נֶשֶׁף
nesheph · neh'-shef
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5398 (נָשַׁף);
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶשֶׁף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the twilight3 · 25%
- them from the twilight1 · 8%
- of the twilight1 · 8%
- unto the dawning of the day1 · 8%
- for the twilight1 · 8%
- the dawning of the morning1 · 8%
- until night1 · 8%
- me: the night1 · 8%
- as in the night1 · 8%
- upon the dark1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.