ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑΝ, μεσημβριαν
MESĒMBRIAN, mesēmbrian
Sounds Like: meh-seem-BREE-an
Translations: south, noon, midday, a south wind
From the root: ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the direction of the south or the time of midday/noon. It can also refer to the south wind. It is a compound word formed from 'μέσος' (middle) and 'ἡμέρα' (day), literally meaning 'middle of the day'. In the provided examples, it is used to indicate the direction 'south'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3313 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΙΑΣ — of midday, of noon, of the south, of the south wind
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑ — midday, a midday, noon, a noon, south, the south
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑΣ — of midday, of noon, of south
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΝΟΝ — midday, noonday, southern, south
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΝΟΣ — midday, southern, noonday
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