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לַיִל H3915

H3915 is the Hebrew word לַיִל, transliterated layil and said lah'-yil. The King James Version most often renders it night.

Word: לַיִלTransliteration: layilSaid: lah'-yilLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 194 verses

What it means

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity.

Where it comes from

or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 180 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

night 146×nights 11×midnight 4×nor night 4×pass the same night 3×same night 2×came to pass that night 2×night season 2×because in the night 2×even to night 2×over the night 1×about midnight 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (mid-)night (season).

Verses using לַיִל

The first 40 of 194 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:5 · KJV

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:14 · KJV

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Genesis 1:16 · KJV

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:18 · KJV

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 7:4 · KJV

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Genesis 8:22 · KJV

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Genesis 14:15 · KJV

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Genesis 19:5 · KJV

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

Genesis 19:33 · KJV

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Genesis 19:34 · KJV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 19:35 · KJV

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Genesis 20:3 · KJV

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

Genesis 26:24 · KJV

And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.

Genesis 30:15 · KJV

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

Genesis 31:24 · KJV

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Genesis 31:40 · KJV

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Genesis 32:13 · KJV

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

Genesis 32:21 · KJV

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

Genesis 32:22 · KJV

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

Genesis 40:5 · KJV

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Genesis 41:11 · KJV

And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

Genesis 46:2 · KJV

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

Exodus 10:13 · KJV

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Exodus 11:4 · KJV

And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

Exodus 12:8 · KJV

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Exodus 12:12 · KJV

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

Exodus 12:29 · KJV

And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

Exodus 12:30 · KJV

And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

Exodus 12:31 · KJV

And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

Exodus 12:42 · KJV

It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

Exodus 13:21 · KJV

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

Exodus 13:22 · KJV

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 14:20 · KJV

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Exodus 14:21 · KJV

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Exodus 34:28 · KJV

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exodus 40:38 · KJV

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Leviticus 6:9 · KJV

Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

Leviticus 8:35 · KJV

Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

Numbers 9:21 · KJV

And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

Numbers 11:9 · KJV

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3915 mean?

H3915 is the Hebrew word לַיִל (layil), meaning properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity.

How is H3915 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it night (146 times), nights (11 times), midnight (4 times), nor night (4 times), pass the same night (3 times), among others.

How many times does H3915 appear in the Bible?

לַיִל (layil) is tagged in 194 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3915 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל).

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