lay.lah H3915

לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) means “night” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

לַ֫יְלָה Hebrew · H3915 233 tagged occurrences in 223 verses

Pronunciation guide: lah'-yil Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3915

לַ֫יְלָה · lay.lah · night

1) night 1a) night (as opposed to day) 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל); properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

KJV glosses: (mid-)night (season).

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How translators render H3915

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
night	52
by night	28
and night	20
at night	13
in the night	13
nights	13
the night	13
tonight	9
of the night	8
or night	5
that night	5
during the night	4
and the night	3
and at night	2
and by night	2
in a night	2
after night	1
and by the night	1
and during the night	1
and nights	1
and that night	1
as dark as night	1
as in the night	1
as on the night	1
because of a nocturnal	1
become night	1
but that night	1
but the night	1
fled by night	1
into night	1
into the night	1
last night	1
me in the night	1
night is to be a vigil	1
night long	1
nightfall	1
one night	1
one night however	1
or by night	1
or even in the night	1
overnight	1
so that night	1
through the night	1
to come in the night	1
with the night	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
by night	40
and night	20
in the night	19
nights	14
night	12
that night	11
all night	6
of the night	6
this night	5
all the night	4
and in the night	4
at midnight	4
nor night	4
to night	4
and it came to pass the same night	3
all that night	2
and by night	2
and it came to pass that night	2
as in the night	2
because in the night	2
in that night	2
the night	2
what of the night	2
a night	1
about midnight	1
also to night	1
also while it is yet night	1
and all that night	1
and all the night	1
and also the night	1
and it came to pass at midnight	1
and it came to pass that at midnight	1
and it is night	1
and over the night	1
and the night	1
as the night	1
at night	1
every night	1
for him all night	1
from the night	1
her all the night	1
here this night	1
him by night	1
in a night	1
in hither to night	1
in me in the night season	1
it night	1
lo let that night	1
me even the night	1
me in the night seasons	1
nor all the night	1
not and in the night season	1
not from thee but the night	1
not the night	1
not this night	1
of a night	1
on that night	1
or by night	1
so that night	1
that in the night	1
thee in the night	1
thee yea in the night	1
there that same night	1
therefore night	1
thine the night	1
till midnight	1
to me this night	1
to thee this night	1
until night	1
unto him the same night	1
unto night	1
unto us both by night	1
upon me by night	1
was on it by night	1
which by night	1
which came up in a night	1
whole nights	1
with her that night	1
with him by night	1
with night	1
with thee in the night	1
with thee this night	1
with thee to night	1
ye also here this night	1

Verses containing H3915

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Psalms 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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Source alternate reference: 6.7
Psalms 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
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Psalms 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
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Psalms 19:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
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Source alternate reference: 19.3
Psalms 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
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Source alternate reference: 22.3
Psalms 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
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Psalms 42:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
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Source alternate reference: 42.4
Psalms 42:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
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Source alternate reference: 42.9
Psalms 55:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
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Source alternate reference: 55.11
Psalms 74:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
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Psalms 77:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
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Source alternate reference: 77.3
Psalms 77:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
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Source alternate reference: 77.7
Psalms 78:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
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Psalms 88:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
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Source alternate reference: 88.2
Psalms 90:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
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Psalms 91:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
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Psalms 92:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
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Source alternate reference: 92.3
Psalms 104:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
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Psalms 105:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
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Psalms 119:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
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Psalms 119:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
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Psalms 121:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
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Psalms 134:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
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Psalms 136:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
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Psalms 139:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
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Psalms 139:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
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Proverbs 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
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Proverbs 31:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
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Proverbs 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
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Ecclesiastes 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
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Song of Solomon 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
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Song of Solomon 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
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Song of Solomon 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
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Isaiah 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
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Isaiah 15:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
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Isaiah 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
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Isaiah 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
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Isaiah 21:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
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Isaiah 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
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Isaiah 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
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Isaiah 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
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Isaiah 28:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
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Isaiah 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
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Isaiah 30:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
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Isaiah 34:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
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Isaiah 38:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
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Isaiah 38:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
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Isaiah 60:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
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Isaiah 62:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
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