noun · feminine

augas

Greekαὐγή (augē)

Strong’sG827

light of day

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

Translated as

dawn1×

What it means

αὐγή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX: Is 59:9 (נְגֹהָה), II Mac 12:9*;]

1. brightness

2. Later (as in MGr.; MM, s.v.), daylight, dawn: Ac 20:11 (Cremer, 118).†

SYN.: φέγγος (v. Thayer, s. φ.; DB, iii, 44a; Tr., Syn., § xlvi).

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

Strong’s G827 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidowg'-ay

a ray of light, i.e. (by implication) radiance, dawn

Fromof uncertain derivation;

King Jamesbreak of day.

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	augas	augais
object accusative	augan	augain
direct address vocative	augar	augair
of, belonging to genitive	augau1×αὐγῆς	augaiu
to, for dative	auga	augai

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

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

auga 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

augau“dawn”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 20:11“dawn”anabainaratos de kai klaratos ton arton kai geueratos epi hikanon tē homilaratos achri augau, houtōs exerchata.Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.