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(
"
, 3571) is used (1) literally, (a) of “the alternating natural period to that of
the day,” e.g., Matt. 4:2; 12:40; 2 Tim. 1:3; Rev. 4:8; (b) of “the period of the absence of
light,” the time in which something takes place, e.g., Matt. 2:14 (27:64), in some mss.);
Luke 2:8; John 3:2 (7:50, in some mss.); Acts 5:19; 9:25; (c) of “point of time,” e.g.,
Matt. 14:27 (in some mss.), 30; Luke 12:20; Acts 27:23; (d) of “duration of time,” e.g.,
Luke 2:37; 5:5; Acts 20:31; 26:7 (note the difference in the phrase in Mark 4:27); (II)
metaphorically, (a) of “the period of man’s alienation from God,” Rom. 13:12; 1 Thess.
5:5, lit., “not of night,” where “of” means ‘belonging to;’ cf. “of the Way,” Acts 9:2; “of
shrinking back” and “of faith,” Heb. 10:39, marg.; (b) of “death,” as the time when work
ceases, John 9:4.
NIGHT AND A DAY (A)
$
(
) $
, 3574), an adjective denoting “lasting a night and a day”
(from
$@
, “night,” and
, “a day”), is used in 2 Cor. 11:25, in the neuter gender,
as a noun, the object of the verb
, to do, lit., ‘I have done a night-and-a-day.’¶
NINE
(
#
!
, 1767) is found in Luke 17:17, and in connection with “ninety” (see
below).¶
NINETY
, or
(
#
!
, 1767d) is found in Matt. 18:12-13; Luke 15:4, 7.¶
NINTH
, or
(
+
, 1766) is found in reference (a) to “the ninth hour” (3
o’clock, p.m.) in Matt. 20:5; 27:45-46; Mark 15:33-34; Luke 23:44; Acts 3:1; 10:3, 30;
(b) to “the topaz” as the “ninth” foundation of the city wall in the symbolic vision in Rev.
21 (v. 20).¶
For
NO
see
†
, p. 1.
NO LONGER, NO MORE
1.
$
(
'
!
, 3765), a negative adverb of time, signifies “no longer, no more”
(
$
, “not,” , euphonic, “longer”), denying absolutely and directly, e.g., Matt. 19:6;
John 4:42, “now … not”; 6:66; Acts 20:25, 38; 2 Cor. 1:23,
KJV
, “not as yet”; Eph. 2:19;
with another negative, to strengthen the negation, e.g., Matt. 22:46; Mark 14:25; 15:5,
RV
, “no more (anything),”
KJV
, “yet … no (thing)”; Acts 8:39; Rev. 18:11, 14.
2.
(
!
, 3371), with the same meaning as No. 1, but generally expressing a
prohibition, e.g., Matt. 21:19; John 5:14; Rom. 14:13; Eph. 4:28; 1 Tim. 5:23; 1 Pet. 4:2;
indicating some condition expressed or implied e.g., 1 Thess. 3:5; or nonexistence, when
the existence might have been possible under certain conditions, e.g., Mark 1:45; 2:2,
RV
,
“no longer” (
KJV
, “no”). See
HENCEFORTH
.
d Derivatives or roots of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with with a “d”
following the number (for instance,
, a derivative of
5
, is 1096d).