{"def":{"short":"diurnality, i.e., (specially) the quotidian rotation or class of the Jewish priests' service at the Temple, as distributed by families","long":["a service limited to a stated series of days","the class or course itself of priests who for a week at a time performed the duties of the priestly office"]},"deriv":"from G2184","pronun":{"ipa":"ɛ.fe.mɛˈri.ɑ","ipa_mod":"e̞.fe̞.me̞ˈri.ɑ","sbl":"ephēmeria","dic":"eh-fay-meh-REE-ah","dic_mod":"ay-fay-may-REE-ah"},"see":["G2184"],"comment":"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."}