noun · feminine
dusias
Greekδύσις (dusis)
Strong’sG1424
a setting of the sun, the West
stem dusi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δύσις, -εως, ἡ
(< δύνω), [in LXX: Ps 103 (104):19 (מָבוֹא) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1424 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddoos-may'
the sun-set, i.e. (by implication) the western region
Fromfrom G1416;
King Jameswest.
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 | dusias | dusiais |
| object accusative | dusian | dusiain |
| direct address vocative | dusiar | dusiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dusiau1×δύσεως | dusiaiu |
| to, for dative | dusia | dusiai |
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
dusia 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
dusiau“west”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Mark 16:8“west”kai exercharatais feugala apo teu mnēmeieu, echate gar autain tromos kai ekstasias; kai oudeno oudenem legala, fobele gar. Panteim de teim parangellirēteim toi peri ton Petron suntomōs exangellala. meta de houteim kai autos tos Iēsus apo anatolau kai achri dusiau exapostelata dia autoiu tem hierem kai afthartem kērugmem tau aiōniau sōtērēau. amēn.So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.