נֶשֶׁף nesheph

Meaning

properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)

In the King James Version: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

Derivation: from H5398 (נָשַׁף);

Where it is used

• 1 Samuel 30:17 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
• 2 Kings 7:5 So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
• 2 Kings 7:7 Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
• Job 3:9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
• Job 7:4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
• Job 24:15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
• Psalms 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
• Proverbs 7:9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
• Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
• Isaiah 21:4 My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
• Isaiah 59:10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
• Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.