נֶשֶׁף nesheph

Hebrew word for “twilight” · Strong’s H5399 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) twilight; 1a) evening twilight; 1b) morning twilight

How it is translated

Glosses given for nesheph in context, with how often each is used:

• twilight 11
• like the twilight 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 7 (2), 1 Samuel 30 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 24 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Proverbs 7 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 21 (1), Isaiah 59 (1)

Forms

• בנשׁף 5
• נשׁף 4
• מהנשׁף 1
• נשׁפו 1
• כנשׁף 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nesheph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֶרֶב erev “evening” 3
• חָשַׁךְ chashakh “to darken” 2
• קָוָה qavah “to await” 2
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
• קוּם qum “to arise” 3
• אוֹר or “light” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 3
• נוּס nus “to flee” 2
• מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 2
• עַד ad “till” 3
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 2
• אִם im “if” 2

Key verses

The verses using nesheph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 30:17 — And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon…
• 2 Kings 7:5 — And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no…
• 2 Kings 7:7 — Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
• Job 3:9 — Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
• Job 7:4 — When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
• Job 24:15 — The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
• Psalms 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
• Proverbs 7:9 — In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
• Isaiah 5:11 — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
• Isaiah 21:4 — My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
• Isaiah 59:10 — We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
• Jeremiah 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.