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Lexicon :: Strong's H5399 - nešep̄

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נֶשֶׁף
Transliteration
nešep̄
Pronunciation
neh'-shef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1434a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶשֶׁף nesheph, neh'-shef; from H5398; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails):—dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H5399 in the following manner: twilight (6x), night (3x), dark (1x), dawning of the morning, dawning of the day (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H5399 in the following manner: twilight (6x), night (3x), dark (1x), dawning of the morning, dawning of the day (1x).

  1. twilight

    1. evening twilight

    2. morning twilight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶשֶׁף nesheph, neh'-shef; from H5398; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails):—dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
STRONGS H5399: Abbreviations
† נֶ֫שֶׁף noun masculine twilight (properly twilight-breeze, compare לְרוּחַ הַיּוֺם Genesis 3:8; Late Hebrew id.; Targum נְשֶׁף, נִשְׁפָּא; — נ׳ absolute 1 Samuel 30:17 +, נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16; construct Isaiah 21:4; suffix נִשְׁפּוֹ Job 3:9; —
1. evening twilight 2 Kings 7:5, 7 (compare לַיְלָה 2 Kings 7:12); opposed to בֹּקֶר Isaiah 5:11; time of concealment Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֺם, אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Isaiah 21:4 (חִשְׁקִי נ׳); of stumbling, in dim light Isaiah 59:10 (opposed to צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16 (both figurative); נִשְׁפּוֹ כּוֺכְבֵי Job 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job's birth). — so וְעַדהָֿעֶרֶב מֵהַנּ׳ לְמָחֳרָתָם 1 Samuel 30 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for לְמָח׳, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, below 2, so BuhlLex SS; Löhr allows either.
2. morning twilight Job 7:4 (opposed to עֶרֶב). apparently also Psalm 119:147.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:8

1 Samuel

30; 30:17

2 Kings

7:5; 7:7; 7:12

Job

3:9; 3:9; 7:4; 24:15

Psalms

119:147

Proverbs

7:9

Isaiah

5:11; 21:4; 21:4; 59:10

Jeremiah

13:16; 13:16

H5399

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5399 matches the Hebrew נֶשֶׁף (nešep̄),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - And they rose up in the dusk to go to the camp of the Syrians; and they came to the extremity of the camp of the Syrians; and behold, there was no man there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - And they rose up and fled in the dusk, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, till wine inflameth them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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