noun · feminine

mesēmbrias

Greekμεσημβρία (mesēmbria)

Strong’sG3314

the South

stem mesēmbri-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

noon1×south1×

What it means

μεσημβρία, -ας, ἡ

(μέσος, ἡμέρα), [in LXX chiefly for צֹהַר, Ge 3:16, al; also for נֶגֶב, Da LXX 8:4, 9, al.;]

1. noon: Ac 22:6.

2. the South: Ac 8:26.†

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

Strong’s G3314 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmes-ame-bree'-ah

midday; by implication, the south

Fromfrom G3319 and G2250;

King Jamesnoon, south.

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	mesēmbrias	mesēmbriais
object accusative	mesēmbrian2×μεσημβρίαν	mesēmbriain
direct address vocative	mesēmbriar	mesēmbriair
of, belonging to genitive	mesēmbriau	mesēmbriaiu
to, for dative	mesēmbria	mesēmbriai

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

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

mesēmbria 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

mesēmbrian“noon”objectaccusative singular2×

Acts 8:26“south”Angelos de kuriou lalata pros Filippon legarōtos; Anistanasar kai poreuesōr kata mesēmbrian epi tan hodan tan katabainarōtan apo Ierousalēm eis Gazan; houtas atō erēmas.Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Acts 22:6“noon”Gineta de mi poreuerōto kai engizarōto ta Damaska peri mesēmbrian exaifnōs ek tou ouranou periastraptara fōtem hikanem peri min,About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.