נֶ֫שֶׁף
ne.shephtwilightHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences7 books12 verses
Definition
from H5398; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
Traditional renderings: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
Traditional renderings: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נֶ֫שֶׁף:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
12 total
- 1 Samuel 30:17מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף · from twilightAnd 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.
- 2 Kings 7:5בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף · at twilightSo they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
- 2 Kings 7:7בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ · at twilightThus 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.
- Job 3:9נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ · May its morningMay its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
- Job 7:4נָֽשֶׁף׃ · dawnWhen I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
- Job 24:15נֶ֣שֶׁף · for twilightThe eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
- Psalm 119:147בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף · before dawnI rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
- Proverbs 7:9בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־ · at twilight…at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
- Isaiah 5:11בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף · into the eveningWoe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Isaiah 21:4נֶ֣שֶׁף · The twilightMy heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
- Isaiah 59:10כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף · as in the twilightLike the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
- Jeremiah 13:16נָ֑שֶׁף · the duskyGive glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.