ἐχθές and (Rec., so Griesbach in Acts and Heb.) χθές (on which forms cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 323f; (especially Rutherford. New Phryn., p. 370f); Bleek, Br. an d. Hebrew ii. 2, p. 1000; (Tdf. Proleg., p. 81; Winers Grammar, pp. 24, 45; Buttmann, 72 (63))), adverb, yesterday: Joh_4:52; Act_7:28; of time just past, Heb_13:8. (From Sophocles down.) STRONGS NT 5504: χθέςχθές (Rec.; also Griesbach in Acts and Heb.), equivalent to ἐχθές (which see), yesterday; the Sept. for ϊΐΜξεμ. (Homer (h. Merc.), others) χιλαρχος, χιλαρχου, ὁ (χίλιοι and ἄρχων; (on the form of the word cf. references under the word ἑκατοντάρχης, and Liddell and Scott, under the word χιλαρχης)), the commander of a thousand soldiers, a chiliarch; the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribune): Joh_18:12; Act_21:31-33; Act_21:37; Act_22:24; Act_22:26-29; Act_23:10; Act_23:15; Act_23:17-19; Act_23:22; Act_24:7 Rec., ; (the Sept. for ΰΒμΘτΔιν ωΗ�ψ and ΰΒμΘτΔιν ψΙΰωΡ). Any military commander (R. V. high or chief captain, captain): Mar_6:21; Rev_6:15; Rev_19:18. ((Aeschylus, Xenophon, others.))

ἐχθές echthes 3x yesterday, Joh_4:52 ; Act_7:28 ; Heb_13:8

ἐχθές ( Rec. χθές ), adv. , [in LXX for H8543 , etc.;] yesterday: Joh_4:52 , Act_7:28 , Heb_13:8 (on the form, v. Rutherford, NPhr. , 370 f .).† χθές , see ἐχθές

χθές [page 688] For this form, which is read in TR Joh. 4:52, Act. 7:28, Heb. 13:8, see s.v. ἐχθές , and to the ex. of χθές from the Κοινή given there, add PSI III. 184 5 (A.D. 292) χθὲς περὶ ἕκτην ὥραν , P Oxy VI. 901 5 (A.D. 336) ἑσπερινες ὥρες ( l. ἑσπερίναις ὥραις ) τῇ χθὲς ἡμέρᾳ , in the evening time of yesterday (Edd.), and Preisigke 6003 4 (A.D. 316). Other exx. in Preisigke Wφrterb. s.v. ἐχθές .

χθές [Etym: lengthd, ἐχθές, q. v.] "yesterday", Hhymn. , Plat. , etc.; οἱ χθὲς λόγοι Plat. ; πρώην τε καὶ χθές or χθὲς καὶ πρώην (v. πρώην).

ἐχθές (Rec. χθές), adv., [in LXX for תְּמוֹל, etc. ;] yesterday: Jhn.4:52, Act.7:28, Heb.13:8 (on the form, see Rutherford, NPhr., 370 f.).† ἐχθές, adverb ={χθές}, yesterday, ( 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 175, “Th.” 616, etc.; ἀπ᾽ ἐ. “Anthologia Graeca” 11.35 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus); μέσφα τό γ᾽ ἐ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.144 ); οὐ γάρ τι νῦν γε κἀ. today or yesterday, ( 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 456; οὐκ ἐ. οὐδὲ πρῴην 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 58 ); ἐ. καὶ τρίτης [ἡμέρας] ( LXX.Ruth.2.11, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 10.7. (ἐχθές is commoner than χθές) in Comedy texts and LXX, is the only form used in “NT”, and frequently in papyri of all periods, ( “PSI” 4.442.21 (3rd c.BC), etc.)) (AS)