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νύξ

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine61 occurrences12 books58 verses

Definition

νύξ genitive νυκτός, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for לַיִל ;]

night: Matthew 12:40, Mark 6:48, John 13:30, al.; genitive temp. (of the time within which something happens; M, Pr., 73; B1., § 36, 13), νυκτός, by night, Matthew 2:14, John 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, al.; ν. κ. ἡμέρας, Mark 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, al.; ἡμέρας κ. ν., Luke 18:7, Revelation 4:8, al.; μέσης ν., Matthew 25:6; dative, νυκτί, in ans. to the question, "when?" (rare in cl.; Hdt., Soph.), ταύτῃ τ. ν., Luke 12:20, al.; ἐκείνῃ Acts 12:6; ἐπιούσῃ, Acts 23:11; accusative durat. (Bl., § 34, 8; Kühner3, III, 314b), ν. κ. ἠμέραν, Luke 2:37, Acts 20:31; τ. νύκτας, Luke 21:37; διὰ νυκτός (= cl. νυκτός; Bl., § 42, 1; 46, 7), Acts 5:19; 16:9; 17:10; 23:31; δι᾽ ὅλης ν., Luke 5:5; κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. (Bl., § 47, 6), Acts 27:27. Metaphorical: John 9:4, Romans 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:5

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

61 total
  1. Matthew 2:14νυκτὸς · by night
    So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
  2. Matthew 4:2νύκτας · nights
    After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
  3. Matthew 12:40νύκτας · nights; νύκτας · nights
    For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  4. Matthew 14:25νυκτὸς · night
    During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
  5. Matthew 25:6νυκτὸς
    At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
  6. Matthew 26:31νυκτὶ · night
    Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
  7. Matthew 26:34νυκτὶ · night
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
  8. Matthew 28:13νυκτὸς · by night
    …and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
  9. Mark 4:27νύκτα · Night
    Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
  10. Mark 5:5νυκτὸς · Night
    Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
  11. Mark 6:48νυκτὸς · night
    He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
  12. Mark 14:30νυκτὶ · night
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
  13. Luke 2:8νυκτὸς · by night
    And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
  14. Luke 2:37νύκτα · night
    …and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
  15. Luke 5:5νυκτὸς · night
    “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
  16. Luke 12:20νυκτὶ · night
    But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  17. Luke 17:34νυκτὶ · night
    I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
  18. Luke 18:7νυκτός · night
    Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
  19. Luke 21:37νύκτας · evening
    Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
  20. John 3:2νυκτὸς · at night
    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  21. John 9:4νὺξ · Night
    While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
  22. John 11:10νυκτί · night
    But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
  23. John 13:30νύξ · night
    As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.
  24. John 19:39νυκτὸς · at night
    Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
  25. John 21:3νυκτὶ · night
    Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
  26. Acts 5:19νυκτὸς · the night
    But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
  27. Acts 9:24νυκτὸς · night
    …but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
  28. Acts 9:25νυκτὸς · One night
    One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
  29. Acts 12:6νυκτὶ · night
    On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
  30. Acts 16:9νυκτὸς · night
    During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
  31. Acts 16:33νυκτὸς · night
    At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
  32. Acts 17:10νυκτὸς · night [had fallen]
    As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
  33. Acts 18:9νυκτὶ · night
    One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
  34. Acts 20:31νύκτα · night
    Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
  35. Acts 23:11νυκτὶ · night
    The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
  36. Acts 23:23νυκτός · night
    Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
  37. Acts 23:31νυκτὸς · night
    So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
  38. Acts 26:7νύκτα · night
    …the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
  39. Acts 27:23νυκτὶ · night
    For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me
  40. Acts 27:27νὺξ · night; νυκτὸς
    On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
  41. Romans 13:12νὺξ · night
    The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
  42. 1 Corinthians 11:23νυκτὶ · night
    For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
  43. 1 Thessalonians 2:9νυκτὸς · night
    Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
  44. 1 Thessalonians 3:10νυκτὸς · Night
    Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.
  45. 1 Thessalonians 5:2νυκτὶ · [the] night
    For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
  46. 1 Thessalonians 5:5νυκτὸς · to [the] night
    For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
  47. 1 Thessalonians 5:7νυκτὸς · at night; νυκτὸς · at night
    For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.