ΜΕΣΟΝΥΚΤΙΟΝ, μεσονυκτιον
MESONYKTION, mesonyktion
Sounds Like: meh-soh-NYK-tee-on
Translations: midnight, a midnight
From the root: ΜΕΣΟΝΥΚΤΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the middle of the night, or midnight. It is a compound word formed from 'μέσος' (mesos), meaning 'middle', and 'νύξ' (nyx), meaning 'night'. It is used to indicate a specific time, the dead of night.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3317 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 16:25
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 118:62
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, ΜΕΣΟΝΥΚΤΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΜΕΣΟΝΥΚΤΙΟ — midnight, at midnight
- ΜΕΣΟΝΥΚΤΙΟΥ — of midnight
- ΜΕΣΟΝΥΚΤΙΩ — at midnight, in the middle of the night
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