noun · feminine
nuxas
Greekνύξ (nux)
Strong’sG3571
the night, night-time
stem nux-61 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
νύξ, gen. νυκτός, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for לַיְלָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3571 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnoox
"night" (literally or figuratively)
Froma primary word;
King James(mid-)night.
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 | nuxas7×νὺξ | nuxais |
| object accusative | nuxan4×νύκτα | nuxain4×νύκτας |
| direct address vocative | nuxar | nuxair |
| of, belonging to genitive | nuxau33×νυκτὸς | nuxaiu |
| to, for dative | nuxa13×νυκτὶ | nuxai |
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
nuxa 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
61 occurrences, every one of them listed
nuxas“night”subjectnominative singular7×
John 9:4“night”nin datō ergazerō teim ergeim tou pemparatou min heōs hēmeras atō; erchetō nuxas hote oudenos dunetō ergazerō.While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
John 13:30“night”lambaratos oun tem psōmiem ekeinos exerchata euthuos. ate de nuxas.As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.
Acts 27:27“night”Hōs de tessareskaidekatas nuxas gineta diaferirōtoiu nu en to Adrio, kata mesem tau nuxau huponoale tois nautois prosagarō tinan autoi chōran.On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
Romans 13:12“night”tas nuxas prokoptata, tas de hēmeras engizatē. apoballeneia oun teim ergeim teu skoteu, endueneia de teim hopleim teu fōteu.The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Revelation 8:12“night”Kai tos tetartos angelos salpizata; kai plēssita tem tritem tou hēliou kai tem tritem tau selēnau kai tem tritem toiu astēroiu, hina skotiziteia tem tritem autoiu kai tas hēmeras mē fainateia tem tritem autau, kai tas nuxas homoiōs.Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
Revelation 21:25“night”kai tois pulōnois autau ouk mē kleiileia hēmerau, nuxas gar ouk eti ekei,Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
Revelation 22:5“night”kai nuxas ouk eti ēti, kai ouk echalō chreian fōteu luchnou kai fōtem hēliou, hoti kurios tos theos fōtizati epi autoin, kai basilali eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu.There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
nuxan“night”objectaccusative singular4×
Mark 4:27“night”kai katheudateiō kai egeiriteiō nuxan kai hēmeran, kai tos sporos blastanateiō kai mēkuneteiō hōs ouk oidatē autos.Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
Luke 2:37“night”kai autas chēras heōs eteiu ogdoēkonta tessares, has ouk afistanete teu hiereu nēsteiai kai deēsiai latreuarōtas nuxan kai hēmeran.and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Acts 20:31“night”dio grēgoravōr, mnēmoneuarōtois hoti trietian nuxan kai hēmeran ouk pauema meta dakrueiu nouthetarōtos henon hekaston.Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
Acts 26:7“night”eis han tem dōdekafulem nu en ekteneia nuxan kai hēmeran latreuarōtem elpizatō katantara; peri hau elpiau enkalimō hupo Ioudaioiu, basilevor;the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
nuxau“night”of, belonging togenitive singular33×
Matthew 2:14“night”tos de egeiriratos paralambata tem paidiem kai tan mētēran autou nuxau kai anachōrata eis Aiguptan,So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
Matthew 14:25“night”tetarta de fulaka tau nuxau erchata pros autoin peripatarōtos epi tan thalassan.During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
Matthew 25:6“night”mesau de nuxau kraugas ginatē; Idou tos numfios, exerchevōr eis apantēsian autou.At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Matthew 28:13“night”legarōtois; Legavar hoti Tois mathētois autou nuxau ercharatois kleptala auton nu koimerōtoiu;and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
Mark 5:5“night”kai dia pantou nuxau kai hēmerau en tei mnēmei kai en tei orei ate krazarōtos kai katakoptarōtos heauton lithoi.Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
Mark 6:48“night”kai horaratos autoin basanizirōtoin en te elaunarō, ate gar tos anemos enantios autoi, peri tetartan fulakan tau nuxau erchetō pros autoin peripatarōtos epi tau thalassau; kai thelate parerchara autoin.He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
Luke 2:8“night”Kai poimēnois ale en ta chōra ta auta agraularōtois kai fulassarōtois fulakain tau nuxau epi tan poimnan autoiu.And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
Luke 5:5“night”kai apokriniratos Simōnos legata; Epistator, dia holau nuxau kopiaratois oudenem lambana, epi de te rēme su chalami teim diktueim.“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
Luke 18:7“night”tos de theos ouk mē poiateia tan ekdikēsian toiu eklektoiu autou toiu boarōtoiu auto hēmerau kai nuxau, kai makrothumatō epi autoi?Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
