What does διανυκτερεύω (dianyktereúō) mean in the Bible?
διανυκτερεύω (dianyktereúō): Intensified prayer vigil: to spend an entire night awake, emphasizing extended devotional commitment.
Greek · G1273
διανυκτερεύω
To sit up the whole night
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διανυκτερεύω G1273
Pronunciation dianyktereúō
What does διανυκτερεύω (dianyktereúō) mean in the Bible?
διανυκτερεύω (dianyktereúō): Intensified prayer vigil: to spend an entire night awake, emphasizing extended devotional commitment.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1273?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include He spent the night (1).
Where does διανυκτερεύω (dianyktereúō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 6:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It He spent the night 1× Luke 6:12
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First aligned row Luke 6:12
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
διανυκτερεύων 1x dianyktereuōn Luke 6:12
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 6:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Intensified prayer vigil: to spend an entire night awake, emphasizing extended devotional commitment.
Strong's G1273
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to sit up the whole night
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 6:12 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
διανυκτερεύων dianuktereuwn
I spend the whole night
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Grammatical Forms
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Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Present Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Active Luke 6:12 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Luke 6:12–16 διενυκτέρευσεν dianyktereúō
He spent the night
Word Origins
διανυκτερεύω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain