Nux νύξ

Nux (Greek νύξ, Strong's G3571) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “night”. It occurs 65 times in 62 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Nux, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 2:14
  When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
• Matthew 4:2
  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
• Matthew 12:40
  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.For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Matthew 14:25
  And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
• Matthew 25:6
  And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
• Matthew 26:31
  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.Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
• Matthew 26:34
  Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
• Matthew 27:64
  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.So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
• Matthew 28:13
  Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

Mark

• Mark 4:27
  And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
• Mark 5:5
  And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
• Mark 6:48
  And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
• Mark 14:27
  And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
• Mark 14:30
  And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”

Luke

• Luke 2:8
  And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
• Luke 2:37
  And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
• Luke 5:5
  And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
• Luke 12:20
  But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Luke 17:34
  I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
• Luke 18:7
  And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
• Luke 21:37
  And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.

John

• John 3:2
  The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
• John 7:50
  Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
• John 9:4
  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
• John 11:10
  But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
• John 13:30
  He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.
• John 19:39
  And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
• John 21:3
  Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.

Acts

• Acts 5:19
  But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
• Acts 9:24
  But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
• Acts 9:25
  Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
• Acts 12:6
  And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
• Acts 16:9
  And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
• Acts 16:33
  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
• Acts 17:10
  And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
• Acts 18:9
  Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
• Acts 20:31
  Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
• Acts 23:11
  And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
• Acts 23:23
  And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
• Acts 23:31
  Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
• Acts 26:7
  Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
• Acts 27:23
  For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
• Acts 27:27
  But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

Romans

• Romans 13:12
  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 11:23
  For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 2:9
  For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:10
  Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2
  For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5
  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:7
  For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

2 Thessalonians

• 2 Thessalonians 3:8
  Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 5:5
  Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 1:3
  I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 3:10
  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Revelation

• Revelation 4:8
  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
• Revelation 7:15
  Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
• Revelation 8:12
  And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
• Revelation 12:10
  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.
• Revelation 14:11
  And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
• Revelation 20:10
  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
• Revelation 21:25
  And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
• Revelation 22:5
  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).