Mesonyktion means “midnight” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3317 — yiphtachel in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3317 μεσονύκτιον (mesonuktion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mesonuktion (mes-on-ook'-tee-on) n. 1. midnight (especially as a watch) [neuter of compound of G3319 and G3571] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include midnight. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
mesonuktion (mes-on-ook'-tee-on) n. 1. midnight (especially as a watch) [neuter of compound of G3319 and G3571] KJV: midnight Root(s): G3319, G3571 Compare: G4404, , G219
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3317. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
midnight
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mesonuktion, 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.
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Strong's G3317 (μεσονύκτιον) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Samson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron, and laid them there.
And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee For the judgments of thy righteousness.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3317.
And Samson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron, and laid them there.
And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee For the judgments of thy righteousness.
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.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3317, grouped by book.
Mesonyktion (Strong's G3317) is a Greek word most simply glossed "midnight". mesonuktion (mes-on-ook'-tee-on) n. 1. midnight (especially as a watch) [neuter of compound of G3319 and G3571]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G3317 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3317 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as midnight. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3317, with linked reader references where each row is available.