Midvash

νύξnýx

"night" (literally or figuratively)

Greek (New Testament) · G3571

Meanings

night: Matthew 12:40, Mark 6:48, John 13:30, and elsewhere; genitive temp., νυκτός, by night, Matthew 2:14, John 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, and elsewhere; ν. κ. ἡμέρας, Mark 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, and elsewhere; ἡμέρας κ. ν., Luke 18:7, Revelation 4:8, and elsewhere; μέσης ν., Matthew 25:6; dative, νυκτί, in ans. to the question, "when?", ταύτῃ τ. ν., Luke 12:20, and elsewhere; ἐκείνῃ, Acts 12:6; ἐπιούσῃ, Acts 23:11; accusative durat. (Bl., § 34, 8; Kühner3, III, 314 b), ν. κ. ἠμέραν, Luke 2:37, Acts 20:31; τ. νύκτας, Luke 21:37; διὰ νυκτός (= classical Greek νυκτός; Bl., § 42, 1; 46, 7), Acts 5:19, Acts 16:9, Acts 17:10, Acts 23:31; δι’ ὅλης ν., Luke 5:5; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. (Bl., § 47, 6), Acts 27:27. Metaph.: John 9:4, Romans 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:5.

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Where it appears

Appears 61 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:14 That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother,
  • Matthew 4:2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
  • Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
  • Matthew 14:25 About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water.
  • Matthew 25:6 “At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!’
  • Matthew 26:31 On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say, ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.