μεσημβρία, -as, 7, (μέσος and ἡμέρα), fr. Hdt. down, midday [on the omission of the art. cf. W. 121 (115)]; a. (as respects time) noon: Acts xxii. 6. b. (as respects locality) the south: Acts viii 26 [al. refer this also to a.; see xara, 11. 2].

μεσημβρία mesēmbria 2x

mid-day, noon, Acts 22:6; meton. the south, Acts 8:26*

μεσημβρία, -ας, ἡ

(μέσος, ἡμέρα), [in LXX chiefly for צֹהַר, Ge 3:16, al; also for נֶגֶב, Da LXX 8:4, 9, al.;]

noon: Ac 22:6.

the South: Ac 8:26.†

μεσημβρία of ““ρατίγ,᾿᾿ cf. P Oxy X. 12783 (a.p. 214) ἕκαστον δὲ μέρος πία]ραδοῦνίαι ἑκατέρῳ τὸν αὐ[ϊτ]ὸν περιστερεῶνα, — “each party is to deliver to the other the said pigeon-house,” P Flor I. 4717 (a.p. 213-17) where an ἀντικαταλλαγή is | written out in four copies—els τὸ παρ᾽ ἑκατέρῳ μέρει εἶναι δισσήν, and the late P Lond 102818 (vii/a.p.) (= III. p. 277) τοῦ πρασίνου pép(ous), “the green faction.’” (3) Μέρος in the sense of ‘branch or line of business,’’ as in Ac 1957 (cf. 25), is seen in P Flor I. 895 (iii/a.p.) (as amended Berichtigungen, p. 147) δικαιοδόϊτης διέπων τὰ μέρη τῆς διοικήσεως. (4) For the derived sense of “‘ matter (271 Cor 32°, 98) cf. P Ryl II. 12771 (a.D. 29) διὸ ἀξιῶι συντάξαι τῷ τῆ(ς) Εἰὐημερείας ἀρχεφόδωι ἀναζητῆσαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέρους, ‘‘ wherefore I request you to order the archephodus of Euhemeria to inquire into the matter,” and similarly 7d. 140% (a.D. 36): see also Menandrea, p. 6917 τὸ τοιουτὶ μέρος (‘all this kind of thing”) | οὐκ ἀκριβῶς Set φρ[άσαι] σοι, and p. τοῦ. (5) From this again we have the meaning “nature,” as in P Tor II. 8° (ii/B.c.) καθ᾽ ὃ ἂν μέρος ἢ εἶδος παρασυνγραφῆς, ‘“‘quaecumque demum fuerit natura aut species infractionis” (Ed.), see the note on p. 58, “* apud Polybium τοῦτο τὸ μέρος saepe est hoc, haec res; rel ergo intimam substantiam ac rationem significat.”” (6) Adverbial phrases are very common, e.g. (a) ἀπὸ μέρους (2 Cor 25) in BGU IV. 1201 (a.p. 2) εὕροσαν ἀπὸ μέρους τὰς θύρας κατακεκαυμέν[ας, ‘‘ they found the doors partly burnt down,” P Tebt II. 4023 {a.p. 172) λόγος ἔργου ἀπὸ μέρ[ο]υς | γενομένου πρὸς τῷ πλινθουργίῳ, “account of the work partially done at the brick-factory ” (Edd.), and P Oxy XI ΝΕ τ6819 (iii/A.D.) ἀπὸ μέρους πεῖραν, “partial proof”; (Ὁ) ἐκ μέρους (1 Cor 1227) in P Lond 1166" (A.D. 42) (= Es p. 105) ἔν τιΐνι ἡμέρᾳ ἢ ἐγ μέρους ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ, BGU ΤΙ. 538° (A.D. 100-101) παραδό(-- ὦ)γσομεν τὸν κλῆρον ὡς καὶ ἐγ μερους παρειλήφαμεν, and P Ry! II. (ii/A.D.) τὰ μέλαθρα... have to-day been partly fixed ”; (c) κατὰ μέρος (Heb 9°) in | P Tebt I. 623 (B.c. 140-139) τῶν κατὰ μέρος ἐθνῶν, ‘‘ the several associations,” 26. II. 38224 (B.C. 30-A.D. 1) ὀμνύο . . ποιήσειν πάντα] τὰ [κ]ατὰ δύο μέρηι ἀπὸ μερῶν πέντε ἐπειμερείζειν δὲ... , “1 swear that I will perform all that pertains to the two shares out of five shares and will divide .’: cf. Οἷς. ad Alt. xiii. 22. 2 τὰ κατὰ μέρος, of a detailed account. MGr μέρος, ‘“‘part,” ‘‘side,” ‘‘region,” “locality.

μεσημβρία (mesēmbria) — noon/south. μεσημβρ-ία (μέσος, ἡμέρα), Ionic dialect μεσαμβρίη [Refs 5th c.BC+]: ἡ:— midday, Ζεὺς ἐκ μεσημβρίης ἔθηκε νύκτα [Refs 7th c.BC+]; μεσαμβρίης at noon, [Refs]; ἔτρωγ᾽.. σῦκα τῆς μεσημβρίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ μεσημβρίας just after noon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἵσταται 'tis high noon, [Refs]

II. the South, Μολοσσῶν πρὸς μεσημβρίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεῖται πόλις πρὸς μεσαμβρίην[Refs 2nd c.BC+]