G219
G219 — ἀλεκτοροφωνία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
alektorophonia (al-ek-tor-of-o-nee'-ah) n.
1. cock-crow
2. (figuratively) the third night-watch
[from G220 and G5456]
KJV: cockcrowing
Root(s): G220, G5456
Compare: G3317, G4404
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
cockcrowing
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλεκτοροφωνία, (ας, ἡ (ἀλέκτωρ and φωνή (Winers Grammar, 25)), the crowing of a cock, cock-crowing: Aesop fab. 79 (44). Used of the third watch of the night: Mar 13:35; in this passage the watches are enumerated into which the Jews, following the Roman method, divided the night; (cf. Winers RWB under the word Nachtwachen; B. D. under the word ; Alex’s Kitto under the word Cock-crowing; Wetstein (1752) on Mat 14:25; Wieseler, Chron. Synonym., p. 406 note). (For writers who use this word see Lob. ad Phryn, p. 229 (and add (from Sophocles Lexicon, under the word) Strabo 7, fragment 35, p. 83, 24; Origen i., 825 b.; Apostolic Constitutions 5, 18; 5, 19; 8, 34).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀλεκτοροφωνία (cockcrowing)
Mark 13:35
- KJV: Watch ye therefore for ye know not when the master of the house cometh at even or at midnight or at the cockcrowing or in the morning
- GK: γρηγορείτε ούν ουκ οίδατε γαρ πότε ο κύριος της οικίας έρχεται οψέ η μεσονυκτίου η αλεκτοροφωνίας η πρωί