Words the Bible translates as dawn
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- boqerבֹּקֶרmorning: the early part of the day, from first light through the hours just after sunrise.
- anatolēἀνατολήeast: the quarter of the world where the sun comes up, and the lands lying that way
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- a rising: the moment a star or the sun climbs into view, and the light that comes up with it
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
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- light as a picture of life, rescue, favor, and guidance: the brightness that means things are well
- anatellōἀνατέλλωto rise or come up into view: the sun climbs the sky, light breaks over the horizon, a cloud lifts, or a person springs up like a fresh shoot
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- to make something rise: to cause the sun to come up
- orthrosὄρθροςdawnnot studied yet
- shaḥarשַׁחַרdawn: the first light of day, the moment darkness begins to give way to morning
- zaraḥזָרַחto rise and shine forth: to break over the horizon and give light, as the sun does at dawn
- neshephנֶשֶׁףtwilight: the half-light at either edge of the night, whether the dark closing in after sunset or the grey before sunrise.
- orthrinosὀρθρινόςdawnnot studied yet
- epiphōskōἐπιφώσκωto dawnnot studied yet
- mishḥarמִשְׁחָרdawnnot studied yet
- shepharpharשְׁפַרְפָּרdawnnot studied yet
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