μεσημβρία
mesēmbria · noon, south
Greek word · Strong’s number G3314 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mesēmbria (μεσημβρία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “noon, south”.
Noon, midday; also the south.
How to say it
me·sēm·bri·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The hour when the sun is highest.
- The direction where the sun stands at that hour.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- noon ×1
- south ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 8:26
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get up and go toward the south, on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is desert.”
- Acts 22:6
And it happened, as I was traveling and drawing near to Damascus, about noon, that suddenly a great light from heaven flashed around me;