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Lexicon :: Strong's G3317 - mesonyktion

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μεσονύκτιον
Transliteration
mesonyktion (Key)
Pronunciation
mes-on-ook'-tee-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of compound of μέσος (G3319) and νύξ (G3571)
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Strong’s Definitions

μεσονύκτιον mesonýktion, mes-on-ook'-tee-on; neuter of compound of G3319 and G3571; midnight (especially as a watch):—midnight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3317 in the following manner: midnight (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3317 in the following manner: midnight (4x).

  1. midnight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μεσονύκτιον mesonýktion, mes-on-ook'-tee-on; neuter of compound of G3319 and G3571; midnight (especially as a watch):—midnight.
STRONGS G3317:
μεσονύκτιον, μεσονυκτίου, τό (neuter of the adjective μεσονύκτιος in Pindar, et al., from μέσος and νύξ, νυκτός), midnight: μεσονυκτίου, at midnight (Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26), Mark 13:35 (here T Tr WH accusative; cf. Winers Grammar, 230 (215f); Buttmann, § 131, 11); Luke 11:5; κατά τό μεσονύκτιον, about midnight, Acts 16:25; μέχρι μεσονυκτίου, until midnight, Acts 20:7. (The Sept.; Hippocrates, Aristotle, Diodorus, Strabo, Lucian, Plutarch; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 53 (Winer's Grammar, p. 23 c.).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
13:35
Luke
11:5
Acts
16:25; 20:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3317 matches the Greek μεσονύκτιον (mesonyktion),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:8 - In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:62

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:62 - At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
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