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נֶשֶׁף H5399

H5399 is the Hebrew word נֶשֶׁף, transliterated nesheph and said neh'-shef. The King James Version most often renders it twilight.

Word: נֶשֶׁףTransliteration: neshephSaid: neh'-shefLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 11 verses

What it means

properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails).

Where it comes from

from H5398 (נָשַׁף).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

twilight 6×night 2×dawning of the morning 1×until night 1×dark 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

Verses using נֶשֶׁף

All 11 verses, quoted in full.

1 Samuel 30:17 · KJV

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 camels, and fled.

2 Kings 7:5 · KJV

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 man there.

2 Kings 7:7 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 24:15 · KJV

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

Psalm 119:147 · KJV

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

Proverbs 7:9 · KJV

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

Isaiah 5:11 · KJV

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 · KJV

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

Isaiah 59:10 · KJV

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Jeremiah 13:16 · KJV

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 the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5399 mean?

H5399 is the Hebrew word נֶשֶׁף (nesheph), meaning properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails).

How is H5399 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it twilight (6 times), night (2 times), dawning of the morning (1 time), until night (1 time), dark (1 time).

How many times does H5399 appear in the Bible?

נֶשֶׁף (nesheph) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5399 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5398 (נָשַׁף).

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