Word Study · Strong's G3571 · Greek
νύξ
nyx
noox
Strong's 1890 spelling: nýx
“"night" (literally or figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
"night" (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
(mid-)night.
- 61occurrencesin the New Testament
- 12 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 61 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- νυκτὸς29
- νυκτὶ12
- νὺξ5
- νύκτα4
- νυκτός,3
- νύκτας2
- νύκτας,1
- νύκτας.¶1
- νυκτί,1
- νυκτός.1
- νύξ,1
- νύξ.¶1
How it is rendered · 11
- night37
- by night10
- night,5
- night.2
- By night1
- nights1
- nights,1
- nights.1
- of [the] night1
- of night1
- the evening1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular33
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular13
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular7
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSF · 33
- N-DSF · 13
- N-NSF · 7
- N-APF · 4
- N-ASF · 4
All 61, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew9 occurrences
- Matthew 2:14νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularSo he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,here: by night
- Matthew 4:2νύκταςnuktasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralAfter fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.here: nights
- Matthew 12:40νύκτας,nuktasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralFor 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.here: nights,
- Matthew 12:40νύκτας.¶nuktasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralFor 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.here: nights.
- Matthew 14:25νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularDuring the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.here: night
- Matthew 25:6νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAt midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’here: of [the] night
- Matthew 26:31νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThen 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.’here: night
- Matthew 26:34νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”here: night
- Matthew 28:13νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularand instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’here: by night
Mark4 occurrences
- Mark 4:27νύκταnuktanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularNight and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.here: night
- Mark 5:5νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularNight and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.here: night
- Mark 6:48νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularHe 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,here: night
- Mark 14:30νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”here: night
Luke7 occurrences
- Luke 2:8νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.here: by night
- Luke 2:37νύκταnuktanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularand then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.here: night
- Luke 5:5νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”here: night
- Luke 12:20νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularBut God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’here: night
- Luke 17:34νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularI tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.here: night
- Luke 18:7νυκτός,nuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularWill not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?here: night,
- Luke 21:37νύκταςnuktasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralEvery day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.here: the evening
John6 occurrences
- John 3:2νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularHe 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.”here: by night
- John 9:4νύξ,nuxnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularWhile it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.here: night,
- John 11:10νυκτί,nuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularBut if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”here: night,
- John 13:30νύξ.¶nuxnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAs soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.here: night.
- John 19:39νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularNicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.here: by night
- John 21:3νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularSimon 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.here: night
Acts16 occurrences
- Acts 5:19νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularBut during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,here: night
- Acts 9:24νυκτός,nuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularbut Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.here: night,
- Acts 9:25νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularOne night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.here: by night
- Acts 12:6νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularOn 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.here: night
- Acts 16:9νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularDuring the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”here: night
- Acts 16:33νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAt that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.here: night
- Acts 17:10νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAs soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.here: night
- Acts 18:9νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularOne night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.here: night
- Acts 20:31νύκταnuktanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularTherefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.here: night
- Acts 23:11νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThe 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.”here: night
- Acts 23:23νυκτός,nuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThen 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.here: night,
- Acts 23:31νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularSo the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.here: night
- Acts 26:7νύκταnuktanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularthe promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.here: night
- Acts 27:23νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularFor just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside mehere: night
- Acts 27:27νὺξnuxnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularOn the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.here: night
- Acts 27:27νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularOn the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.here: night
1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 Thessalonians6 occurrences
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularSurely 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.here: By night
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularNight and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.here: by night
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2νυκτὶnuktinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularFor you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.here: night
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.here: of night
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.here: by night
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.here: by night
2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
Revelation8 occurrences
- Revelation 4:8νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”here: night
- Revelation 7:15νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.here: night
- Revelation 8:12νὺξnuxnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThen the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.here: night
- Revelation 12:10νυκτός.nuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.here: night.
- Revelation 14:11νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”here: night
- Revelation 20:10νυκτὸςnuktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.here: night
- Revelation 21:25νὺξnuxnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularIts gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.here: night
- Revelation 22:5νὺξnuxnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThere will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.here: night