Definition

to sit up the whole night

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and a derivative of G3571 (νύξ);

Word family

• διά diá
• νύξ nýx

How the KJV renders it

• continue all night

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.