Auge (αὐγή) means "dawn," "brightness," or "radiance" — the light of day at its breaking. It appears only once in the New Testament (Acts 20:11), where Paul talked through the night until auge — until dawn broke — after raising Eutychus from the dead.
The single New Testament appearance of auge is packed with symbolic resonance. Paul talks through an entire night — and it is not until auge, the dawn, that he departs. The night had contained a death and a resurrection. Eutychus fell from the window, was killed, and Paul raised him (Acts 20:9–12). The teaching continued until dawn. The resurrection of the dead and the arrival of morning belong together. In biblical imagery, darkness represents death, ignorance, and evil; dawn represents life, revelation, and salvation. The "dawn" (anatole) is even used as a messianic title for Christ (Luke 1:78). The night of Eutychus's tragedy became a night of resurrection, and when morning came, everyone was greatly comforted. Dawn is the gospel's native hour.