John 3:2“night”houtos erchata pros auton nuxau kai legata auto; Rabbi, oidanē hoti apo theou erchasē didaskalos; oudenos gar dunetō houteim teim sēmeim poiarō heim sis poiasō, ean mē ateiō tos theos meta autou.He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
John 19:39“night”erchata de kai Nikodēmos, tos ercharatos pros auton nuxau tem prōtem, ferarōtos migmem smurnau kai aloau hōs litrain hekaton.Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
Acts 5:19“night”angelos de kuriou dia nuxau anoigata tain thurain tau fulakau exagaratos tē autoin legata;But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
Acts 9:24“night”gnōskita de to Saulo tas epiboulas autoiu. paratērele de kai tain pulain hēmerau tē kai nuxau hopōs auton anairaleia;but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
Acts 9:25“night”lambaratois de tois mathētois autou nuxau dia teu teicheu kathiēkala auton chalaratois en spuria.One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
Acts 16:9“night”kai horamem dia nuxau to Paulo horita, anēros Makedōnos tinos ate histanarētos kai parakalarōtos auton kai legarōtos; Diabainaratos eis Makedonian boēthasar ni.During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
Acts 16:33“night”kai paralambaratos autoin en ekeina ta hōra tau nuxau louata apo taiu plēgaiu, kai baptizita autos kai tois autou pantois parachrēma,At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
Acts 17:10“night”Tois de adelfois eutheōs dia nuxau ekpempala ton tē Paulon kai ton Silaon eis Beroian, hotinois paragineratois eis tan sunagōgan toiu Ioudaioiu apeiale;As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Acts 23:23“night”Kai proskaleratos tinoin duo toiu hekatontarchēoiu legata; Hetoimazavar stratiōtoin diakosioi hopōs poreuileia heōs Kaisareiau, kai hippevoin hebdomēkonta kai dexiolaboin diakosioi, apo tritau hōrau tau nuxau,Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
Acts 23:31“night”Tois men oun stratiōtois kata tem diatassirētem autoi analambaratois ton Paulon agala dia nuxau eis tan Antipatrian;So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
Acts 27:27“night”Hōs de tessareskaidekatas nuxas gineta diaferirōtoiu nu en to Adrio, kata mesem tau nuxau huponoale tois nautois prosagarō tinan autoi chōran.On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
1 Thessalonians 2:9“night”Mnēmoneuavō gar, adelfoir, ton kopon nu kai ton mochthon; nuxau kai hēmerau ergazerōtois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu kērussana eis vin tem euangeliem tou theou.Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
1 Thessalonians 3:10“night”nuxau kai hēmerau huperekperissou derōtois eis tem horara vu tem prosōpem kai katartizara teim husterēmeim tau pistiau vu?Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.
1 Thessalonians 5:5“night”pantois gar vis huiois fōteu avō kai huiois hēmerau. ouk anō nuxau oude skoteu;For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
1 Thessalonians 5:7“night”tois gar katheudarōtois nuxau katheudalō, kai tois methuskirōtois nuxau methualō;For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
1 Thessalonians 5:7“night”tois gar katheudarōtois nuxau katheudalō, kai tois methuskirōtois nuxau methualō;For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
2 Thessalonians 3:8“night”oude dōreōs arton esthiana para tinou, alla en kopo kai mochtho nuxau kai hēmerau ergazerōtois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu;nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
1 Timothy 5:5“night”tas de ontōs chēras kai monirētas elpizatē epi theon kai prosmenatō tai deēsiai kai tai proseuchai nuxau kai hēmerau;The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
2 Timothy 1:3“night”Charian echamō to theo, ho latreuamō apo progonoiu en kathara suneidēsia, hōs adialeiptan echamō tan peri su mneian en tai deēsiai mu, nuxau kai hēmerauI thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
Revelation 4:8“night”kai teim tessares zōeim, henem kata henem auteiu echarōtos ana pteruxain hex, kuklothen kai esōthen gemalō ofthalmoiu; kai anapausian ouk echalō hēmerau kai nuxau legarōtois; Hagios hagios hagios kurios, tos theos, tos pantokratōros, tos ate kai tos arōtos kai tos ercherōtos.And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
Revelation 7:15“night”dia houtem alō enōpion tou thronou tou theou, kai latreualō auto hēmerau kai nuxau en to nao autou, kai tos katherōtos epi tou thronou skēnati epi autoin.For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
Revelation 12:10“night”Kai akouama fōnan megan en to ourano legarōtan; Arti gineta tas sōtērēas kai tas dunamias kai tas basileias tou theou nu kai tas exousias tou christou autou, hoti ballita tos katēgōros toiu adelfoiu nu, tos katēgorarōtos autoin enōpion tou theou nu hēmerau kai nuxau.And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down — he who accuses them day and night before our God.
