Midnight
μεσονύκτιοςStrong’s G3317mesonuktios
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mesonuktios is the Greek word usually translated “at midnight” and “midnight”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:”
Meaning
Usually translated “at midnight” and “midnight”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- at midnight 2
- midnight 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 11:5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
- Acts 16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
- Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Greek dictionary
μεσονύκτιος mesonuktios · midnight
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “midnight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MID'NIGHT, noun
The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
All definitions and other forms of “midnight”
MID'NIGHT, adjective
Being in the middle of the night; as midnight studies.
- Dark as midnight; very dark; as midnight gloom.
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.