μεσονύκτιονmesonýktion
midnight (especially as a watch)
Greek (New Testament) · G3317
Meanings
of or at midnight; as as a noun, neuter, τὸ μ., midnight: genitive, Luke 11:5; μέχρι μ., Acts 20:7; κατὰ τὸ μ., Acts 16:25; accusative (Rec., genitive; see Bl., § 34, 8), Mark 13:35.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Mark 13:35 You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak.
- Luke 11:5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,
- Acts 16:25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
- Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper. Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.