daybreak

Greek Noun Female

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)

daybreak

Greek Noun Female

αὐγή, ἡ, light of the sun, and in plural, rays, beams, πέπτατο δ᾽ αὐ. ἠελίου[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἠελίου ἴδεν αὐγάς, i. e. was born, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, i.e. still alive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αὐγὰς ἐσιδεῖν see the light, i.e. to be alive, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς λεύσσειν or ἰδεῖν τι hold up to the light and look at, [Refs 5th c.BC+] in a full and in a side light, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυθμαὶ αὐγῶν sun-set, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύνορθρον αὐγαῖς dawning with the sun, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κλύζειν πρὸς αὐγάς rise surging towards the sun, [Refs]; λαμπροτάτη τῶν παρεουσέων αὐγέων brightest light available, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'life's setting sun', [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) αὐγαὶ ἠελίοιο or αὐγαί alone, the East, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 3) dawn, day-break, [NT] 4) generally, any bright light, πυρὸς αὐγή[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀρίζηλοι δέ οἱ αὐγαί, of lightning,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a beacon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; distinguished from φλόξ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 5) of the eyes, ὀμμάτων αὐγαί[Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐγαί alone, the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 6) gleam, sheen, of bright objects, αὐ. χαλκείη[Refs 8th c.BC+]; of gems, [Refs 4th c.BC+], chiefly in the sense of sunlight.

Greek

Noun Feminine

a ray of light, i.e. (by implication) radiance, dawn; break of day; of uncertain derivation