📖 Biblical Definition
The middle of the day; in Scripture, both the hour of clearest light (Ps 37:6, he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday) and the hour at which supernatural darkness covered the land at the crucifixion (Matt 27:45, from the sixth hour to the ninth). The contrast is theological: the noon-light should have been brightest at the cross, and the noon went black.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
NOON, n.
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1. The middle of the day; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock. 2. In scripture, the brightest hour of day.
📖 Key Scripture
Psalm 37:6 — "He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday."
Matthew 27:45 — "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."
Amos 8:9 — "I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day."
Psalm 91:6 — "Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
The noonday went black at the cross; modern Christianity rarely sits with the silence.
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Matthew 27:45 records one of the most physically uncanny moments in Scripture: from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Sixth hour is noon. Three hours of supernatural darkness over the whole region while the Lord of glory hung on a cross. Amos 8:9 had prophesied the sign 750 years earlier: I will cause the sun to go down at noon.
The theological reading is severe and beautiful. The noon-light should have been brightest at the cross; the noon went black because the One who is the Light of the world was bearing the wrath of God for the sin of the world. The sun could not look at it. Neither could the Father in some mystery, leaving the Son to cry my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Modern Christianity rarely sits with the silence of the noonday darkness. Sit with it. The light returned three days later.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew tsohorayim (H6672); Greek hektos hora (sixth hour).
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H6672 — tsohorayim — noon, midday
G3314 — mesembria — midday, south
Usage
"The noon went black at the cross; the sun could not look at the wrath the Son was bearing."
"Modern Christianity rarely sits with the silence of the noonday darkness; sit with it."
"Amos 8:9 had prophesied the sign 750 years earlier; the math is precise."