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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5399 - נֶשֶׁף

Transliteration

nesheph

Phonetics

neh'-shef

Origin

from (H5398)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1434a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

twilight
1. evening twilight
2. morning twilight

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3317 ‑ μεσονύκτιον (mes‑on‑ook'‑tee‑on); 3571 ‑ νύξ (noox); 3796 ‑ ὀψέ (op‑seh'); 4404 ‑ πρωΐ (pro‑ee'); 4652 ‑ σκοτεινός (skot‑i‑nos'); 4655 ‑ σκότος (skot'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

BSB (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

CSB (11)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

ESV (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

KJV (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

LEB (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

LSB (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

N95 (11)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

NAS (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (12)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

ASV (12)

as in the twilight 1

for the twilight 1

in the twilight 3

late into the night 1

me; the twilight 1

of the twilight 1

the dawning of the morning 1

them from the twilight 1

unto the dawning of the day 1

upon the dark 1

BSB (12)

as in the twilight 1

at twilight 3

before dawn 1

dawn 1

for twilight 1

from twilight 1

into the evening 1

may its morning 1

the dusky 1

the twilight 1

CSB (11)

at dusk 1

dawn 1

for twilight 1

into the evening 1

it were twilight 1

morning 1

my last glimmer 1

twilight 4

ESV (12)

dawn 3

evening 1

night 1

twilight 7

KJV (12)

dark 1

day 1

morning 1

night 3

twilight 6

LEB (12)

at dusk 2

at twilight 2

dawn 1

dusk 1

in the dawn 1

in the evening 1

its dawn be dark 1

the twilight 2

twilight 1

LSB (12)

dawn 2

dusky 1

evening 1

twilight 8

N95 (11)

dawn 1

dusky 1

evening 1

twilight 8

NAS (12)

dark 1

dawn 2

evening 1

twilight 8

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (12)

as in the twilight 1

dawn 1

for the twilight 1

in the twilight 3

late into the night 1

of its twilight 1

on the dark 1

them from the twilight 1

until the dawning of the day 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2444) p s n (נסהפ NShP) AC: Blow CO: Twilight AB: ?: The cool breeze that blows at twilight.

V) p s n (נסהפ NShP) - Blow: KJV (2): (vf: Paal) blow - Strongs: H5398 (נָשַׁף)

N^m) p s n (נסהפ NShP) - Twilight: Dusk or dawn. KJV (12): twilight, night, dark, dawn - Strongs: H5399 (נֶשֶׁף)

tc^m) p f s n i (ינסהופ YNShWP) - Yanshoph: An unknown bird. KJV (3): owl - Strongs: H3244 (יַנְשׁוֹף)

td^m) p f s n i (ינסהופ YNShWP) - Yanshuph: An unknown bird. KJV (3): owl - Strongs: H3244 (יַנְשׁוֹף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נֶ֫שֶׁף noun masculine twilight (properly twilight-breeze, compare לְרוּחַ הַיּוֺם Genesis 3:8; Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7נְשֶׁף, נִשְׁמָּא; — ׳נ absolute 1 Samuel 30:17 +, נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16; construct Isaiah 21:4; suffix נִשְׁמּוֺ Job 3:9; —

1 evening twilight 2 Kings 7:5,7 (compare לַיְלָה 2 Kings 7:12); opposed to בֹּקֶר Isaiah 5:11; time of concealment Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֺם, אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Isaiah 21:4 חִשְׁקִיׅ׳(נ; of stumbling, in dim light Isaiah 59:10 (opposed to צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16 (both figurative); כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁמּוֺ Job 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job's birth). — so וְעַדהָֿעֶרֶב׳מֵהַנּ לְמָחֳרָתָם 1 Samuel 30 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for ׳לְמָח, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, below so Buhl^Kex SS; Löhr allows either.

2 morning twilight Job 7:4 (opposed to עֶרֶב). apparently also Psalm 119:147.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נֶשֶׁף m. suff. נִשְׁפּוֹ

(1) the evening twilight, when a colder gale blows (רוּחַ הַיּוֹם Genesis 3:8), Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9; 2 Kings 7:5, 2 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 13:16 whence darkness, night, Isaiah 5:11, 21:4 59:10. (LXX. σκότος, Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9).

(2) the morning twilight, Job 7:4; 1 Samuel 30:17.

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List of Word Forms

בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־ בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ בנשף בנשף־ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף כנשף מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף מהנשף נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ נֶ֣שֶׁף נָ֑שֶׁף נָֽשֶׁף׃ נשף נשף׃ נשפו ḇan·ne·šep̄ ḇannešep̄ bə·ne·šep̄- bənešep̄- beneshef kan·ne·šep̄ kannešep̄ kanNeshef mê·han·ne·šep̄ mêhannešep̄ mehanNeshef nā·šep̄ nāšep̄ Nashef ne·šep̄ nešep̄ Neshef niš·pōw nishPo nišpōw vanNeshef