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Dictionaries :: Night (By, in The)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g3571 Greek: nux

Night (By, in The):

is used

(I) literally,

(a) of "the alternating natural period to that of the day," e.g., Mat 4:2; 12:40; 2Ti 1:3; Rev 4:8;

(b) of "the period of the absence of light," the time in which something takes place, e.g., Mat 2:14 (Mat 27:64, in some mss.); Luk 2:8; Jhn 3:2 (Jhn 7:50, in some mss.); Act 5:19; 9:25;

(c) of "point of time," e.g., Mat 14:27 (in some mss.), 30; Luk 12:20; Act 27:23;

(d) of "duration of time," e.g., Luk 2:37; 5:5; Act 20:31; 26:7 (note the difference in the phrase in Mar 4:27);

(II) metaphorically,

(a) of "the period of man's alienation from God," Rom 13:12; 1Th 5:5, lit., "not of night," where "of" means 'belonging to;' cp. "of the Way," Act 9:2; "of shrinking back" and "of faith," Hbr 10:39, marg.;

(b) of "death," as the time when work ceases, Jhn 9:4.

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