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ATS Bible Dictionary

Midnight

See HOUR.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

2. (a.) Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MIDNIGHT

mid'-nit (chatsoth laylah, "middle of the night" (Exodus 11:4 Job 34:20 Psalm 119:62), chatsi ha-laylah, "the half of the night" (Exodus 12:29 Judges 16:3 Ruth 3:8), tokh ha-laylah, "the division of the night" and hence, the middle point (1 Kings 3:20); meses nuktos (Matthew 25:6), or meson tes nuktos, "the middle of the night" (Acts 27:27), mesonuktios, "midnight"; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, mesonuktion (Acts 16:25, etc.)): In the period before the exile midnight does not seem to have been very accurately determined. The division of the night was into three watches, the middle one of which included midnight. In New Testament times the four-watch division was used where midnight must have been more or less accurately determined.

See TIME; WATCH.

H. Porter

Greek

3317. mesonuktion -- at midnight
... at midnight. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: mesonuktion Phonetic
Spelling: (mes-on-ook'-tee-on) Short Definition: midnight Definition: midnight ...
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3571. nux -- night, by night
... Word Origin a prim. word Definition night, by night NASB Word Usage evening (1),
midnight* (2), night (55), night night (1), nights (3). midnight. ...
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219. alektorophonia -- the crowing of a rooster
... alektorophonia Phonetic Spelling: (al-ek-tor-of-o-nee'-ah) Short Definition: cockcrow
Definition: the cockcrow, as a period of time, between midnight and 3 am. ...
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3319. mesos -- middle, in the midst
... midst NASB Word Usage among (3), among* (5), before* (3), between (1), between*
(3), center (6), forward* (3), midday* (1), middle (6), midnight* (2), midst (19 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2676. chatsoth -- division, middle
... 2675, 2676. chatsoth. 2677 . division, middle. Transliteration: chatsoth Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-tsoth') Short Definition: midnight. ... midnight. ...
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3915. layil -- night
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition night NASB Word Usage midnight*
(6), night (200), nights (14), nocturnal (1), overnight* (2), tonight (10). ...
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2677. chatsi -- half
... Word Origin from chatsah Definition half NASB Word Usage half (76), half-tribe
(1), half-tribe* (32), halfway (2), middle (6), midnight* (3), midst (2), two ...
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8433. towkechah -- rebuke, correction
... khaw') Short Definition: among. amongst, where, into, middle, midnight, midst
among, out of, through, within And towkachath {to-kakh ...
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Library

The Midnight Cry.
... THE MIDNIGHT CRY. THE MIDNIGHT CRY. 8,6,8,6. "And what I say unto you I say unto
all, Watch.""Mark 13:37. "Der Herr bricht ein, um Mitternacht.". ...
/.../borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/the midnight cry.htm

Midnight.
... MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS. 956. " Midnight. 956. LM Kenn. Midnight.
1 My God, I now from sleep awake; The sole possession of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/adams/hymns for christian devotion/956 midnight.htm

Midnight.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCXII. Midnight. 7.7.7.7 James Montgomery. Midnight. In
a land of strange delight,. My transported spirit stray'd; ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn ccxii midnight.htm

The Friend at Midnight.
... XVIII. THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT. "And he said unto them, Which of you shall
have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xviii the friend at midnight.htm

The Man who Knocked at Midnight
... THE MAN WHO KNOCKED AT MIDNIGHT. "Lord, teach us to pray.""Luke 11.i. "Which of
you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight . . ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xiv the man who knocked.htm

Midnight Hymn
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CLXXIX MIDNIGHT HYMN. My GOD, now I from
sleep awake, The sole possession of me take; From midnight terrors me secure,. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/clxxix midnight hymn.htm

Midnight.
... MIDNIGHT. Um Mitternacht bin ich erwacht [363]Friedrich Rückert. trans. by Catherine
Winkworth, 1869. At dead of night. Sleep took her flight. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/winkworth/christian singers of germany/midnight.htm

Psalm 63:2. 6-10. Second Part. Midnight Thoughts Recollected.
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 63:2. 6-10. Second Part. Midnight
thoughts recollected. 1 'Twas in the watches of the night ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 63 2 0 6-10 second part.htm

It came Upon the Midnight Clear
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Christmas 79. It came upon the midnight clear. CMD ... Edmund
H. Sears, 1846. It came upon the midnight clear,. That glorious song of old,. ...
/.../christmas 79 it came upon.htm

Psalm 63 Part 2 Midnight Thoughts Recollected.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 63 PART 2 Midnight thoughts recollected. v.6-10 CM. Midnight
thoughts recollected. 'Twas in the watches of the night. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 63 part 2 midnight.htm

Thesaurus

Midnight (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies;
midnight gloom. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MIDNIGHT. ...
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Cockcrowing (1 Occurrence)
... The cock usually crows several times soon after midnight (this is the first crowing),
and again at the dawn of day (and this is the second crowing). ...
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Cock-crowing (3 Occurrences)
... The cock usually crows several times soon after midnight (this is the first crowing),
and again at the dawn of day (and this is the second crowing). ...
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Tore (59 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:3 Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar ...
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Disorder (6 Occurrences)
... (DBY NAS RSV NIV). Job 10:22 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death,
without any order, where the light is as midnight.'" (See NIV). ...
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Plucked (46 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:3 Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar ...
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Bars (50 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of
the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up ...
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Chaos (4 Occurrences)
... Chaos (4 Occurrences). Job 10:22 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death,
without any order, where the light is as midnight.'" (See RSV). ...
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Shoulders (38 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:3 Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar ...
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Pulled (84 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:3 But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold
of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up ...
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Bible Concordance

Midnight (14 Occurrences)

Matthew 25:6 But at midnight there was a cry,'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 13:35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:5 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him,'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 27:27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 11:4 Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says:'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 12:29 It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 16:3 Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ruth 3:8 It happened at midnight, that the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

1 Kings 3:20 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Job 10:22 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.'"
(WEB ASV)

Job 34:20 In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Midnight

Related Terms

Cockcrowing (1 Occurrence)

Cock-crowing (3 Occurrences)

Tore (59 Occurrences)

Disorder (6 Occurrences)

Plucked (46 Occurrences)

Bars (50 Occurrences)

Chaos (4 Occurrences)

Shoulders (38 Occurrences)