νύξ, genitive νυκτός, ἡ (from a root meaning 'to disappear'; cf. Latinnox, German nacht, English night; Curtius, § 94) (the Sept. for μΗιΔμ and μΗιΐμΘδ) (from Homer down), night: Mar_6:48; Act_16:33; Act_23:23; Joh_13:30; Rev_21:25; Rev_22:5; ἵνα ἡ νύξ μή φοαινη τό τρίτον αὐτῆς, i. e. that the night should want a third part of the light which the moon and the stars give it, Rev_8:12 (others understand this of the want of the light etc. for a third part of the night's duration); genitive νυκτός, by night (Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26), Mat_2:14; Mat_28:13; Luk_2:8 (but note here the article; some make τῆς νυκτός depend on φυλακάς); Joh_3:2; Act_9:25; 1Th_5:7; νυκτός καί ἡμέρας, Mar_5:5; 1Th_2:9; 1Th_3:10; 1Ti_5:5 (where see Ellicott on the order); ἡμέρας καί νυκτός, Luk_18:7; Act_9:24; Rev_4:8; Rev_7:15; Rev_12:10, etc.; μέσης νυκτός, at midnight, Mat_25:6; in answer to the question when: ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί, this night, Luk_12:20; Luk_17:34; Act_27:23; τῇ νυκτί ἐκείνῃ, Act_12:6; τῇ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτί, Act_23:11; in answer to the question how long: νύκτα καί ἡμέραν, Luk_2:37; Act_20:31; Act_26:7; differently in Mar_4:27 (night and day, namely, applying himself to what lie is here said to be doing); τάς νύκτας, during the nights, every night, Luk_21:37; νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα, Mat_4:2; τρεῖς, ; διά τῆς νυκτός, see διά, A. II. 1 b.; δι' ὅλης (τῆς) νυκτός, the whole night through, all night, Luk_5:5; ἐν νυκτί, when he was asleep, Act_18:9; (κλέπτης) ἐν νυκτί, 1Th_5:2, and Rec. in 2Pe_3:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί, in (the course of) the night, Joh_11:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ταύτῃ, Mat_26:31; Mat_26:34; Mar_14:30; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ἡ κτλ. 1Co_11:23; κατά μέσον τῆς νυκτός, about midnight, Act_27:27. Metaphorically, the time when work ceases, i. e. the time of death, Joh_9:4; the time for deeds of sin and shame, the time of moral stupidity and darkness, Rom_13:12; the time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber, put for torpor and sluggishness, 1Th_5:5.

νύξ nyx 61x night, Mat_2:14 ; Mat_28:13 ; Joh_3:2 ; met. spiritual night, moral darkness, Rom_13:12 ; 1Th_5:5 night.

νύξ , gen . νυκτός , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H3915 ;] night: Mat_12:40 , Mar_6:48 , Joh_13:30 , al. ; gen . temp. (of the time within which something happens; M , Pr., 73; B1., § 36, 13), νυκτός , by night, Mat_2:14 , Joh_3:2 , 1Th_5:7 , al. ; ν . κ . ἡμέρας , Mar_5:5 , 1Th_2:9 , al. ; ἡμέρας κ . ν ., Luk_18:7 , Rev_4:8 , al. ; μέσης ν ., Mat_25:6 ; dat ., νυκτί , in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl .; Hdt ., Soph .), ταύτῃ τ . ν ., Luk_12:20 , al. ; ἐκείνῃ Act_12:6 ; ἐπιούσῃ , Act_23:11 ; acc durat. (Bl., § 34, 8; Kόhner3 , III, 314b), ν . κ . ἠμέραν , Luk_2:37 Act_20:31 ; τ . νύκτας , Luk_21:37 ; διὰ νυκτός ( = cl . νυκτός ; Bl., § 42, 1; 46, 7), Act_5:19 ; Act_16:9 ; Act_17:10 ; Act_23:31 ; δι᾿ ὅλης ν ., Luk_5:5 ; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν . (Bl., § 47, 6), Act_27:27 . Metaph .: Joh_9:4 , Rom_13:12 , 1Th_5:5 .

