עֶרֶב erev
Hebrew word for “evening” · Strong’s H6153 · used 134 times in 125 verses
Meaning
1) evening, night, sunset; 1a) evening, sunset; 1b) night
How it is translated
Glosses given for erev in context, with how often each is used:
- evening 123
- evenings 9
- two evenings 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 33 | 2.8 | |
| Genesis | 13 | 0.6 | |
| Exodus | 13 | 0.8 | |
| Numbers | 13 | 0.8 | |
| Psalms | 8 | 0.4 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Joshua | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Judges | 4 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 |
Also in 15 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 15 (14), Leviticus 11 (8), Genesis 1 (6), Numbers 19 (6), Numbers 9 (5), Exodus 16 (4), Genesis 24 (2), Exodus 12 (2), Exodus 18 (2), Exodus 29 (2)
Forms
- הערב 51
- בערב 27
- ערב 25
- הערבים 11
- ולערב 5
- לערב 5
- מערב 4
- ובערב 4
- והערב 1
- וערב 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with erev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בֹּקֶר boqer “morning” 44
- עַד ad “till” 57
- טָמֵא tame “to defile” 30
- כָּבַס kavas “to wash” 19
- רָחַץ rachats “to wash” 18
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 21
- נָגַע naga “to touch” 17
- מַי mayim “water” 22
- חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 11
- נְבֵלָה nevelah “carcass” 8
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 11
- בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 10
Key verses
The verses using erev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 12:6 — And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
- Exodus 27:21 — In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the…
- Leviticus 11:25 — And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:5 — And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Joshua 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon…
- 1 Samuel 14:24 — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be…
- 2 Samuel 11:2 — And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman…
- Psalms 30:5 — For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Psalms 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
- Daniel 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the…
- Zephaniah 2:7 — And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the…
- Zephaniah 3:3 — Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
See all 125 verses in the Word Atlas
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.