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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78546" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78546" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Μεσημβρία''''' ''' (Strong'S #3314 — Noun [[Feminine]] — mesembria — mes-ame-bree'-ah ) </div> <p> lit., "middle-day" (mesos, "middle," and hemera, "a day"), signifies (a) "noon," Acts 22:6; (b) "the south," Acts 8:26 . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_148550" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_148550" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53055" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53055" /> == | ||
<p> a rendering in Genesis 43:16, and elsewhere, of צָהַרִיַם, ''Tsohora'' '''Yim, Doublelight,'' i.e. either the dividing point between the growing and waning lights of morning and evening (Furst, s.v.), or the moment when light is double, and so brightest (Gesenius). By a natural metaphor, the word is sometimes employed to designate prosperity and happiness ( Amos 8:9; Zephaniah 2:4). (See [[Day]]). </p> | <p> a rendering in Genesis 43:16, and elsewhere, of '''''צָהַרִיַם''''' , ''Tsohora'' ' ''Yim, Doublelight,'' i.e. either the dividing point between the growing and waning lights of morning and evening (Furst, s.v.), or the moment when light is double, and so brightest (Gesenius). By a natural metaphor, the word is sometimes employed to designate prosperity and happiness ( Amos 8:9; Zephaniah 2:4). (See [[Day]]). </p> | ||
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