nychthemeron

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  • He, finding the English word _day_ employed in the measurement of the intervals, takes it for granted that this must mean a _nychthemeron_ of twenty-four hours; imports, therefore, into the biblical text this conceit; fights for his own opinion, as for a revelation from heaven; and thus disfigures the great inaugural chapter of human history with this single feature of a fairy-tale, where everything else is told with the most majestic simplicity. —  Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1
 

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  1. from Greek νυχθήμερον, a day and night, neuter of νυχθήμερος, of a day and night, lasting a day and night, from νύξ (νυκτ -), night (= Latin nox (noct-) = English night), + ἡμέρα, day.
 

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