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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 BoxAct 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19 - But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25 - But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9 - A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:33 - At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:10 - The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:9 - The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:31 - Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:11 - The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o'clock tonight,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:31 - So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23 - For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 - When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.
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