νύξ, genitive 
νυκτός, 
ἡ (from a root meaning 'to disappear'; cf. Latin
nox, 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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