noun · feminine

alektorofōnias

Greekἀλεκτοροφωνία (alektorofōnia)

Strong’sG219

cockcrow

stem alektorofōni-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

when the rooster crows1×

What it means

† ἀλεκτοροφωνία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἀλέκτωρ, φωνή),

cock-crowing, i.e. the third watch in the night: Mk 13:35.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G219 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidal-ek-tor-of-o-nee'-ah

cock-crow, i.e. the third night-watch

Fromfrom G220 and G5456;

King Jamescockcrowing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	alektorofōnias	alektorofōniais
object accusative	alektorofōnian	alektorofōniain
direct address vocative	alektorofōniar	alektorofōniair
of, belonging to genitive	alektorofōniau1×ἀλεκτοροφωνίας	alektorofōniaiu
to, for dative	alektorofōnia	alektorofōniai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

alektorofōnistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

alektorofōnia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

alektorofōniau“when the rooster crows”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Mark 13:35“when the rooster crows”grēgoravōr oun, ouk oidavē gar pote tos kurios tau oikiau erchetō, ē opse ē mesonuktiem ē alektorofōniau ē prōi,Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return — whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.