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Strong's G3314 μεσημβρία (mesembria)

Mesembria means “south” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3314 — yiphah (“brightness”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3314
Language Greek
Linked Usages 26
Books 15

Strong's G3314 Quick Answer

Strong's G3314 μεσημβρία (mesembria) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mesembria (mes-ame-bree'-ah) n. 1. midday 2. (by implication) the south It has 26 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include south and noon. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
mesembria (mes-ame-bree'-ah) n. 1. midday 2. (by implication) the south
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
south and noon

Meaning and Definition

mesembria (mes-ame-bree'-ah) n. 1. midday 2. (by implication) the south [from G3319 and G2250] KJV: noon, south Root(s): G3319, G2250

Original Word
μεσημβρία
Transliteration
mesembria
Derivation
Root: ἡμέρα R1: 3319 R2: 2250
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3314. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

noon/south

Usage: μεσημβρία, -ας, ἡ (μέσος, ἡμέρα), [in LXX chiefly for צֹהַר, Gen.3:16, al; also for נֶגֶב, Dan LXX 8:4, 9, al. ;] __1. noon: Act.22:6. __2. the South: Act.8:26.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3314 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mesembria, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

noon Acts 22:6 south Acts 8:26

How Strong's G3314 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3314 (μεσημβρία) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3314 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3314 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 8:26 KJV

And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

Acts 22:6 KJV

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

Strong's G3314 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 18:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And God appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.

Genesis 43:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and slay beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.

Genesis 43:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine there.

Strong's G3314 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 34:16 Septuagint / Brenton

Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; And devour not, lest thou be hated.

Wisdom of Sirach 43:3 Septuagint / Brenton

At noon it parcheth the country, And who can abide the burning heat thereof?

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3314.

Genesis 18:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.
Genesis 43:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and slay beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.
Genesis 43:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine there.
Deuteronomy 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt grope at midday, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
Judges 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye that mount a she-ass at noonday, Ye that sit on the judgment seat, And walk by the roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; Declare
2 Kingdoms 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rechab and Baanah the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Ish-bosheth; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.
3 Kingdoms 18:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took the calf and dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, Hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the altar which they had made.
3 Kingdoms 18:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was noon, and Elijah the Tishbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awakened.
3 Kingdoms 21:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went forth at noon, and the son of Hadad was drinking and getting drunk in Succoth, he and the kings, even thirty and two kings, his allies.
4 Kingdoms 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he carried him to his mother, and he lay upon her knees till noon, and died.
Job 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, And life shall arise to thee as from the noonday.
Psalms 36:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, And thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalms 54:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: And he shall hear my voice.
Song of Solomon 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, Where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, Lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions.
Isaiah 18:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be security in my city, as the light of noonday heat, and it shall be as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.
Isaiah 58:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noonday:
Isaiah 59:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall feel for the wall as blind men, and shall feel for it as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noonday as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.
Jeremiah 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Prepare yourselves for war against her; rise up, and let us go up against her at noon. Woe to us! for the day has gone down, for the shadows of the day fail.
Jeremiah 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noonday: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.
Jeremiah 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon;
Amos 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened on the earth by day:
Zephaniah 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ashkelon shall be destroyed; and Ashdod shall be cast forth at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Acts 8:26 New Testament, KJV
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
Acts 22:6 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
Wisdom of Sirach 34:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; And devour not, lest thou be hated.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At noon it parcheth the country, And who can abide the burning heat thereof?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3314, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3314 FAQ

What does mesembria (μεσημβρία) mean?

Mesembria (Strong's G3314) is a Greek word most simply glossed "south". mesembria (mes-ame-bree'-ah) n. 1. midday 2. (by implication) the south

How many times is mesembria (μεσημβρία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's G3314 across 15 books.

Where can I study mesembria (μεσημβρία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3314 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate mesembria (μεσημβρία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as south and noon. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3314 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3314, with linked reader references where each row is available.