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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 217 times in 208 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 1:5–Num 22:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:12 - The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:17 - For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:22 - As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:5 - They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - But Leah angrily replied, “Wasn’t it enough that you stole my husband? Now will you steal my son’s mandrakes, too?”
Rachel answered, “I will let Jacob sleep with you tonight if you give me some of the mandrakes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. “You must come and sleep with me tonight!” she said. “I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found.” So that night he slept with Leah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24 - But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you—leave Jacob alone!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:39 - If any were attacked and killed by wild animals, I never showed you the carcass and asked you to reduce the count of your flock. No, I took the loss myself! You made me pay for every stolen animal, whether it was taken in broad daylight or in the dark of night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40 - “I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13 - Jacob stayed where he was for the night. Then he selected these gifts from his possessions to present to his brother, Esau:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - So the gifts were sent on ahead, while Jacob himself spent that night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:2 - During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called.
“Here I am,” Jacob replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses raised his staff over Egypt, and the LORD caused an east wind to blow over the land all that day and through the night. When morning arrived, the east wind had brought the locusts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:4 - Moses had announced to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD says: At midnight tonight I will pass through the heart of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:8 - That same night they must roast the meat over a fire and eat it along with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of Egypt. I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt, for I am the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - And that night at midnight, the LORD struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:30 - Pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:31 - Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:42 - On this night the LORD kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:21 - The LORD went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:22 - And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - The cloud settled between the Egyptian and Israelite camps. As darkness fell, the cloud turned to fire, lighting up the night. But the Egyptians and Israelites did not approach each other all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21 - Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the LORD opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:18 - Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - Moses remained there on the mountain with the LORD forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the LORD[fn] wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments[fn]—on the stone tablets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - The cloud of the LORD hovered over the Tabernacle during the day, and at night fire glowed inside the cloud so the whole family of Israel could see it. This continued throughout all their journeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - “Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the burnt offering. The burnt offering must be left on top of the altar until the next morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:35 - Now stay at the entrance of the Tabernacle day and night for seven days, and do everything the LORD requires. If you fail to do this, you will die, for this is what the LORD has commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:16 - This was the regular pattern—at night the cloud that covered the Tabernacle had the appearance of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:21 - Sometimes the cloud stayed only overnight and lifted the next morning. But day or night, when the cloud lifted, the people broke camp and moved on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 - The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - So the people went out and caught quail all that day and throughout the night and all the next day, too. No one gathered less than fifty bushels[fn]! They spread the quail all around the camp to dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:1 - Then the whole community began weeping aloud, and they cried all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 - Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, LORD, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - “Stay here overnight,” Balaam said. “In the morning I will tell you whatever the LORD directs me to say.” So the officials from Moab stayed there with Balaam.

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