ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑ, μεσημβρια
MESĒMBRIA, mesēmbria
Sounds Like: meh-seem-BREE-ah
Translations: midday, a midday, noon, a noon, south, the south
From the root: ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun meaning 'midday' or 'noon'. It literally refers to the middle of the day. Because the sun is at its highest point at midday, and in the Northern Hemisphere this is generally to the south, the word can also refer to the 'south' or 'southern region'. It is formed from the words ΜΕΣΟΣ (MESOS), meaning 'middle', and ΗΜΕΡΑ (HEMERA), meaning 'day'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3313 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 15:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 43:25
- 1 Kings — 18:27
- Song of Solomon — 1:7
- Sirach — 43:3
- Isaiah — 58:10, 59:10
- Jeremiah — 15:8
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
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑΝ — south, noon, midday, a south wind
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑΣ — of midday, of noon, of south
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΝΟΝ — midday, noonday, southern, south
- ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΝΟΣ — midday, southern, noonday
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