UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: at night, in the night

Semantic entry: 67.193

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour

Definition: pertaining to the period between sunset and sunrise

Notes: In some languages it may be necessary to translate ἔννυχα λίαν in OET MRK 1:35 as ‘before sunrise’ or ‘long before daylight’ or ‘before the heavens open.’