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עֶרֶב H6153

H6153 is the Hebrew word עֶרֶב, transliterated ʻereb and said eh'-reb. The King James Version most often renders it evening.

Word: עֶרֶבTransliteration: ʻerebSaid: eh'-rebLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 95 verses

What it means

dusk.

Where it comes from

from H6150 (עָרַב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 85 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

evening 34×even 26×until the even 7×until even 5×night 3×every evening 2×mingled 2×mingled people 2×eventide 1×pass in the evening 1×you in the evening 1×pass that at even 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: [phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.

Verses using עֶרֶב

The first 40 of 95 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 1:8 · KJV

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:13 · KJV

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:19 · KJV

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23 · KJV

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31 · KJV

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 8:11 · KJV

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Genesis 19:1 · KJV

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Genesis 24:11 · KJV

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:63 · KJV

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

Genesis 29:23 · KJV

And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

Genesis 30:16 · KJV

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Genesis 49:27 · KJV

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Exodus 12:18 · KJV

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

Exodus 16:6 · KJV

And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:

Exodus 16:8 · KJV

And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

Exodus 16:12 · KJV

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

Exodus 16:13 · KJV

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

Exodus 27:21 · KJV

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 LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Exodus 29:41 · KJV

And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Exodus 30:8 · KJV

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

Leviticus 11:28 · KJV

And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

Leviticus 11:32 · KJV

And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

Leviticus 11:40 · KJV

And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 15:10 · KJV

And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 17:15 · KJV

And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Leviticus 22:6 · KJV

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

Leviticus 23:5 · KJV

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.

Leviticus 23:32 · KJV

It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

Leviticus 24:3 · KJV

Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

Numbers 9:3 · KJV

In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

Numbers 9:5 · KJV

And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Numbers 9:11 · KJV

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Numbers 9:15 · KJV

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

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 19:10 · KJV

And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

Numbers 28:8 · KJV

And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Deuteronomy 16:4 · KJV

And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

Deuteronomy 16:6 · KJV

But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 23:11 · KJV

But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6153 mean?

H6153 is the Hebrew word עֶרֶב (ʻereb), meaning dusk.

How is H6153 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it evening (34 times), even (26 times), until the even (7 times), until even (5 times), night (3 times), among others.

How many times does H6153 appear in the Bible?

עֶרֶב (ʻereb) is tagged in 95 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6153 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6150 (עָרַב).

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