What does δυσμή (dysmḗ) mean in the Bible?
δυσμή (dysmḗ): West as the direction of sunset; often paired with east (sunrise) to denote geographical extremes.
Greek · G1424
δυσμή
West
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δυσμή G1424
Pronunciation dysmḗ
What does δυσμή (dysmḗ) mean in the Bible?
δυσμή (dysmḗ): West as the direction of sunset; often paired with east (sunrise) to denote geographical extremes.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1424?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] west (4), west (1).
Where does δυσμή (dysmḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (2), Revelation (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 [the] west 4× Matthew 8:11, Matthew 24:27, Luke 12:54, Revelation 21:13
west 1× Luke 13:29
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Matthew 8:11 δυσμῶν to [the] west Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Matthew 24:27 δυσμῶν to [the] west Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Luke 12:54 δυσμῶν to [the] west Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Luke 13:29 δυσμῶν to west Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Revelation 21:13 δυσμῶν to [the] west Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:11
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Luke 2 Revelation 1
Source forms
δυσμῶν 5x dysmōn Matthew 8:11, Matthew 24:27, Luke 12:54, Luke 13:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 5x Matthew 8:11, Matthew 24:27, Luke 12:54, Luke 13:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. West as the direction of sunset; often paired with east (sunrise) to denote geographical extremes.
Strong's G1424
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 1 form 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 12:54 Source Gloss
west
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
West as the direction of sunset; often paired with east (sunrise) to denote geographical extremes.
(= δύσις, δύνω), [in LXX for בּוֹא, עֲרָבָה, etc. ;] mostly in pl., opposite to ἀνατολαί;
1a setting, as of the sun (accusative to Thayer, see word, so perhaps in Luk.12:54).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:11 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
δυσμῶν dusmwn
a setting of the sun, the West
Read verse Matthew 24:27 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
δυσμῶν, dusmwn
a setting of the sun, the West
Read verse Luke 12:54 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
δυσμῶν, dusmwn
a setting of the sun, the West
Read verse Luke 13:29 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
δυσμῶν, dusmwn
a setting of the sun, the West
Read verse Revelation 21:13 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
δυσμῶν, dusmwn
a setting of the sun, the West
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (5) Number pattern Plural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 8:11 · Matt 24:27 · Luke 12:54 · Luke 13:29 · Rev 21:13 5×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
the geographical direction of sunset, contrasted with wind patterns
the cardinal direction from which people will come to recline at the kingdom table
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
δυσμή is built from this root:
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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