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G3571 νύξ (nýx)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ n.f. the night, night-time

Strong's Definition

"night" (literally or figuratively)

Derivation: a primary word;

KJV Usage: (mid-)night

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νύξ (G3571)

noun, f. | νυκτός | διανυκτερεύω · ἔννυχα · μεσονύκτιον · νυχθήμερον

67.192 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour

night the period between sunset and sunrise

MAT 2:14 · MAT 12:40 · MAT 12:40 · MAT 14:25 · MAT 25:6 · MAT 26:31 · MAT 26:34 · MAT 28:13 · MRK 4:27 · MRK 6:48 · MRK 14:30 · LUK 2:8 · LUK 5:5 · LUK 12:20 · LUK 17:34 · LUK 21:37 · JHN 3:2 · JHN 11:10 · JHN 13:30 · JHN 21:3 · ACT 5:19 · ACT 9:25 · ACT 12:6 · ACT 16:9 · ACT 16:33 · ACT 17:10 · ACT 18:9 · ACT 23:11 · ACT 23:23 · ACT 23:31 · ACT 27:23 · ACT 27:27 · ACT 27:27 · ROM 13:12 · 1CO 11:23 · 1TH 3:10 · 1TH 5:7 · 1TH 5:7 · REV 8:12

14.59 · Physical Events and States · Darkness

night darkness of the night in contrast with daylight (see 14.40) It is also possible to interpret νύξ in REV 22:5 as a period of time rather than as darkness (see 67.192). See also ἡμέρα 14.40 and its footnote.

JHN 9:4 · JHN 13:30 · JHN 19:39 · 1TH 5:2 · 1TH 5:5 · REV 21:25 · REV 22:5

67.93 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

a long time (ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα - literally, forty days and forty nights) possibly a symbolic temporal expression denoting a relatively long period of time Most translations render ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα as either ‘forty days and forty nights’ or ‘forty days,’ though it is possible, in view of the symbolic meaning of the number ‘forty,’ that this expression is to be understood as meaning a long period of time.

MAT 4:2

67.92a · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Collocation: νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας · ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός

day and night, always, constantly, continually (expressions, literally: night and day, day and night, respectively) duration of time, either continuous or episodic, but without limits

MRK 5:5 · LUK 2:37 · LUK 18:7 · ACT 9:24 · ACT 20:31 · ACT 26:7 · 1TH 2:9 · 2TH 3:8 · 1TI 5:5 · 2TI 1:3 · REV 4:8 · REV 7:15 · REV 12:10 · REV 14:11 · REV 20:10

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

νύξ, zen. νυκτός, ἡ, [fr. a root meaning ‘to disappear’; ef. Lat. nox, Germ. nacht, Eng. night; Curtius § 94], (Sept. for 9

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

νύξ nyx 61x

night, Mt. 2:14; 28:13; Jn. 3:2; met. spiritual night, moral darkness, Rom. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:5

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

νύξ, gen. νυκτός, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for לַיְלָה;]

night: Mt 12:40, Mk 6:48, Jo 13:30, al.; gen. temp. (of the time within which something happens; M, Pr., 73; B1., § 36, 13), νυκτός, by night, Mt 2:14, Jo 3:2, I Th 5:7, al.; ν. κ. ἡμέρας, Mk 5:5, I Th 2:9, al.; ἡμέρας κ. ν., Lk 18:7, Re 4:8, al.; μέσης ν., Mt 25:6; dat., νυκτί, in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl.; Hdt., Soph.), ταύτῃ τ. ν., Lk 12:20, al.; ἐκείνῃ, Ac 12:6; ἐπιούσῃ, Ac 23:11; acc. durat. (Bl., § 34, 8; Kühner3, III, 314 b), ν. κ. ἠμέραν, Lk 2:37, Ac 20:31; τ. νύκτας, Lk 21:37; διὰ νυκτός (= cl. νυκτός; Bl., § 42, 1; 46, 7), Ac 5:19 16:9 17:10 23:31; δι’ ὅλης ν., Lk 5:5; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. (Bl., § 47, 6), Ac 27:27. Metaph.: Jo 9:4, Ro 13:12, I Th 5:5.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

