John 19:39:9John.19.39.W9TAB
νυκτὸς
nyktos
“by night”
- Transliteration
- NYK-TOS
- Extended
- NYK-TOHS
- IPA
- /nykˈtos/
Meaning by language
- English
- by night
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
NYK-TOS
- phraseyour reading level
HO el-THÔN pros au-TON NYK-TOS TO PRÔ-ton
- sentence
ÊL-then DE KAI ni-KO-dê-mos HO el-THÔN pros au-TON NYK-TOS TO PRÔ-ton PHE-rôn MIG-ma SMYR-nês KAI a-LO-ês HÔS LI-tras he-ka-TON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros auton {πρὸς αὐτὸν | pròs autón} supplies the prior direction of that coming, and nyktos {νυκτὸς | nyktós} with to proton {τὸ πρῶτον | tò prôton} adds a temporal frame (“at night, the first time”), evoking the earlier private meeting without repeating the full earlier scene.
In context — John 19:39
But Nicodemus also came, the one who had first come to Him at night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred litrai.
About this coordinate
John 19:39:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 19:39, so the Greek word νυκτὸς (nyktos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.19.39.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.39.W9.S1) and character.