G3317 μεσονύκτιον (mesonýktion)

Greek

Noun, Neuter

Quick Definition

μεσονύκτιον, ου, τό n.n. midnight

Strong's Definition

midnight (especially as a watch)

Derivation: neuter of compound of G3319 (μέσος) and G3571 (νύξ);

KJV Usage: midnight

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μεσονύκτιον (G3317)

noun, n. | -ου | μεσόω + νύξ

67.75 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Units of Time: Daybreak, Midday, Midnight, Late

midnight the midpoint of the night In some languages μεσονύκτιον may be rendered as ‘when the night is half over’ or ‘when the night is cut in half.’

MRK 13:35 · LUK 11:5 · ACT 16:25 · ACT 20:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μεσο-νύκτιον, -ov, τό, (neut. of the adj. μεσονύκτιος in Pind. et al., fr. μέσος and νύξ, νυκτός), midnight: μεσοvuxtiov, at midnight [W. § 30,11; Β. § 132, 26], Mk. xili. 35 [here T Tr WH ace.; ef. W. 230 (215 sq.); B. § 131, 11]; Lk. xi. 5; κατὰ τὸ p. about midnight, Acts xvi. 25; μέχρι μ-. until midnight, Acts xx. 7. (Sept.; Hippocr., Aristot., Diod., Strabo, Leian., Plut.; ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 53, [W. p. 28 c.].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μεσονύκτιον mesonyktion 4x

midnight, Lk. 11:5, Mk. 13:35; Acts 16:25; 20:7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μεσο-νύκτιος (on v.l. μεσα-, v. Bl., § 6, 2), -ον,

(< μέσος, νύξ), [in LXX chiefly for הַלַּיְלָה חֵצִי;]

of or at midnight; as subst., neut., τὸ μ., midnight (Arist. and late writers): gen., Lk 11:5; μέχρι μ., Ac 20:7; κατὰ τὸ μ., Ac 16:25; acc. (Rec., gen.; v. Bl., § 34, 8), Mk 13:35.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μεσονύκτιον. For this poetical word (cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 53) see P Leid Wiii. 97 (ii/iii a.p.) (= II. p. 91) τὸ μεσανύκτιον (for acc. cf. Mk 13%), ὥρᾳ πέπτῃ (1. πέμπτῃ), ὅταν ἡσυχία γένηται, ἀνάψας τὸν βωμὸν κτὰ., and similarly 16. ** * (=p. 135). The form μεσανύκτιον, as in Mk Zc. B, Lk 115 D, occurs also in P Oxy XIV. 17688 (iii/a.D.) γράφω ἐλθὼν εἰς Σχεδίαν τῇ KG κατὰ τὸ μεσανύκτιον (cf. Ac 1635). With the interchange of cases in Mk 1385, cf. P Oxy XII. 14898,® (late iii/A.D.) Tod ἄλλο (1. ἄλλου) μηνὸς . .. τῷ ἄλλο (1. ἄλλῳ) μηνί. MGr μεσονύχτι, pl. μεσάνυχτα.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μεσονύκτιος (mesonuktios) — midnight. μεσο-νύκτιος, ον, of or at midnight, ἔκλειψις [Refs 5th c.BC+]l.7(6).5; μ. ὠλλύμαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter as adverb, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: as substantive μεσο-νύκτιον, τό, [NT+5th c.BC+]at midnight, [NT]; μεσονύκτου seems to be falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—the spelling μεσᾰνύκτιον is variant in [NT+3rd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

μεσο-νύκτιος (on seel, μεσα-, see Bl., § 6, 2), -ον (μέσος, νύξ), [in LXX chiefly for לַיִל חֵצִי ;] of or at midnight; as subst., neut., τὸ μ., midnight (Arist. and late writers) : genitive, Luk.11:5; μέχρι μ., Act.20:7; κατὰ τὸ μ., Act.16:25; accusative (Rec., genitive; see Bl., § 34, 8), Mrk.13:35.† μεσανύκτιον, see. μεσονύκτιος (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

13:35

11:5

16:25 20:7

Mark 13:35

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return — whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Luke 11:5

Then [Jesus] said to them, [Suppose one] of you goes to [his] friend at midnight and says..., Friend, lend me three loaves [of bread],

Acts 16:25

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying [and] singing hymns to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them.

Acts 20:7

On the first [day] of the week we came together to break bread. [Since] Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.