אִישׁוֹן ʼîyshôwn

Meaning

the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)

In the King James Version: apple (of the eye), black, obscure.

Derivation: diminutive from H376 (אִישׁ);

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
• Psalms 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
• Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
• Proverbs 7:9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
• Proverbs 20:20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.