Words the Bible translates as night
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- nuxνύξnight: the dark part of the day, and by extension the spiritual darkness of the present age before God's coming day
- laylahלַיְלָהnight: the dark stretch of hours from sunset to sunrise, the standing counterpart of the daylight
- neshephנֶשֶׁףtwilight: the half-light at either edge of the night, whether the dark closing in after sunset or the grey before sunrise.
- leleyaלֵילָאnightnot studied yet
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