Lexical Summary alektorophōnia: the crowing of a rooster Original Word: ἀλεκτοροφωνίαTransliteration: alektorophōnia Phonetic Spelling: (al-ek-tor-of-o-nee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: the crowing of a rooster Meaning: the crowing of a rooster Strong's Concordance cockcrowing. From alektor and phone; cock-crow, i.e. The third night-watch -- cockcrowing. see GREEK alektor see GREEK phone Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 219: ἀλεκτοροφωνίαἀλεκτοροφωνία, (ας, ἡ (ἀλέκτωρ and φωνή (Winers Grammar, 25)), the crowing of a cock, cock-crowing: Aesop fab. 79 (44). Used of the third watch of the night: Mark 13:35; in this passage the watches are enumerated into which the Jews, following the Roman method, divided the night; (cf. Winers RWB under the word Nachtwachen; B. D. under the word |
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