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GreekG3317Noun (Neuter)

μεσονύκτιος

mesonuktios

4Occurrences
G3317Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

midnight (especially as a watch)

neuter of compound of G3319 (μέσος) and G3571 (νύξ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-*ον *(μέσος, νύξ), of or at midnight., neut., τὸ μ., midnight (Arist. and late writers) : genitive; μέχρι μ.; κατὰ τὸ μ.; accusative (Rec., genitive; see Bl., § 34, 8).† μεσανύκτιον, see. μεσονύκτιος
LXX: chiefly for לַיִל חֵצִי

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

μεσονύκτιος appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
Luke
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Acts 16:25BSB

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Acts 20:7BSB

On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

Luke 11:5BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

Mark 13:35BSB

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.