Dictionary entry

δύσις

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δύσις, -εως, ἡ

(< δύνω), [in LXX: Ps 103 (104):19 (מָבוֹא) *;]

1. a sinking, setting, as of the sun (Æsch.): Mk 16 [alt. ending].

2. the sun-setting, the west (Thuc.).†