νύξ [page 431] P Oxy II. 235 .7 (horoscope A.D. 20 50) ὥρᾳ τετάρτῃ τῆς νυκτός . For the gen. of time, as in Mat_2:14 al. , cf. P Hib I. 36 .5 (B.C. 229) ἀπολωλεκέναι ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς νυκτὸς πρόβατον θῆλυ δασὺ Ἀράβιον , that he has lost from the pen at night an unshorn ewe of Arabian breed (Edd.), P Amh II. 134 .6 (early ii/A.D.) Πετ̣έα . . . νυκτὸς ἀποσπάσαι , to seize Peteus by night, and P Ryl II. 198 .5 (iii/A.D.) κδ̄ νυκτὸς ἰς τὴν κε̄ , the night of the 24th to the 25th (Edd.). The phrase νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας , the regular order of the words in Paul (cf. Milligan Thess. p. 24, Ramsay CRE , p. 85), is seen in BGU I. 246 .12 (ii/iii A.D.) νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐντυνχάνω τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν a good parallel to 1Th_3:10 . For the other order ἡμ . κ . νυκτός , as in Luk_18:7 , Rev_4:8 , al. , cf. Magn 163 .8 ἀδιαλείπτως θέντα τὸ ἔλαιον ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτός . The dat. occurs in P Tebt I. 54 .8 (B.C. 86) τῆι νυκτὶ τῆι φερούσηι εἰς τὴν κε̄ τοῦ Φαῶφι , on the night before the 25th of Phaophi, where the editors refer to Smyly Hermathena xi. p. 87 ff. and note : the day at this period contained not the whole twenty-four hours, but the period from sunrise to sunset, events which took place at night being described with reference to the day following. Cf. also P Ryl II. 127 .5 (A.D. 29) νυκτὶ τῇ φερούσῃ εἰς τὴν ιζ̄ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτο (ς ) μηνὸ (ς ) Σεβαστοῦ , in the night before the 17th of the present month Sebastus (Edd.). It is interesting to find our common phrase making day of night as early as the mid. of iii/B.C. in PSI V. 514 .3 νύκτα οὖν ἡμέραν ποιούμενος κατάπεμψον τὰ διαγραφέντα ἐχ Φιλαδελφείας : see the editor s note. We may cite instances of common adverbial phrases P Flor II. 236 .8 (A.D. 267) ἀπὸ νυκτός , P Ryl II. 138 .15 (A.D. 34) διὰ νυκτός , under cover of night ( Edd.), Cagnat IV. 860 .10 στρατηγήσαντα διὰ νυκτός , P Mon 6 .43 (A.D. 583) ἐν νυκτί , PSI V. 549 .11 (B.C. 42 1) κατὰ νύκτα , and P Strass II. 111 .5 (iii/B.C.) οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ νυ̣[κτα ἀνα ]σ̣τ̣α̣ντες ἀνεχώρησαν εἰς Λεονταμ̣οῦν , P Tebt II. 419 .18 (iii/A.D.) ὑπὸ νύκταν , at dusk. Νύξ is used metaphorically of death in Kaibel 1095 .4 νὺξ αὐτοὺς καταλύει , with reference to the departed glories of Homeric heroes. MGr νύχτα . For the adj. νυκτερινός cf. P Oxy VI. 924 .4 (iv/A.D.), a Gnostic charm to protect ἀπὸ τοῦ νυκτερινοῦ φρικός , from ague by night : similarly BGU III. 956 .8 ( c. iii/A.D.). The adv. νύκτωρ , said to be the only adv. of this form (LS), is seen in P Hal 1 .194 (mid. iii/B.C.) τις . . μεθύων ἢ νύκτωρ ἢ ἐν ἱερῶι . We may note also the compounds νυκτέλιον with reference to the night-festival of Isis in P Oxy III. 525 .9 (early ii/A.D.), νυκτοστράτηγος in ib. VI. 933 .24 (late ii/A.D.), and νυκτοφύλαξ in P Iand 33 .8 (time of Commodus).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

