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Lexicon :: Strong's G3571 - nyx

Aa
νύξ
Transliteration
nyx (Key)
Pronunciation
noox
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:1123,661

Strong’s Definitions

νύξ nýx, noox; a primary word; "night" (literally or figuratively):—(mid-)night.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's G3571 in the following manner: night (63x), midnight (with G3319) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's G3571 in the following manner: night (63x), midnight (with G3319) (2x).

  1. night

  2. metaph. the time when work ceases

    1. the time of death

    2. the time for deeds of sin and shame

    3. the time of moral stupidity and darkness

    4. the time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νύξ nýx, noox; a primary word; "night" (literally or figuratively):—(mid-)night.
STRONGS G3571:
νύξ, genitive νυκτός, ἡ (from a root meaning 'to disappear'; cf. Latinnox, German nacht, English night; Curtius, § 94) (the Sept. for לַיִל and לַיְלָה) (from Homer down), night: Mark 6:48; Acts 16:33; Acts 23:23; John 13:30; Revelation 21:25; Revelation 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, Revelation 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), Matthew 2:14; Matthew 28:13; Luke 2:8 (but note here the article; some make τῆς νυκτός depend on φυλακάς); John 3:2; Acts 9:25; 1 Thessalonians 5:7; νυκτός καί ἡμέρας, Mark 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Timothy 5:5 (where see Ellicott on the order); ἡμέρας καί νυκτός, Luke 18:7; Acts 9:24; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 12:10, etc.; μέσης νυκτός, at midnight, Matthew 25:6; in answer to the question when: ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί, this night, Luke 12:20; Luke 17:34; Acts 27:23; τῇ νυκτί ἐκείνῃ, Acts 12:6; τῇ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτί, Acts 23:11; in answer to the question how long: νύκτα καί ἡμέραν, Luke 2:37; Acts 20:31; Acts 26:7; differently in Mark 4:27 (night and day, namely, applying himself to what lie is here said to be doing); τάς νύκτας, during the nights, every night, Luke 21:37; νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα, Matthew 4:2; τρεῖς, Matthew 12:40; διά τῆς νυκτός, see διά, A. II. 1 b.; δι' ὅλης (τῆς) νυκτός, the whole night through, all night, Luke 5:5; ἐν νυκτί, when he was asleep, Acts 18:9; (κλέπτης) ἐν νυκτί, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, and Rec. in 2 Peter 3:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί, in (the course of) the night, John 11:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ταύτῃ, Matthew 26:31, 34; Mark 14:30; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ἡ κτλ. 1 Corinthians 11:23; κατά μέσον τῆς νυκτός, about midnight, Acts 27:27. Metaphorically, the time when work ceases, i. e. the time of death, John 9:4; the time for deeds of sin and shame, the time of moral stupidity and darkness, Romans 13:12; the time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber, put for torpor and sluggishness, 1 Thessalonians 5:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:14; 4:2; 12:40; 25:6; 26:31; 26:34; 28:13
Mark
4:27; 5:5; 6:48; 14:30
Luke
2:8; 2:37; 5:5; 12:20; 17:34; 18:7; 21:37
John
3:2; 9:4; 11:10; 13:30
Acts
9:24; 9:25; 12:6; 16:33; 18:9; 20:31; 23:11; 23:23; 26:7; 27:23; 27:27
Romans
13:12
1 Corinthians
11:23
1 Thessalonians
2:9; 3:10; 5:2; 5:5; 5:7
1 Timothy
5:5
2 Peter
3:10
Revelation
4:8; 7:15; 8:12; 12:10; 21:25; 22:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3571 matches the Greek νύξ (nyx),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - but his delight is in the law[fn] of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 - I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,
you have tested me, and you will find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:2 - Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:2 - O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[fn] as by the heat of summer. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 - My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 - By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 - Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:6 - I said,[fn] “Let me remember my song in the night;
let me meditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:14 - In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil[fn] of Heman the Ezrahite.
O LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out day and night before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:4 - For a thousand years in your sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
or as a watch in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:2 - to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:39 - He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I remember your name in the night, O LORD,
and keep your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 - The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:6 - my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:2 - Lift up your hands to the holy place
and bless the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
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