Dawn; Dawning - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DAWN; DAWNING

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The word means the approach of the morning light, the breaking of the day. There are several words in the Bible that indicate this. nesheph, "twilight" of the morning (Job 7:4; Psalms 119:147). The same word is used for evening twilight (1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Kings 7:5,7); penoth ha-boqer, "the turning" of the morning, the change from darkness to light, approach of the morning (Judges 19:26); 'aph`-appe shachar, "the eyelids" of the morning (Job 3:9; 41:18 [10]); aloth ha-shachar, "the ascent" or "rise" of the morning (Joshua 6:15); epi-phosko, "to grow light," the approach of the dawn (Matthew 28:1; Luke 23:54 margin); diaugazo, "to grow bright", "lustrous" (2 Peter 1:19), "until the day dawn" figurative of the Second Coming of Christ (compare 2 Peter 1:16).

H. Porter


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DAWN; DAWNING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.  

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