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.).)

μεσονύκτιον mesonyktion 4x midnight, Luk_11:5 , Mar_13:35 ; Act_16:25 ; Act_20:7

μεσο -νύκτιος (on v.l , μεσα -, v. Bl., § 6, 2), -ον ( < μέσος , νύξ ), [in LXX chiefly for H3915 H2677 ; ] of or at midnight; as subst ., neut., τὸ μ ., midnight ( Arist . and late writers) : gen ., Luk_11:5 ; μέχρι μ ., Act_20:7 ; κατὰ τὸ μ ., Act_16:25 ; acc ( Rec. , gen .; v. Bl., § 34, 8), Mar_13:35 .† μεσανύκτιον , see. μεσονύκτιος .

μεσονύκτιον [page 399] For this poetical word (cf. Lob. Phryn . p. 53) see P Leid W iii. 37 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 91) τὸ μεσανύκτιον (for acc. cf. Mar_13:35 ), ὥρᾳ πέπτῃ ( l. πέμπῃ ), ὅταν ἡσυχία γένηται , ἀνάψας τὸν βωμὸν κτλ ., and similarly ib. xv. 34 (= p. 135). The form μεσανύκτιον , as in Mk l.c. B, Luk_11:5 D, occurs also in P Oxy XIV. 1768 .6 (iii/A.D.) γ [ρ ]άφω ἐλθὼν εἰς Σχεδίαν τῇ κ̄ᾱ̣ κατὰ τὸ μεσανύκτιον (cf. Act_16:25 ). With the interchange of cases in Mar_13:35 , cf. P Oxy XII. 1489 .6, .8 (late iii/A.D.) τοῦ ἄλλο ( l. ἄλλου ) μηνὸς . . . τῷ ἄλλο ( l. ἄλλῳ ) μηνί . MGr μεσονύχτι , pl. μεσάνυχτα .

μεσο-νύκτιος (on seel, μεσα-, see Bl., § 6, 2), -ον (μέσος, νύξ), [in LXX chiefly for לַיִל חֵצִי ;] of or at midnight; as subst., neut., τὸ μ., midnight (Arist. and late writers) : genitive, Luk.11:5; μέχρι μ., Act.20:7; κατὰ τὸ μ., Act.16:25; accusative (Rec., genitive; see Bl., § 34, 8), Mrk.13:35.† μεσανύκτιον, see. μεσονύκτιος (AS)