G3317
G3317 — μεσονύκτιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
mesonuktion (mes-on-ook'-tee-on) n.
1. midnight (especially as a watch)
[neuter of compound of G3319 and G3571]
KJV: midnight
Root(s): G3319, G3571
Compare: G4404, , G219
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
midnight
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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), Mar 13:35 (here T Tr WH accusative; cf. Winers Grammar, 230 (215f); Buttmann, § 131, 11); Luk 11:5; κατά τό μεσονύκτιον, about midnight, Act 16:25; μέχρι μεσονυκτίου, until midnight, Act 20:7. (The Sept.; Hippocrates, Aristotle, Diodorus, Strabo, Lucian, Plutarch; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 53 (Winer’s Grammar, p. 23 c.).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μεσονύκτιον (midnight)
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
Luke 11:5
- KJV: And he said unto them Which of you shall have a friend and shall go unto him at midnight and say unto him Friend lend me three loaves
- GK: και είπεν προς αυτούς τις εξ υμών έξει φίλον και πορεύσεται προς αυτόν μεσονυκτίου και είπη αυτώ φίλε χρήσόν μοι τρείς άρτους
Acts 16:25
- KJV: And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them
- GK: κατά δε το μεσονύκτιον Παύλος και Σίλας προσευχόμενοι ύμνουν τον θεόν επηκροώντο δε αυτών οι δέσμιοι
Acts 20:7
- KJV: And upon the first of the week when the disciples came together to break bread Paul preached unto them ready to depart the morrow and continued his speech until midnight
- GK: εν δε τη μιά των σαββάτων συνηγμένων των μαθητών κλάσαι άρτον ο Παύλος διελέγετο αυτοίς μέλλων εξιέναι τη επαύριον παρέτεινέ τε τον λόγον μέχρι μεσονυκτίου