Definition

midnight (especially as a watch)

Etymology

neuter of compound of G3319 (μέσος) and G3571 (νύξ);

Word family

• μέσος mésos
• νύξ nýx

How the KJV renders it

• midnight

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.