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At night

ἔννυχοςStrong’s G1773

ennuchos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Ennuchos is the Greek word usually translated “night”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.”
Mark 1:35 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “night”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • in night 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἔννυχος ennuchos · at night

    ἔννυχος, -ον (νύξ), [in LXX: 3Ma.5:5 * ;] (in cl. poët.; prose in late Gk. only) nightly. Neut., adverbially, ἔννυχα (Rec. -χον), by night: Mrk.1:35.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “night” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    NIGHT, noun

    [The sense may be dark, black, or it may be the decline of the day, from declining, departing.]

    1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise.
    2. The time after the close of life; death. John 9:4
    3. A state of ignorance; intellectual and moral darkness; heathenish ignorance. Romans 13:12
    4. Adversity; a state of affliction and distress. Isaiah 21:4
    All definitions
    1. Obscurity; a state of concealment from the eye or the mind; unintelligibleness.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.