noun · feminine

dusmas

Greekδυσμή (dusmē)

Strong’sG1424

a setting of the sun, the West

stem dusm-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

west5×

What it means

δυσμή, -ῆς, ἡ

(= δύσις, < δύνω), [in LXX for בּוֹא, עֲרָבָה, etc.;]

mostly in pl., opp. to ἀνατολαί;

1. a setting, as of the sun (acc. to Thayer, s.v., so perhaps in Lk 12:54).

2. the quarter of sunset, the west: anarth., Mt 8:11 24:27, Lk 12:54 13:29, Re 21:13.†

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	dusmas	dusmais
object accusative	dusman	dusmain
direct address vocative	dusmar	dusmair
of, belonging to genitive	dusmau	dusmaiu5×δυσμῶν
to, for dative	dusma	dusmai

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

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

dusma 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

dusmaiu“west”of, belonging togenitive plural5×

Matthew 8:11“west”legamō de vi hoti pollois apo anatolaiu kai dusmaiu hēkali kai anaklinili meta Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu;I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 24:27“west”hōsper gar tas astrapas exerchetō apo anatolaiu kai fainetō heōs dusmaiu, houtōs eti tas parousias tou huiou tou anthrōpou;For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Luke 12:54“west”Legate de kai toi ochloi; Hotan horaveia nefelan anatellarōtan epi dusmaiu, eutheōs legavō hoti Ombros erchetō, kai ginetō houtōs;Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

Luke 13:29“west”kai hēkali apo anatolaiu kai dusmaiu kai apo borraou kai notou kai anaklinili en ta basileia tou theou.People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

Revelation 21:13“west”apo anatolau pulōnois treis, kai apo borraou pulōnois treis, kai apo notou pulōnois treis, kai apo dusmaiu pulōnois treis;There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.