νύξ (nux) — night. νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ, night: either generally, mght-season (opposed to day), or a night, ν. ἀμβροσίη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ν. ὀλοή[Refs 8th c.BC+], III; νυκτός by night, as adverb, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νυκτὸς ἔτι while it was still night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκρας ν. at dead of night, [Refs]night-fall, [Refs 4th c.BC+] on the verge of dawn, [Refs]; ἀωρὶ νυκτός, τῶν νυκτῶν, see at {ἀωρί}: in plural, τῶν νυκτῶν at nights, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νύκτα the night long, νύκτα φυλάσσειν to watch the night through, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Attic dialect, ὅλην τὴν ν. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νύκτα ἡμέραν ποιούμενος ἀπόστειλον (κατάπεμψον), i. e. without delay, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μέσαι νύκτες midnight, [Refs 7th c.BC+]

2. frequently with Preps., ἀνὰ νύκτα by night, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ν. all night through, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς νύκτα, εἰς τὴν ν., towards night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν νυττί (νυκτί), opposed to πεδ᾽ ἀμέραν, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κατὰ νύκτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ νύκτα to wards nightfall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ νύκτας by night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν καὶ διὰ νυκτός all through the night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ νυκτός after nightfall, [LXX+6th c.BC+]; πόρρω τῶν νυκτῶν far into the night, [Refs]; ἐπὶ νυκτί by night, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. in plural, watches of the night, [Refs]; three such, παροίχωκεν δὲ πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων, τριτάτη δ᾽ ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τρίχα νυκτὸς ἔην, for τρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτὸς ἦν, it was the third watch, i. e. next before morning, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically of darkness, νυκτὶ καλύψαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. metaphorically of death, ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ ν. ἐκάλυψε [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.3. in Comparisons, of anything dark and direful, νυκτὶ ἐοικώς like night, of Apollo in his wrath, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τάδε νυκτὶ ἐΐσκει what is here he like ns to night, [Refs]; ὀλεθρία ν., of a great calamity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. Νύξ as proper name, the goddess of Night, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

IV. the night- or evening-quarter of heaven, the West, πρὸς νυκτός [Refs]nox, Lithuanian naktis, Gothic nahts, etc.)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

νύξ genitive νυκτός, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for לַיִל ;] night: Mat.12:40, Mrk.6:48, Jhn.13:30, al.; genitive temp. (of the time within which something happens; M, Pr., 73; B1., § 36, 13), νυκτός, by night, Mat.2:14, Jhn.3:2, 1Th.5:7, al.; ν. κ. ἡμέρας, Mrk.5:5, 1Th.2:9, al.; ἡμέρας κ. ν., Luk.18:7, Rev.4:8, al.; μέσης ν., Mat.25:6; dative, νυκτί, in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl.; Hdt., Soph.), ταύτῃ τ. ν., Luk.12:20, al.; ἐκείνῃ Act.12:6; ἐπιούσῃ, Act.23:11; accusative durat. (Bl., § 34, 8; Kühner3, III, 314b), ν. κ. ἠμέραν, Luk.2:37 Act.20:31; τ. νύκτας, Luk.21:37; διὰ νυκτός (= cl. νυκτός; Bl., § 42, 1; 46, 7), Act.5:19 16:9 17:10 23:31; δι᾽ ὅλης ν., Luk.5:5; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. (Bl., § 47, 6), Act.27:27. Metaphorical: Jhn.9:4, Rom.13:12, 1Th.5:5 (AS)

Bible Occurrences (58)

2:14 4:2 12:40 14:25 25:6 26:31 26:34 28:13
4:27 5:5 6:48 14:30
2:8 2:37 5:5 12:20 17:34 18:7 21:37
3:2 9:4 11:10 13:30 19:39 21:3
5:19 9:24 9:25 12:6 16:9 16:33 17:10 18:9 20:31 23:11 23:23 23:31 26:7 27:23 27:27
13:12
11:23
2:9 3:10 5:2 5:5 5:7
3:8
5:5
1:3
4:8 7:15 8:12 12:10 14:11 20:10 21:25 22:5

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