Revelation 14:11“night”kai tos kapnos tou basanismou autoiu eis aiōnoin aiōnoiu anabainatō, kai ouk echalō anapausian hēmerau kai nuxau, tois proskunarōtois tem thērem kai tan eikōnan auteu, kai ei tinos lambatō tem charagmem teu onomeu auteu.And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
Revelation 20:10“night”kai tos diabolos tos planarōtos autoin ballita eis tan limnan teu pureu kai theieu, hopou kai tem thērem kai tos pseudoprofētos, kai basanizili hēmerau kai nuxau eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu.And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
nuxa“night”to, fordative singular13×
Matthew 26:31“night”Tote legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Pantois vis skandalizivi en mi en ta nuxa houta, grafitē gar; Patassami ton poimēnon, kai diaskorpizili teim probateim tau poimnau;Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
Matthew 26:34“night”fēate auto tos Iēsus; Amēn legamō si hoti en houta ta nuxa prin alektōron fōnara tris aparnesi min.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
Mark 14:30“night”kai legatō auto tos Iēsus; Amēn legamō si hoti sis sēmeron houta ta nuxa prin ē dis alektōron fōnara tris min aparnesi.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
Luke 12:20“night”legata de auto tos theos; Afrōnor, houta ta nuxa tan psuchan su apaitalō apo su; heim de hetoimazasa, tino eti?But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Luke 17:34“night”legamō vi, houta ta nuxa eli duo epi klinau henau, tos henos paralambiti kai tos heteros afiēkiti;I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
John 11:10“night”ean de tinos peripatateiō en ta nuxa, proskoptatō, hoti tem fōtem ouk atō en auto.But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
John 21:3“night”legatō autoi Simōnos Petros; Hupagamō halieuarō; legalō auto; Erchenō kai nis sun si. exerchala kai embainala eis tem ploiem, kai en ekeina ta nuxa piazala oudenem.Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
Acts 12:6“night”Hote de mellate proagara auton tos Hērōdos, ta nuxa ekeina ate tos Petros koimerōtos metaxu duo stratiōtoiu dirētos halusiai duo, fulaxois tē pro tau thurau tērale tan fulakan.On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
Acts 18:9“night”legata de tos kurios en nuxa dia horameu to Paulo; Mē fobesōr, alla lalasōr kai mē siōpaseia,One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
Acts 23:11“night”Ta de epeiarōta nuxa efistanaratos auto tos kurios legata; Tharsasōr, hōs gar diamarturesa teim peri mu eis Ierousalēm houtōs sin datō kai eis Rōman marturara.The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
Acts 27:23“night”paristanata gar mi houta ta nuxa tou theou, hou amō, ho kai latreuamō, angelosFor just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me
1 Corinthians 11:23“night”Mis gar paralambama apo tou kuriou, hem kai paradōama vi, hoti tos kurios Iēsus en ta nuxa ha paradōite lambata artonFor I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
1 Thessalonians 5:2“night”autois gar akribōs oidavē hoti hēmeras kuriou hōs kleptos en nuxa houtōs erchetō.For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
nuxain“nights”objectaccusative plural4×
Matthew 4:2“nights”kai nēsteuaratos hēmerain tesserakonta kai nuxain tesserakonta husterem peinata.After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Matthew 12:40“nights”hōsper gar ate Iōnaos en ta koilia teu kēteu treis hēmerain kai treis nuxain, houtōs eti tos huios tou anthrōpou en ta kardia tau gēau treis hēmerain kai treis nuxain.For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:40“nights”hōsper gar ate Iōnaos en ta koilia teu kēteu treis hēmerain kai treis nuxain, houtōs eti tos huios tou anthrōpou en ta kardia tau gēau treis hēmerain kai treis nuxain.For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Luke 21:37“night”Ate de tain hēmerain en te hiere didaskarōtos, tain de nuxain exercherōtos aulizete eis tem orem tem kalirōtem Elaiōnaiu;Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.