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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 - David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - At dusk they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, no one was there,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - So they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
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