Greek · G2250, G5062, G3571

ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα

Day · forty · "night" (literally or figuratively)

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ἡμέρα G2250 day

Pronunciation hēméra

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τεσσαράκοντα G5062 forty

Pronunciation tessarákonta

Biblical symbol of testing, trial, and divine probation in covenant renewal narratives

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νύξ G3571 "night" (literally or figuratively)

Pronunciation nýx

Night used literally for time period; metaphorically for spiritual darkness or evil, moral ignorance.

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What does ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα (hēmeras tesserakonta kai nyktas tesserakonta) mean in the Bible?

ἡμέρα · τεσσαράκοντα · νύξ is a Greek phrase meaning "forty days and forty nights".

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What does ἡμέρα · τεσσαράκοντα · νύξ mean in the Bible?

ἡμέρα · τεσσαράκοντα · νύξ is a Greek phrase meaning "forty days and forty nights".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2250, G5062, G3571?

G2250, G5062, G3571 is connected to 389 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. forty days and forty nights

Strong's G2250, G5062, G3571

Lexical occurrences 389 verses Word forms 8 forms 389 references

Source Gloss

forty days and forty nights

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.

Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 389 Case pattern Dative (133) Number pattern Singular (224)

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 9:15 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 24:22 · Matt 24:37 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 8:2 · Mark 13:19 · Luke 1:23 · Luke 2:6 · Luke 2:21 · Luke 2:22 · Luke 5:35 · Luke 9:28 · Luke 13:14 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 19:43 26×

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 6:13 · Luke 9:12 · Luke 21:34 · Luke 22:7 · Luke 22:66 · Luke 23:54 · Luke 24:29 · John 9:4 · John 19:31 · Acts 27:33 · Acts 27:39 · Rom 13:12 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 2 Cor 6:2 · 1 Thess 5:2 · 1 Thess 5:4 23×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:12 · Matt 22:46 · Matt 24:36 · Matt 24:38 · Matt 26:29 · Matt 27:64 · Matt 28:15 · Mark 5:5 · Mark 6:21 · Mark 13:32 · Mark 14:25 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 1:80 · Luke 2:44 · Luke 4:42 · Luke 17:4 59×

Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:12 · Matt 24:29 · Matt 26:61 · Mark 2:1 · Mark 14:58 · Luke 5:17 · Luke 8:22 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 20:1 · John 12:1 · Acts 1:3 · Acts 5:36 · Acts 7:45 · Acts 15:7 · Acts 20:6 · Acts 21:26 22×

Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:34 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 10:15 · Matt 11:22 · Matt 11:24 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 13:1 · Matt 16:21 · Matt 17:23 · Matt 20:19 · Matt 22:23 · Matt 24:42 · Matt 24:50 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 4:35 · Mark 14:12 84×

Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 2:1 · Matt 3:1 · Matt 23:30 · Matt 24:19 · Matt 24:38 · Matt 27:40 · Mark 1:9 · Mark 8:1 · Mark 13:17 · Mark 13:24 · Mark 15:29 · Luke 1:5 · Luke 1:7 · Luke 1:18 · Luke 1:25 · Luke 1:39 49×

Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 4:2 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 17:1 · Matt 26:2 · Matt 27:63 · Matt 28:20 · Mark 1:13 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 9:2 · Mark 9:31 · Mark 10:34 · Mark 13:20 · Mark 14:1 · Luke 1:24 · Luke 2:43 · Luke 2:46 68×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:2 · Matt 20:6 · Matt 25:13 · Matt 26:55 · Mark 4:27 · Mark 14:49 · Luke 2:37 · Luke 9:23 · Luke 11:3 · Luke 16:19 · Luke 19:47 · Luke 22:53 · Luke 24:21 · John 1:39 · John 8:56 · John 12:7 58×