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Lexicon :: Strong's H6153 - ʿereḇ

Aa
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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 134 times in 125 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Job 7:4–Zec 14:7)

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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 BoxPsa 30:5 - For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:17 - Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:8 - The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23 - Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2 - May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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 BoxEcc 11:6 - Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - “Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:4 - During the daytime, while they watch, bring out your belongings packed for exile. Then in the evening, while they are watching, go out like those who go into exile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 - So I did as I was commanded. During the day I brought out my things packed for exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulders while they watched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:18 - So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 - Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the LORD was on me, and he opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:14 - He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:26 - “The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21 - while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - That land will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah; there they will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The LORD their God will care for them; he will restore their fortunes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3 - Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:7 - It will be a unique day—a day known only to the LORD—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.

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