"night, Mt. 2:14; 28:13; Jn. 3:2; met. spiritual night, moral darkness, Rom. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:5"
Definition and meaning
night, Mt. 2:14; 28:13; Jn. 3:2; met. spiritual night, moral darkness, Rom. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:5
In the original Greek the word is written: νύξ
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of nyx (G3571) across the King James Bible.
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
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Common questions
Strong's G3571 (nyx) is a Greek word that means: night, Mt. 2:14; 28:13; Jn. 3:2; met. spiritual night, moral darkness, Rom. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:5 It appears 61 times in the King James Bible.
The word nyx (G3571) appears 61 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3571 is nyx, a Greek word defined as: night, Mt. 2:14; 28:13; Jn. 3:2; met. spiritual night, moral darkness, Rom. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:5. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
nyx is a Greek word found in the New Testament.