Word Summary
mesēmbria: noon, the south
Original Word: μεσημβρίαTransliteration: mesēmbria
Phonetic Spelling: (mes-ame-bree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: noon, the south
Meaning: noon, the south
Strong's Concordance
noon, south.
From mesos and hemera; midday; by implication, the south -- noon, south.
see GREEK mesos
see GREEK hemera
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3314: μεσημβρίαμεσημβρία,
μεσημβρίας,
ἡ (
μέσος and
ἡμέρα), from
Herodotus down,
midday (on the omission of the article cf.
Winers Grammar, 121 (115));
a. (as respects time) noon: Acts 22:6.
b. (as respects locality) the south: Acts 8:26 (others refer this also to a.; see κατά, II. 2).