Greek word · G219

ἀλεκτοροφωνία

alektorophōnia

crowing

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

ἀλεκτοροφωνία, -ας, ἡ

(ἀλέκτωρ, φωνή),

cock-crowing, i.e. the third watch in the night: Mark 13:35.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Mark · 1

  1. Mark 13:35 ἀλεκτοροφωνίας when the rooster crows

    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

    Here: Literally 'rooster-calling', the third watch, about midnight to 3 a.m. The Greek case means 'during the cockcrow watch'. Mark's readers would later meet the rooster again at Peter's denial (14:30, 72).

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