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Lexicon :: Strong's H6153 - ʿereḇ

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עֶרֶב
Transliteration
ʿereḇ
Pronunciation
eh'-reb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1689a

Strong’s Definitions

עֶרֶב ʻereb, eh'-reb; from H6150; dusk:— day, even(-ing, tide), night.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 137x

The KJV translates Strong's H6153 in the following manner: even (72x), evening (47x), night (4x), mingled (2x), people (2x), eventide (2x), eveningtide (with H6256) (2x), Arabia (1x), days (1x), even (with H996) (1x), evening (with H3117) (1x), evening (with H6256) (1x), eventide (with H6256) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 137x
The KJV translates Strong's H6153 in the following manner: even (72x), evening (47x), night (4x), mingled (2x), people (2x), eventide (2x), eveningtide (with H6256) (2x), Arabia (1x), days (1x), even (with H996) (1x), evening (with H3117) (1x), evening (with H6256) (1x), eventide (with H6256) (1x).

  1. evening, night, sunset

    1. evening, sunset

    2. night

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶרֶב ʻereb, eh'-reb; from H6150; dusk:— day, even(-ing, tide), night.
STRONGS H6153: Abbreviations
עֶ֫רֶב 131 noun [masculine] 1 Samuel 20:5 strike out הַשְּׁלִישִׁית see We Dr and others] (sun)set, evening; — absolute ע׳ 2 Kings 2:16 +, עָ֑רֶב Exodus 12:18 +; construct עֶרֶב Proverbs 7:9; dual עַרְבַּיִם Exodus 30:8 + 4 times, בָּ֑יִם - Exodus 12:16 + 5 times (all P); —
1.
a. evening, originally sunset, and hence perhaps לְעֵת ע׳ at the time of sunset Genesis 8:11 (J), Genesis 24:11 (J; || לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת), 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 17:14 and (of the day of י׳) Zechariah 14:7, עֵת הָע׳ Joshua 8:29 (JE) †; usually ע׳ alone = time of sunset, evening: בָּע׳ in the evening Genesis 19:1 (J), Genesis 29:23 (E), Exodus 12:18 (P), Deuteronomy 16:6 (+ שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּבוֺא), 1 Kings 22:35 (compare || 2 Chronicles 18:34 where + לְעֵת בּוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ) + 20 times + בָּע(ֿ)בָּע׳ 2 Chronicles 13:11 (twice in verse) = every evening; לָע׳ at evening only late: † 1 Chronicles 16:40; 1 Chronicles 23:30; 2 Chronicles 2:3; Ezra 3:3; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15; Psalm 90:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6 †; לִפְנוֺת ע׳ at the turn of evening † Genesis 24:63 (J), Deuteronomy 23:12; ע׳ as adverb accusative Exodus 16:6 (P), Psalm 55:18; as marking duration of impurity, in phrase עַדהָֿע׳ Leviticus 11:24 + 30 times P + Leviticus 22:6 (H); of Day of Atonement מֵע׳ עַדעֿ׳ Leviticus 23:32 (P).
b. dual in phrase (only P) בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם between the two evenings, i.e. probably between sunset and dark (see Thes [various views fully given]; otherwise DiExodus 12:6; on form as possibly only expanded plural see Ges§ 88 c), † Exodus 12:6; Exodus 16:12; Exodus 29:39, 41; Exodus 30:8; Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:3, 5, 11; Numbers 28:4, 8 †.
c. other phrases are: צִלְלֵי ע׳ Jeremiah 6:4 (distinguished from צָהֳרָ֑יִם and לָ֑יְלָה Jeremiah 6:5), מִנְחַה (הָ)ע׳ 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4, 5; Psalm 141:2; Daniel 9:21; זְאֵבֵי ע׳ see I. זְאֵב; for all combinations with בֹּקֶר morning, see ב׳ 1d, e.
2. (late poetry) = night, עָ֑רֶב Job 7:4; compare בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֺם Proverbs 7:9 (|| בְּאִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וִאֲפֵלָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:11; 19:1; 24:11; 24:63; 29:23

Exodus

12:6; 12:6; 12:16; 12:18; 12:18; 16:6; 16:12; 29:39; 29:41; 30:8; 30:8

Leviticus

11:24; 22:6; 23:5; 23:32

Numbers

9:3; 9:5; 9:11; 28:4; 28:8

Deuteronomy

16:6; 23:12

Joshua

8:29

1 Samuel

20:5

2 Samuel

11:2

1 Kings

22:35

2 Kings

2:16; 16:15

1 Chronicles

16:40; 23:30

2 Chronicles

2:3; 13:11; 18:34

Ezra

3:3; 9:4; 9:5

Job

7:4

Psalms

55:18; 59:7; 59:15; 90:6; 141:2

Proverbs

7:9; 7:9

Ecclesiastes

11:6

Isaiah

17:14

Jeremiah

6:4; 6:5

Daniel

9:21

Zechariah

14:7

H6153

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Strong's Number H6153 matches the Hebrew עֶרֶב (ʿereḇ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:13 - So the evening and the morning were the third day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:19 - So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:23 - So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:31 - Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63 - And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23 - Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:27 - “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
And at night he shall divide the spoil.”
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