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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נֶ֫שֶׁף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. 1 Samuel 30:17מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף · from twilight
    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.
  2. 2 Kings 7:5בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף · at twilight
    So 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.
  3. 2 Kings 7:7בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ · at twilight
    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.
  4. Job 3:9נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ · May its morning
    May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
  5. Job 7:4נָֽשֶׁף׃ · dawn
    When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
  6. Job 24:15נֶ֣שֶׁף · for twilight
    The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
  7. Psalm 119:147בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף · before dawn
    I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
  8. Proverbs 7:9בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־ · at twilight
    …at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
  9. Isaiah 5:11בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף · into the evening
    Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
  10. Isaiah 21:4נֶ֣שֶׁף · The twilight
    My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
  11. Isaiah 59:10כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף · as in the twilight
    Like 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.
  12. Jeremiah 13:16נָ֑שֶׁף · the dusky
    Give 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.