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Koine Greek wordlink #95282

SR GNT Acts 16:25 μεσονύκτιον (mesonuktion) ‘to but midnight Paulos and Silas’ Strongs=33170 Lemma=mesonuktion
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=53 AD Event=Philippian_jailer_converted TimeSeries=Paul_and_Silas_imprisoned,Second_Missionary_Journey,Philippian_jailer_converted

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Other uses (1) of identical word form μεσονύκτιον (N-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μεσονύκτιον’ (N-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘midnight’.

Mark 13:35 ‘either evening or midnight or of the crockcrow or’ SR GNT Mark 13:35 word 16

OET-LV: 35 Therefore be _watching, because/for you _all _have_ not _known when the master of _the house is _coming, either evening, or midnight, or of_the_crockcrow, or in _the _morning, (MRK_13:35)

OET-RV: 35 So you all watch and stay alert, because you don’t know when the master of the house might return—perhaps one evening or at midnight, or at dawn or maybe mid-morning. (MRK 13:35)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘mesonuktion’ have 2 different glosses: ‘at midnight’, ‘midnight’.

Greek words (2) other than μεσονύκτιον (N-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘midnight’

LUKE 11:5 μεσονυκτίου (mesonuktiou) N-GNS ‘will_be going to him at midnight and may say to him’ SR GNT Luke 11:5 word 14

OET-LV: 5 And he _said to them: Who of you _all will _be _having a_friend, and will _be _going to him at _midnight, and may _say to _him: Friend, lend three loaves to _me, (LUK_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then he told them, “Imagine you had a friend and went to them at midnight and asked, ‘Friend, lend me some bread (LUK 11:5)

ACTs 20:7 μεσονυκτίου (mesonuktiou) N-GNS ‘the speech until midnight’ SR GNT Acts 20:7 word 29

OET-LV: 7 And on the first day of _the week, us having _been _gathered _together to _break bread, the Paulos was _discussing with _them, going to _be _departing on _the day of _next, and was _prolonging the speech until midnight. (ACT_20:7)

OET-RV: 7 On the Sunday we had gathered together to break bread together and Paul was discussing many things with them. As he was scheduled to leave the next day, the meeting went on towards midnight (ACT 20:7)

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular