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- νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ (‘night’ Hom.+) for the acc. νύκταν (JosAs 10:17; ApcEsdr 5:4 p. 29, 28 Tdf.) s. B-D-F §46, 1.① period between sunset and sunrise, nightⓐ Mt 14:25 φυλακὴ τ. νυκτός (as Jos., Bell. 5, 510); Mk 6:48; J 13:30 (for the short clause cp. εἰμί 5.—For the scene cp. 1 Km 28:25; Musaeus, Heron and Leander [V A.D.] v. 309 [ALudwich 1929] νὺξ ἦν); Ac 16:33; 23:23; 27:27a; Rv 21:25; 22:5; 1 Cl 27:7 (Ps 18:3); GP 5:18; AcPl Ha 5, 21. ἐν ὁράματι τῆς ν. in a vision at night Hv 3, 10, 6. κατὰ μέσον τῆς ν. at midnight Ac 16:25 D; 27:27b; καὶ ἡ ν. ὁμοίως and likewise the night, as well as the day (i.e. μὴ φάνῃ τὸ τρίτον αὐτῆς=it is to lose a third of the light fr. moon and stars) Rv 8:12 (cp. Job 3:9). W. ἡμέρα (as En 104:8; ApcEsdr 2:9 p. 25, 30 Tdf.; ApcSed 8:2; Philo, Aet. M. 19; Ath. 24, 2; Hippol., Ref. 4, 44, 1; cp. Did., Gen. 37:13) also 1 Cl 20:2; 24:3. κοιμᾶται ἡ ν., ν. ἐπέρχεται the night sleeps, comes on vs. 3b. κατέλαβεν αὐτὸν νύξ the night overtook him GJs 14:1 (cp. GrBar 9:1).ⓑ gen. νυκτός at night, in the night-time (Hom.+; Diod S 18, 34, 6; SIG 521, 5 [III B.C.]; PHib 36, 5 [229 B.C.]; PAmh 134, 6; 1 Macc 4:1, 5; 5:29; 2 Macc 12:9; 3 Macc 5:19; JosAs 24:3; Jos., Ant. 6, 215.—B-D-F §186, 2; Rob. 495) Mt 2:14; 28:13; J 3:2; 19:39; Ac 9:25; 1 Th 5:7ab; AcPl Ha 5, 29; τῆς ν. on this night (X., An. 5, 7, 14; Alexis Com. 148 Kock.—B-D-F §186, 2) Lk 2:8. νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας night and day (X., Symp. 4, 48, Apol. 31; BGU 246, 12; PGiss 19, 7; Jdth 11:17) 1 Th 2:9; 3:10; 2 Th 3:8; 1 Ti 5:5; 2 Ti 1:3; 19:10; IRo 5:1; D 4:1; GPt 7:27; Ox 840, 34; AcPl Ha 2, 10; 3, 1. ἡμέρας καὶ ν. (Dt 28:66; Josh 1:8; 2 Ch 6:20; 2 Esdr 14:3; Ps 1:2; Is 60:11 al.) Lk 18:7; Rv 4:8; 7:15; 12:10; 14:11; 20:10. ἡμέρας τε καὶ ν. (IMagnMai 163, 8) Ac 9:24; 1 Cl 2:4. διὰ παντὸς νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας continually, night and day (cp. UPZ 110, 87 [164 B.C.]; PTebt 48, 10 [113 B.C.]) Mk 5:5.—W. prep. διὰ νυκτός through the night (X., An. 4, 6, 22; Athen. 7, 276c; PGM 4, 2052) Ac 23:31; διʼ ὅλης ν. all through the night, during the night (cp. Just., D. 1, 4 διʼ ὅλης ν. καὶ ἡμέρας) Lk 5:5; J 21:6 v.l. (s. διά A 2a). διὰ νυκτός at night, during the night (s. διά A 2b and cp. also IGR IV, 860, 10 στρατηγήσαντα διὰ νυκτός; BGU 597, 20; PTebt 332, 9; Sb 4317, 4; PGM 6, 47; 7, 407) Ac 5:19; 17:10. διὰ τῆς ν. (so Achilles Tat. 8, 19, 1) 16:9 (s. B-D-F §255, 3; Rob. 791). μέσης ν. at midnight Mt 25:6 (s. μέσος 1a).ⓒ dat., answering the question ‘when’? (B-D-F §200, 1; Rob. 522): νυκτί at night (Hom. et al.; Philo, Aet. M. 88) φαίνειν Dg 7:2. Pl. (Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 2, 1 Jac. τρισὶ νυξί) ταῖς νυξί at night 2:7; ταύτῃ τῇ ν. (cp. TestAbr A 7 p. 83, 35 [Stone p. 14]; JosAs 24:13; ApcMos 2 τῇ ν. ταύτῃ) this very night, tonight Mk 14:30; Lk 12:20; 17:34; Ac 27:23; αὐτῇ τῇ ν. on the night of that same day Hv 3, 1, 2; 3, 10, 7. τῇ ν. ἐκείνῃ Ac 12:6; τῇ ἐπιούσῃ ν. the following night 23:11. Cp. GPt 9:35.—W. prep. ἐν ν. at night, in the night (X. et al.; SIG 527, 40 [c. 220 B.C.]; Veröffentlichungen aus der pap-Sammlung München 6, 43; 3 Macc 5:11; PsSol 4:5, 16; TestJob 24:4; Tat. 22:2) Ac 18:9; 1 Th 5:2; 2 Pt 3:10 v.l.; ἐν τῇ ν. (TestJob 3:1; GrBar 9:8) J 11:10. ἐν τῇ ν. ταύτῃ (Jdth 11:3, 5; 13:14) Mt 26:31. ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ν. vs. 34; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ν. (cp. 1 Macc 13:22) J 21:3. ἐν τῇ ν. ᾗ παρεδίδοτο 1 Cor 11:23.ⓓ acc., answering the question ‘how long?’ (Hom. et al.; B-D-F §161, 2; Rob. 469–71) ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα Mt 4:2; 1 Cl 53:2; B 4:7; 14:2 (Ex 24:18; 34:28); GJs 1:4. τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας Mt 12:40ab (Jon 2:1); GJs 24:3; AcPl Ox 6 recto, 3f (sg. opp. pl. Aa I 241, 11); AcPlCor 2:30. τριετίαν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην for three years, night and day, I did not stop Ac 20:31. νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν night and day (Hyperid. 5, 13; Aeneas Tact. 380; Palaeph. p. 57, 5; Jos., Ant. 16, 260) Mk 4:27; Lk 2:37; Ac 26:7; MPol 5:1. τὰς νύκτας during the nights, at night (Biogr. p. 428; PHal 8, 4; Tob 10:7 BA) Lk 21:37. τὴν ν. through the night Hs 9, 11, 6. ὅλην τὴν ν. the whole night through (Amphis Com. [IV B.C.] 20, 4 Kock; Ex 14:20f; Lev 6:2 al.; JosAs 25:3) Hs 9, 11, 8.② night as condition, night fig. ext. of 1: as time for rest from work J 9:4 (as a symbol of death: Kaibel 1095, 4 νὺξ αὐτοὺς καταλύει). As a time contrasting with eschatological fulfillment ἡ ν. προέκοψεν the night is far gone Ro 13:12; cp. 1 Th 5:5.—B. 992. Neugebauer/Hoesen index. M-M. EDNT. TW.
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