μεσονύκτιος mesonuktios · G3317
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μεσο-νύκτιος, ον, ; of or at midnight, ἔκλειψις []l.7(6).5; μ. ὠλλύμαν []: neuter as adverb, []: as substantive μεσο-νύκτιον, τό, []at midnight, []; μεσονύκτου seems to be falsa lectio in []:—the spelling μεσᾰνύκτιον is variant in []
Where it's used 4 times
Mark 13:35 · Luke 11:5 · Acts 16:25 · Acts 20:7
Source: TBESG G3317; TFLSJ G3317
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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