נֶ֫שֶׁף
ne.sheph
“twilight”
Definition
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
from H5398 (נָשַׁף);
- twilight 1a) evening twilight 1b) morning twilight
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
נֶ֫שֶׁף appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
Woe to those who rise early in the morningin pursuit of strong drink,who linger into the evening,to be inflamed by wine.
Give glory to the LORD your Godbefore He brings darkness,before your feet stumbleon the dusky mountains.You wait for light,but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
May its morning stars grow dark;may it wait in vain for daylight;may it not see the breaking of dawn.
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