two Hebrew words:
  a. Evening — ereb — blurry time, sundown, duskiness, sweet, the basis of our word "Arab", and
  b. Morning — boqer — break forth time, sunrise, get focus and clarity, from the word "baqar" to plough, oxen and herds, enquire, scourge. A real farming word.
  In between those two words is night, darkness, midnight, the invisible moment (to humans) of darkness (and in the Exodus verses, angel of death and judgment) when no man can work.
  
• Morning at sunrise, as a word, was not used again in Genesis until Gen 19:27-28, when Abraham got up early in the morning and hurried to the place where he had been in the presence of the Lord, and then looking towards Sodom, he saw smoke rising as from a furnace.
  Furnace in Hebrew comes from "kabash" — "to break down / tread down in subjection", heavy stuff that came in these verses at sunrise that day. Ouch.

Greek word — Hemera

• In Greek, the word for "day" is "hemera" (ἡμέρα). Traditionally it referred to their goddess of the day, Hemera, who is the daughter of Erebus and Nyx (Night)
• Thought to be derived from amar in ancient Greek meaning "heat" see too ancient Hebrew cham (heat)
• Also associated with the Greek word hora hour-year-era, and possibly meros apportion

  Day = one thousand years 2 Peter 3:8 -eras

Latin word — Diēs

• The Latin word diēs, meaning "day," actually traces its etymology back to the Proto-Indo-European root *dyeu-, which signifies "to shine". This root also gives rise to words like "deity" and "diary".

  Here's a breakdown:

  • Proto-Indo-European root dyeu-:
    This root is the foundation for various words related to light, sky, and day in different Indo-European languages including English.
  • Latin dīa/diēs:
    The Latin word "dies" (day) is a direct descendant of this root, reflecting the association between the concept of "day" and "shining".
  • Other related words:
    The root *dyeu- also appears in other Latin words like "deus" (god), which is related to the concept of a shining or celestial being.

And similar to the Greek word "meros" - apportion, "Di-" is associated with "two" - division.

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