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Lexicon :: Strong's G3571 - nyx

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νύξ
Transliteration
nyx (Key)
Pronunciation
noox
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:1123,661

Strong’s Definitions

νύξ nýx, noox; a primary word; "night" (literally or figuratively):—(mid-)night.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's G3571 in the following manner: night (63x), midnight (with G3319) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's G3571 in the following manner: night (63x), midnight (with G3319) (2x).

  1. night

  2. metaph. the time when work ceases

    1. the time of death

    2. the time for deeds of sin and shame

    3. the time of moral stupidity and darkness

    4. the time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νύξ nýx, noox; a primary word; "night" (literally or figuratively):—(mid-)night.
STRONGS G3571:
νύξ, genitive νυκτός, ἡ (from a root meaning 'to disappear'; cf. Latinnox, German nacht, English night; Curtius, § 94) (the Sept. for לַיִל and לַיְלָה) (from Homer down), night: Mark 6:48; Acts 16:33; Acts 23:23; John 13:30; Revelation 21:25; Revelation 22:5; ἵνα ἡ νύξ μή φοαινη τό τρίτον αὐτῆς, i. e. that the night should want a third part of the light which the moon and the stars give it, Revelation 8:12 (others understand this of the want of the light etc. for a third part of the night's duration); genitive νυκτός, by night (Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26), Matthew 2:14; Matthew 28:13; Luke 2:8 (but note here the article; some make τῆς νυκτός depend on φυλακάς); John 3:2; Acts 9:25; 1 Thessalonians 5:7; νυκτός καί ἡμέρας, Mark 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Timothy 5:5 (where see Ellicott on the order); ἡμέρας καί νυκτός, Luke 18:7; Acts 9:24; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 12:10, etc.; μέσης νυκτός, at midnight, Matthew 25:6; in answer to the question when: ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί, this night, Luke 12:20; Luke 17:34; Acts 27:23; τῇ νυκτί ἐκείνῃ, Acts 12:6; τῇ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτί, Acts 23:11; in answer to the question how long: νύκτα καί ἡμέραν, Luke 2:37; Acts 20:31; Acts 26:7; differently in Mark 4:27 (night and day, namely, applying himself to what lie is here said to be doing); τάς νύκτας, during the nights, every night, Luke 21:37; νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα, Matthew 4:2; τρεῖς, Matthew 12:40; διά τῆς νυκτός, see διά, A. II. 1 b.; δι' ὅλης (τῆς) νυκτός, the whole night through, all night, Luke 5:5; ἐν νυκτί, when he was asleep, Acts 18:9; (κλέπτης) ἐν νυκτί, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, and Rec. in 2 Peter 3:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί, in (the course of) the night, John 11:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ταύτῃ, Matthew 26:31, 34; Mark 14:30; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ἡ κτλ. 1 Corinthians 11:23; κατά μέσον τῆς νυκτός, about midnight, Acts 27:27. Metaphorically, the time when work ceases, i. e. the time of death, John 9:4; the time for deeds of sin and shame, the time of moral stupidity and darkness, Romans 13:12; the time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber, put for torpor and sluggishness, 1 Thessalonians 5:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:14; 4:2; 12:40; 25:6; 26:31; 26:34; 28:13
Mark
4:27; 5:5; 6:48; 14:30
Luke
2:8; 2:37; 5:5; 12:20; 17:34; 18:7; 21:37
John
3:2; 9:4; 11:10; 13:30
Acts
9:24; 9:25; 12:6; 16:33; 18:9; 20:31; 23:11; 23:23; 26:7; 27:23; 27:27
Romans
13:12
1 Corinthians
11:23
1 Thessalonians
2:9; 3:10; 5:2; 5:5; 5:7
1 Timothy
5:5
2 Peter
3:10
Revelation
4:8; 7:15; 8:12; 12:10; 21:25; 22:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3571 matches the Greek νύξ (nyx),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19 - But during the night G3571 an angel of the [fn]Lord opened the doors of the prison, and taking them out, he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night G3571 so that they might put him to death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25 - but his disciples took him by night G3571 and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

Now on [fn]the very night G3571 when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9 - And a vision appeared to Paul in the night G3571: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:33 - And he took them that very hour of the night G3571 and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:10 -

And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night G3571 to Berea, [fn]and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:9 - And the Lord said to Paul in the night G3571 by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:31 - “Therefore be watchful, remembering that night G3571 and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:11 -

But on that very night G3571, the Lord stood at his side and said, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly borne witness to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness at Rome also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - And when he called to him two of the centurions, he said, “Make ready two hundred soldiers, [fn]seventy horsemen, and two hundred [fn]spearmen to proceed to Caesarea by the [fn]third hour of the night G3571,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:31 -

So the soldiers, according to their orders, took Paul and brought him by night G3571 to Antipatris.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night G3571 and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23 - “For this very night G3571 an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 -

But when the fourteenth night G3571 came, as we were being carried about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight G3571 the sailors began to suspect that some land was approaching them.

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