Strong's Lexicon
G1424 — δυσμή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1424 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δυσμή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1416 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | dusme |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | doos-may' |
| Meaning: | 1. the sun-set 2. (by implication) the western region |
| KJV Renderings: | west |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δυσμή, δυσμης, ἡ (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), much more often in plural (Winer’s Grammar, § 27, 3) δυσμαι, αἱ (δύω or δύνω, which see), namely, ἡλίου, the setting of the sun: Luk 12:54 (according to the reading of T WH Tr marginal reading ἐπί δυσμή may possibly be understood of time (cf. Winers Grammar, 375f (352)); see ἐπί, A. II.; others take the preposition locally, over, in, and give δυσμή the meaning which follows; see ἐπί, A. I. 1 b.); the region of sunset, the west, (anarthrous, Winer’s Grammar, 121 (115)): Rev 21:13; ἀπό ἀνατολῶν καί δυσμῶν, from all regions or nations, Mat 8:11; Mat 24:27; Luk 13:29; in Hebrew äÇùÆÌÑîÆùÑ îÀáåà, Jos 1:4. Often in secular writings from Herodotus on, both with and without ἡλίου.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δυσμή (west)
Matthew 8:11
- KJV: And I say unto you That many shall come from the east and west and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven
- GK: λέγω δε υμίν ότι πολλοί από ανατολών και δυσμών ήξουσι και ανακλιθήσονται μετά Αβραάμ και Ισαάκ και Ιακώβ εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 24:27
- KJV: For as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth even unto the west so shall also the coming of the Son of man be
- GK: ώσπερ γαρ η αστραπή εξέρχεται από ανατολών και φαίνεται έως δυσμών ούτως έσται και η παρουσία του υιού του ανθρώπου
Luke 12:54
- KJV: And he said also to the people When ye see a cloud rise out of the west straightway ye say There cometh a shower and so it is
- GK: έλεγε δε και τοις όχλοις όταν ίδητε την νεφέλην ανατέλλουσαν από δυσμών ευθέως λέγετε όμβρος έρχεται και γίνεται ούτω
Luke 13:29
- KJV: And they shall come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and shall sit down in the kingdom of God
- GK: και ήξουσιν από ανατολών και δυσμών και βορρά και νότου και ανακλιθήσονται εν τη βασιλεία του θεού
Revelation 21:13
- KJV: On the east three gates on the north three gates on the south three gates and on the west three gates
- GK: από ανατοληών πυλώνες τρεις και από βορρά πυλώνες τρείς και από νότου πυλώνες τρεις και από δυσμών πυλωνες τρεις