Dictionary entry

αὐγή

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

αὐγή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX: Is 59:9 (נְגֹהָה), II Mac 12:9*;]

1. brightness

2. Later (as in MGr.; MM, s.v.), daylight, dawn: Ac 20:11 (Cremer, 118).†

SYN.: φέγγος (v. Thayer, s. φ.; DB, iii, 44^a; Tr., Syn., § xlvi).