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ne.sheph H5399

נֶ֫שֶׁף (ne.sheph) means “twilight” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נֶ֫שֶׁף Hebrew · H5399 12 tagged occurrences in 12 verses

Pronunciation guide: neh'-shef Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5399

נֶ֫שֶׁף · ne.sheph · twilight

1) twilight 1a) evening twilight 1b) morning twilight

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5398 (נָשַׁף); properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)

KJV glosses: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

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How translators render H5399

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
at twilight 3
as in the twilight 1
before dawn 1
dawn 1
for twilight 1
from twilight 1
into the evening 1
may its morning 1
the dusky 1
the twilight 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
in the twilight 3
as in the night 1
for the twilight 1
me the night 1
of the twilight 1
the dawning of the morning 1
them from the twilight 1
until night 1
unto the dawning of the day 1
upon the dark 1

Verses containing H5399

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  1. 1 Samuel 30:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

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  2. 2 Kings 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.

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  3. 2 Kings 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

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  4. Job 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

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  5. Job 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

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  6. Job 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

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  7. Psalms 119:147 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

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  8. Proverbs 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

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  9. Isaiah 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

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  10. Isaiah 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

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  11. Isaiah 59:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

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  12. Jeremiah 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

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Sources and text

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