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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 10 times in 9 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:14 - And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25 - And in the fourth watch of the night[fn] he came to them, walking on the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:6 - But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:34 - Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13 - and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
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