King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G827
Transliteration: augē
Phonetic Spelling: (owg'-ay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: brightness, daylight
Meaning: brightness, daylight
αὐγή, αὐγῆς, ἡ, brightness, radiance (cf. German Auge (eye), of which the tragic poets sometimes use αὐγή, see Pape (or Liddell and Scott; cf. Latinlumina)), especially of the sun; hence, ἡλίου is often added (Homer and following), daylight; hence, ἄχρις (ἄχρι T Tr WH) αὐγῆς even till break of day, Acts 20:11 (Polyaen. 4, 18, p. 386 κατά τήν πρώτην αὐγήν τῆς ἡμέρας). (Synonym: see φέγγος, at the end.)
Word Summary
augē: brightness, daylight
Original Word: αὐγήTransliteration: augē
Phonetic Spelling: (owg'-ay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: brightness, daylight
Meaning: brightness, daylight
Strong's Concordance
break of day. Of uncertain derivation; a ray of light, i.e. (by implication) radiance, dawn -- break of day.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 827: αὐγήαὐγή, αὐγῆς, ἡ, brightness, radiance (cf. German Auge (eye), of which the tragic poets sometimes use αὐγή, see Pape (or Liddell and Scott; cf. Latinlumina)), especially of the sun; hence, ἡλίου is often added (Homer and following), daylight; hence, ἄχρις (ἄχρι T Tr WH) αὐγῆς even till break of day, Acts 20:11 (Polyaen. 4, 18, p. 386 κατά τήν πρώτην αὐγήν τῆς ἡμέρας). (Synonym: see φέγγος, at the end.)