Definition

midday; by implication, the south

Etymology

from G3319 (μέσος) and G2250 (ἡμέρα);

Word family

• μέσος mésos
• ἡμέρα hēméra

How the KJV renders it

• noon
• south

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.