עֶרֶב
ʻereb · eh'-reb
dusk
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6150 (עָרַב);
dusk
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
To see and know of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶרֶב 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
134 occurrences · 134 OT · 0 NT · 60 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- until the even30 · 28%
- at even22 · 21%
- until even7 · 7%
- and the evening7 · 7%
- in the evening6 · 6%
- and evening5 · 5%
- until the evening4 · 4%
- of the evening4 · 4%
- and at even4 · 4%
- unto even2 · 2%
- and all the mingled2 · 2%
- and it came to pass in the evening1 · 1%
- but it shall be, when evening1 · 1%
- and at night1 · 1%
- abode from even1 · 1%
- the eventide1 · 1%
- from even1 · 1%
- thereof at night1 · 1%
- it from evening1 · 1%
- unto the evening1 · 1%
- and it came to pass, that at even1 · 1%
- it from the evening1 · 1%
- you in the evening1 · 1%
- the evening1 · 1%
- to him in the evening1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.