νύξ [page 431] P Oxy II. 235 .7 (horoscope A.D. 20 50) ὥρᾳ τετάρτῃ τῆς νυκτός . For the gen. of time, as in Mat_2:14 al. , cf. P Hib I. 36 .5 (B.C. 229) ἀπολωλεκέναι ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς νυκτὸς πρόβατον θῆλυ δασὺ Ἀράβιον , that he has lost from the pen at night an unshorn ewe of Arabian breed (Edd.), P Amh II. 134 .6 (early ii/A.D.) Πετ̣έα . . . νυκτὸς ἀποσπάσαι , to seize Peteus by night, and P Ryl II. 198 .5 (iii/A.D.) κδ̄ νυκτὸς ἰς τὴν κε̄ , the night of the 24th to the 25th (Edd.). The phrase νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας , the regular order of the words in Paul (cf. Milligan Thess. p. 24, Ramsay CRE , p. 85), is seen in BGU I. 246 .12 (ii/iii A.D.) νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐντυνχάνω τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν a good parallel to 1Th_3:10 . For the other order ἡμ . κ . νυκτός , as in Luk_18:7 , Rev_4:8 , al. , cf. Magn 163 .8 ἀδιαλείπτως θέντα τὸ ἔλαιον ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτός . The dat. occurs in P Tebt I. 54 .8 (B.C. 86) τῆι νυκτὶ τῆι φερούσηι εἰς τὴν κε̄ τοῦ Φαῶφι , on the night before the 25th of Phaophi, where the editors refer to Smyly Hermathena xi. p. 87 ff. and note : the day at this period contained not the whole twenty-four hours, but the period from sunrise to sunset, events which took place at night being described with reference to the day following. Cf. also P Ryl II. 127 .5 (A.D. 29) νυκτὶ τῇ φερούσῃ εἰς τὴν ιζ̄ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτο (ς ) μηνὸ (ς ) Σεβαστοῦ , in the night before the 17th of the present month Sebastus (Edd.). It is interesting to find our common phrase making day of night as early as the mid. of iii/B.C. in PSI V. 514 .3 νύκτα οὖν ἡμέραν ποιούμενος κατάπεμψον τὰ διαγραφέντα ἐχ Φιλαδελφείας : see the editor s note. We may cite instances of common adverbial phrases P Flor II. 236 .8 (A.D. 267) ἀπὸ νυκτός , P Ryl II. 138 .15 (A.D. 34) διὰ νυκτός , under cover of night ( Edd.), Cagnat IV. 860 .10 στρατηγήσαντα διὰ νυκτός , P Mon 6 .43 (A.D. 583) ἐν νυκτί , PSI V. 549 .11 (B.C. 42 1) κατὰ νύκτα , and P Strass II. 111 .5 (iii/B.C.) οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ νυ̣[κτα ἀνα ]σ̣τ̣α̣ντες ἀνεχώρησαν εἰς Λεονταμ̣οῦν , P Tebt II. 419 .18 (iii/A.D.) ὑπὸ νύκταν , at dusk. Νύξ is used metaphorically of death in Kaibel 1095 .4 νὺξ αὐτοὺς καταλύει , with reference to the departed glories of Homeric heroes. MGr νύχτα . For the adj. νυκτερινός cf. P Oxy VI. 924 .4 (iv/A.D.), a Gnostic charm to protect ἀπὸ τοῦ νυκτερινοῦ φρικός , from ague by night : similarly BGU III. 956 .8 ( c. iii/A.D.). The adv. νύκτωρ , said to be the only adv. of this form (LS), is seen in P Hal 1 .194 (mid. iii/B.C.) τις . . μεθύων ἢ νύκτωρ ἢ ἐν ἱερῶι . We may note also the compounds νυκτέλιον with reference to the night-festival of Isis in P Oxy III. 525 .9 (early ii/A.D.), νυκτοστράτηγος in ib. VI. 933 .24 (late ii/A.D.), and νυκτοφύλαξ in P Iand 33 .8 (time of Commodus).

νύξ νύξ, νυκτός, Lat. nox, night, i. e. either "the night-season or a night", Hom. , Hes. , etc.; νυκτός "by night", Lat. noctu, Od. , attic; νυκτὸς ἔτι "while it was" still "night", Hdt. ; ν. τῆσδε Soph. ; ἄκρας ν. at deadof "night", id=Soph. ; also, νυκτί Hdt. , Soph. ;— νύκτα "the night" long, "the livelong night", Hom. ; νύκτας "by nights", id=Hom. ;— μέσαι νύκτες "midnight", Plat. with Preps., ἀνὰ νύκτα by "night", Il. ; διὰ νύκτα Od. ; εἰς νύκτα, εἰς τὴν ν. "towards" night, Xen. ; ὑπὸ νύκτα just at "night-fall", Thuc. , Xen. ; διὰ νυκτός in the course of "the night", Plat. ; ἐκ νυκτός just after "night-fall", Xen. ; πόρρω τῶν νυκτῶν far into "the night", id=Xen. :— ἐπὶ νυκτί by "night", Il. ; ἐν νυκτί, ἐν τῇ ϝ. Aesch. , etc. in pl., also, "the watches" of the night, Pind. , Plat. :—the Greeks divided the night into three watches, Hom. , etc. "the dark of night", Hom. "the night of death", id=Hom. ; ν. Ἄιδης τε Soph. Νύξ as prop. n., "the goddess of Night", daughter of Chaos, Il. , Hes. "the quarter of night", i. e. the West, Hes.

νύξ genitive νυκτός, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for לַיִל ;] night: Mat.12:40, Mrk.6:48, Jhn.13:30, al.; genitive temp. (of the time within which something happens; M, Pr., 73; B1., § 36, 13), νυκτός, by night, Mat.2:14, Jhn.3:2, 1Th.5:7, al.; ν. κ. ἡμέρας, Mrk.5:5, 1Th.2:9, al.; ἡμέρας κ. ν., Luk.18:7, Rev.4:8, al.; μέσης ν., Mat.25:6; dative, νυκτί, in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl.; Hdt., Soph.), ταύτῃ τ. ν., Luk.12:20, al.; ἐκείνῃ Act.12:6; ἐπιούσῃ, Act.23:11; accusative durat. (Bl., § 34, 8; Kühner3, III, 314b), ν. κ. ἠμέραν, Luk.2:37 Act.20:31; τ. νύκτας, Luk.21:37; διὰ νυκτός (= cl. νυκτός; Bl., § 42, 1; 46, 7), Act.5:19 16:9 17:10 23:31; δι᾽ ὅλης ν., Luk.5:5; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. (Bl., § 47, 6), Act.27:27. Metaphorical: Jhn.9:4, Rom.13:12, 1Th.5:5 (AS)