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G219 ἀλεκτοροφωνία (alektorophōnía)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

cockcrow

Strong's Definition

cock-crow, i.e. the third night-watch

Derivation: from G220 (ἀλέκτωρ) and G5456 (φωνή);

KJV Usage: 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).)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀλεκτοροφωνία alektorophōnia 1x the cock-crowing, the third watch of the night, intermediate to mid-night and daybreak, and termed cock-crow, Mar_13:35

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἀλεκτοροφωνία , -ας , ἡ ( < ἀλέκτωρ , φωνή ), cock-crowing, i.e . the third watch in the night: Mar_13:35 .†

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἀλεκτοροφωνία [Etym: ἀλέκτωρ, φωνή] "cock-crow", i.e. the third watch of the night, Aesop. , NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἀλεκτοροφωνία, -ας, ἡ (ἀλέκτωρ, φωνή), cock-crowing, i.e. the third watch in the night: Mrk.13:35.† (AS)

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