Greek noun (neuter) · G3317
μεσονύκτιον
mesonyktionmes-on-ook'-tee-on
midnight
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mesonýktion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3317is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3317
midnight (especially as a watch)
The King James renders it: midnight.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mesonyktion is rendered "midnight". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 13:35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
Mark 13:35μεσονύκτιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- at midnight2
- midnight2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μέσος | mesos | midst | Uses56 |
| μεσουράνημα | mesouranema | midair | Uses3 |
| μεσόω | mesoo | be in the middle | Uses1 |
| μεσότοιχον | mesotoichon | wall | Uses1 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μεσονύκτιον2
- μεσονυκτίου2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular2N-ASN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
Mark
one use
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
- μεσονύκτιονmesonuktionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: at midnight
Luke
one use
Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
- μεσονυκτίουmesonuktiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: at midnight
Acts
two uses
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- μεσονύκτιονmesonuktionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: midnight
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- μεσονυκτίουmesonuktiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: midnight
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.