νύξ

genitive νυκτός, ἡ (from a root meaning 'to disappear'; cf. Latinnox, German nacht, English night; Curtius, § 94) (the Sept. for לַיִל and לַיְלָה) (from Homer down), night: Mk 6:48; Acts 16:33; Acts 23:23; Jn 13:30; Rev 21:25; Rev 22:5; ἵνα ἡ νύξ μή φοαινη τό τρίτον αὐτῆς, i. e. that the night should want a third part of the light which the moon and the stars give it, Rev 8:12 (others understand this of the want of the light etc. for a third part of the night's duration); genitive νυκτός, by night (Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26), Mt 2:14; Mt 28:13; Lk 2:8 (but note here the article; some make τῆς νυκτός depend on φυλακάς); Jn 3:2; Acts 9:25; 1 Thess 5:7; νυκτός καί ἡμέρας, Mk 5:5; 1 Thess 2:9; 1 Thess 3:10; 1 Tim 5:5 (where see Ellicott on the order); ἡμέρας καί νυκτός, Lk 18:7; Acts 9:24; Rev 4:8; Rev 7:15; Rev 12:10, etc.; μέσης νυκτός, at midnight, Mt 25:6; in answer to the question when: ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί, this night, Lk 12:20; Lk 17:34; Acts 27:23; τῇ νυκτί ἐκείνῃ, Acts 12:6; τῇ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτί, Acts 23:11; in answer to the question how long: νύκτα καί ἡμέραν, Lk 2:37; Acts 20:31; Acts 26:7; differently in Mk 4:27 (night and day, namely, applying himself to what lie is here said to be doing); τάς νύκτας, during the nights, every night, Lk 21:37; νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα, Mt 4:2; τρεῖς, ; διά τῆς νυκτός, see διά, A. II. 1 b.; δι' ὅλης (τῆς) νυκτός, the whole night through, all night, Lk 5:5; ἐν νυκτί, when he was asleep, Acts 18:9; (κλέπτης) ἐν νυκτί, 1 Thess 5:2, and Rec. in 2 Pet 3:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί, in (the course of) the night, Jn 11:10; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ταύτῃ, Mt 26:31, Mt 26:34; Mk 14:30; ἐν τῇ νυκτί ἡ κτλ. 1 Cor 11:23; κατά μέσον τῆς νυκτός, about midnight, Acts 27:27. Metaphorically, the time when work ceases, i. e. the time of death, Jn 9:4; the time for deeds of sin and shame, the time of moral stupidity and darkness, Rom 13:12; the time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber, put for torpor and sluggishness, 1 Thess 5:5.