Strong G827αὐγή
daybreak
- Transliteration
- augē
- Pronunciation
- owg-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a ray of light that is (by implication) radiance dawn: - break of day.
Detailed definition
αὐγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Isa.59:9 (נְגֹהָה), 2Ma.12:9 *;]
1. brightness
2. Later (as in MGr.; MM, see word), daylight, dawn: Act.20:11 (Cremer, 118).†
SYN.: φέγγος (see Thayer, s. φ.; DB, iii, 44a; Tr., Syn., § xlvi). (AS)
[in LXX: Isa.59:9 (נְגֹהָה), 2Ma.12:9 *;]
1. brightness
2. Later (as in MGr.; MM, see word), daylight, dawn: Act.20:11 (Cremer, 118).†
SYN.: φέγγος (see Thayer, s. φ.; DB, iii, 44a; Tr., Syn., § xlvi). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G827 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- day1
First verses
- Acts 20:11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐγή, ἡ,
light of the sun, and in plural, rays, beams, πέπτατο δ᾽ αὐ. ἠελίου[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.371, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.98, 12.176)]; ἠελίου ἴδεν αὐγάς, i. e. was born, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.188)]; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, i.e. still alive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.498, 619; Διὸς αὐγάς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.837)]; αὐγὰς ἐσιδεῖν see the light, i.e. to be alive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 426, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 667; λεύσσειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 710; βλέπειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 935)]; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς λεύσσειν or ἰδεῖν τι hold up to the light and look at, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hec.” 1154, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268a, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.3.1; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς δεικνύναι τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 500 (πρὸς and ὑπ᾽ αὐγήν,)] in a full and in a side light, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3))]; δυθμαὶ αὐγῶν sun-set, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).65)]; ξύνορθρον αὐγαῖς dawning with the sun, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 254 (Lyric poetry))]; κλύζειν πρὸς αὐγάς rise surging towards the sun, [Refs ([prev. work] 1182)]; λαμπροτάτη τῶν παρεουσέων αὐγέων brightest light available, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 3, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658a3, “Pr.” 912b14, +others: _metaphorically_, βίου δύντος αὐγαί)] 'life's setting sun', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1123 (Lyric poetry); ἤδη γὰρ αὑγὴ τῆς ζόης ἀπήμβλυνται 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.4.)]
2 αὐγαὶ ἠελίοιο or αὐγαί alone, the East, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 84, 231.)]
3 dawn, day-break, [NT (NT.Acts.20.11, “PLeid.W.” 11.35.)]
4 generally, any bright light, πυρὸς αὐγή[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.305, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.456)]; ἀρίζηλοι δέ οἱ αὐγαί, of lightning,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (13.244; βροντῆς αὐ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1199 (Lyric poetry))]; of a beacon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.211, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 9; λαμπάδος 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus post 150)]; distinguished from φλόξ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.186.)]
5 of the eyes, ὀμμάτων αὐγαί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 70)]; αὐγαί alone, the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1180 (Lyric poetry), “Rh.” 737: _metaphorically_, ἀνακλίναντας τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 540a.)]
6 gleam, sheen, of bright objects, αὐ. χαλκείη[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.341; χρυσὸς αὐγὰς ἔδειξεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.83; ἀμβρόσιος αὐ. πέπλου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 983 (Lyric poetry); ἠλεκτροφαεῖς αὐ. [prev. author] “Hipp.” 741 (Lyric poetry); αὐ. τῆς κρόκης 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 561)]; of gems, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.8.—Mostly poetry, but frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], chiefly in the sense of sunlight.
light of the sun, and in plural, rays, beams, πέπτατο δ᾽ αὐ. ἠελίου[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.371, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.98, 12.176)]; ἠελίου ἴδεν αὐγάς, i. e. was born, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.188)]; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, i.e. still alive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.498, 619; Διὸς αὐγάς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.837)]; αὐγὰς ἐσιδεῖν see the light, i.e. to be alive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 426, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 667; λεύσσειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 710; βλέπειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 935)]; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς λεύσσειν or ἰδεῖν τι hold up to the light and look at, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hec.” 1154, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268a, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.3.1; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς δεικνύναι τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 500 (πρὸς and ὑπ᾽ αὐγήν,)] in a full and in a side light, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3))]; δυθμαὶ αὐγῶν sun-set, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).65)]; ξύνορθρον αὐγαῖς dawning with the sun, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 254 (Lyric poetry))]; κλύζειν πρὸς αὐγάς rise surging towards the sun, [Refs ([prev. work] 1182)]; λαμπροτάτη τῶν παρεουσέων αὐγέων brightest light available, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 3, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658a3, “Pr.” 912b14, +others: _metaphorically_, βίου δύντος αὐγαί)] 'life's setting sun', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1123 (Lyric poetry); ἤδη γὰρ αὑγὴ τῆς ζόης ἀπήμβλυνται 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.4.)]
2 αὐγαὶ ἠελίοιο or αὐγαί alone, the East, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 84, 231.)]
3 dawn, day-break, [NT (NT.Acts.20.11, “PLeid.W.” 11.35.)]
4 generally, any bright light, πυρὸς αὐγή[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.305, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.456)]; ἀρίζηλοι δέ οἱ αὐγαί, of lightning,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (13.244; βροντῆς αὐ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1199 (Lyric poetry))]; of a beacon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.211, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 9; λαμπάδος 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus post 150)]; distinguished from φλόξ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.186.)]
5 of the eyes, ὀμμάτων αὐγαί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 70)]; αὐγαί alone, the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1180 (Lyric poetry), “Rh.” 737: _metaphorically_, ἀνακλίναντας τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 540a.)]
6 gleam, sheen, of bright objects, αὐ. χαλκείη[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.341; χρυσὸς αὐγὰς ἔδειξεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.83; ἀμβρόσιος αὐ. πέπλου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 983 (Lyric poetry); ἠλεκτροφαεῖς αὐ. [prev. author] “Hipp.” 741 (Lyric poetry); αὐ. τῆς κρόκης 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 561)]; of gems, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.8.—Mostly poetry, but frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], chiefly in the sense of sunlight.