μεσημβρία, μεσημβρίας, ἡ (μέσος and ἡμέρα), from Herodotus down, midday (on the omission of the article cf. Winers Grammar, 121 (115)); a. (as respects time) noon: Act_22:6. b. (as respects locality) the south: Act_8:26 (others refer this also to a.; see κατά, II. 2).

μεσημβρία mesēmbria 2x mid-day, noon, Act_22:6 ; meton. the south, Act_8:26

μεσημβρία , -ας , ἡ (μέσος , ἡμέρα ), [in LXX chiefly for H6672 , Gen_3:16 , al ; also for H5045 , Da LXX Dan_8:4 ; Dan_8:9 , al. ;] 1. noon: Act_22:6 . 2. the South: Act_8:26 .†

μεσημβρία [page 399] For μεσημβρία in its literal sense of midday, as in Act_22:6 (cf. Gen_18:1 al. ), cf. the astronomical P Ryl I. 27 .66 (iii/A.D.) ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία Παχὼν ζ̄ μετὰ ὤρ (αν ) ᾱ ἔγγιστα τῆς μεσημβρίας , the vernal equinox is Pachon 7, one hour approximately after noon (Ed.), and P Lond 121 .157 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 89) where the time of day most favourable for divinations on the second day of the month is stated to be μεσημβρίαης , at noon. The derived meaning of south, as probably in Act_8:26 , appears in Syll 540 (= .3 972) .96 (B.C. 175 2) τοῦ <τοῦ > τόπου τοῦ πρὸς μεσημβρίαν βλέποντος . For the poetic adj. μεσημβρινός , see P Lond 130 .174 (i/ii A.D.) (= I. p. 138), a horoscope, and the Christian amulet P Iand 6 .11 (v/vi A.D.) μεσημβρινὸν δαιμόν [ι ]ον with the editor s note. MGr μεσημέρι , midday.

μεσημβρία [Etym: for μεσημερία] "mid-day, noon", Hdt. ; μεσαμβρίης "at noon", id=Hdt. ; τῆς μεσημβρίας Ar. ; so, τῇ μεσαμβρίῃ Hdt. ; ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ Thuc. ; μ. ἵσταται 'tis high "noon", Plat. "the parts towards noon, the South", Hdt.

μεσημβρία, -ας, ἡ (μέσος, ἡμέρα), [in LXX chiefly for צֹהַר, Gen.3:16, al; also for נֶגֶב, Dan LXX 8:4, 9, al. ;] __1. noon: Act.22:6. __2. the South: Act.8:26.† (AS)