Lexicon :: Strong's H6153 - ʿereḇ

עֶרֶב

Transliteration

ʿereḇ

Pronunciation

eh'-reb

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From עָרַב (H6150)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1689a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

עֶרֶב ʻereb, eh'-reb; from H6150; dusk:— day, even(-ing, tide), night.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 137x

The KJV translates Strong's H6153 in the following manner: even (72x), evening (47x), night (4x), mingled (2x), people (2x), eventide (2x), eveningtide (with H6256) (2x), Arabia (1x), days (1x), even (with H996) (1x), evening (with H3117) (1x), evening (with H6256) (1x), eventide (with H6256) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 137x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

evening, night, sunset
1. evening, sunset
2. night

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

עֶרֶב ʻereb, eh'-reb; from H6150; dusk:— day, even(-ing, tide), night.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6153: Abbreviations

עֶ֫רֶב ₁₃₁ noun [masculine] 1 Samuel 20:5 strike out הַשְּׁלִישִׁית see We Dr and others] (sun)set, evening; — absolute ע׳ 2 Kings 2:16 +, עָ֑רֶב Exodus 12:18 +; construct עֶרֶב Proverbs 7:9; dual עַרְבַּיִם Exodus 30:8 + 4 times, בָּ֑יִם - Exodus 12:16 + 5 times (all P); —

a. evening, originally sunset, and hence perhaps לְעֵת ע׳ at the time of sunset Genesis 8:11 (J), Genesis 24:11 (J; || לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת), 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 17:14 and (of the day of י׳) Zechariah 14:7, עֵת הָע׳ Joshua 8:29 (JE) †; usually ע׳ alone = time of sunset, evening: בָּע׳ in the evening Genesis 19:1 (J), Genesis 29:23 (E), Exodus 12:18 (P), Deuteronomy 16:6 (+ שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּבוֺא), 1 Kings 22:35 (compare || 2 Chronicles 18:34 where + לְעֵת בּוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ) + 20 times + בָּע(ֿ)בָּע׳ 2 Chronicles 13:11 (twice in verse) = every evening; לָע׳ at evening only late: † 1 Chronicles 16:40; 1 Chronicles 23:30; 2 Chronicles 2:3; Ezra 3:3; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15; Psalm 90:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6 †; לִפְנוֺת ע׳ at the turn of evening † Genesis 24:63 (J), Deuteronomy 23:12; ע׳ as adverb accusative Exodus 16:6 (P), Psalm 55:18; as marking duration of impurity, in phrase עַדהָֿע׳ Leviticus 11:24 + 30 times P + Leviticus 22:6 (H); of Day of Atonement מֵע׳ עַדעֿ׳ Leviticus 23:32 (P).

b. dual in phrase (only P) בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם between the two evenings, i.e. probably between sunset and dark (see Thes [various views fully given]; otherwise Di^{Exodus 12:6}; on form as possibly only expanded plural see Ges^{§ 88 c}), † Exodus 12:6; Exodus 16:12; Exodus 29:39, 41; Exodus 30:8; Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:3, 5, 11; Numbers 28:4, 8 †.

c. other phrases are: צִלְלֵי ע׳ Jeremiah 6:4 (distinguished from צָהֳרָ֑יִם and לָ֑יְלָה Jeremiah 6:5), מִנְחַה (הָ)ע׳ 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4, 5; Psalm 141:2; Daniel 9:21; זְאֵבֵי ע׳ see I. זְאֵב; for all combinations with בֹּקֶר morning, see ב׳ 1d, e.

2. (late poetry) = night, עָ֑רֶב Job 7:4; compare בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֺם Proverbs 7:9 (|| בְּאִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וִאֲפֵלָה).

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