Difference between revisions of "Night"

<div> '''1: '''''Νύξ''''' ''' (Strong'S #3571 — Noun [[Feminine]] — nux — noox ) </div> <p> is used (I) literally, (a) of "the alternating natural period to that of the day," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 4:2; &nbsp;12:40; &nbsp;2 Timothy 1:3; &nbsp;Revelation 4:8; (b) of "the period of the absence of light," the time in which something takes place, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 2:14 (27:64, in some mss.); &nbsp; Luke 2:8; &nbsp;John 3:2 (7:50, in some mss.); &nbsp; Acts 5:19; &nbsp;9:25; (c) of "point of time," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 14:27 (in some mss.),30; &nbsp; Luke 12:20; &nbsp;Acts 27:23; (d) 27:23; (d) of "duration of time," e.g., &nbsp;Luke 2:37; &nbsp;5:5; &nbsp;Acts 20:31; &nbsp;26:7 (note the difference in the phrase in &nbsp; Mark 4:27 ); (II) metaphorically, (a) of "the period of man's alienation from God," &nbsp;Romans 13:12; &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 5:5 , lit., "not of night," where "of" means 'belonging to;' cp. "of the Way," &nbsp;Acts 9:2; "of shrinking back" and "of faith," &nbsp;Hebrews 10:39 , marg.; (b) of "death," as the time when work ceases, &nbsp;John 9:4 . </p>