GreekG3571Noun (Feminine)

νύξ

nux

62Occurrences
G3571Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

"night" (literally or figuratively)

a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
νυκτός, by night, ν. κ. ἡμέρας, ἡμέρας κ. ν., μέσης ν.; dative, νυκτί, in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl.; Hdt., Soph.), ταύτῃ ν., *ἐκείνῃ *; ἐπιούσῃ; accusative durat., ν. κ. ἠμέραν; νύκτας; *διὰ νυκτός *; δι᾽ ὅλης ν.; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. Metaphorical
LXX: chiefly for לַיִל

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

νύξ appears 62 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
15
Matthew
9
Revelation
8
John
7
Luke
7
1 Thessalonians
5
Mark
5
1 Corinthians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 11:23BSB

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

Acts 16:33BSB

At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

Acts 9:25BSB

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

Luke 2:37BSB

and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Mark 14:27BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written:‘I will strike the Shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered.’

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