ʿereb (עֶרֶב) — Hebrew word meaning “set”

עֶרֶב

ʿereb

set

Strong's H6153NounHebrewTWOT 1689a

עֶרֶב (ʿereb) is a Hebrew noun meaning set. It appears 134 times in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6153).

Also rendered

evening

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1689a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1689a)set, evening; between two evenings; night; dusk; day, even

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֶ֫רֶב noun, masculine: set, evening

1.
- a.evening, set
- b.dual in phrase between two evenings, i.e. probably between sunset and dark
2.(late poetic) = night

Strong's H6153 עֶרֶב: dusk
KJV:day, even(-ing, tide), night.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1689: עָרַב ʿārab — become evening, grow dark; has grown dark; doing it, at evening; grow dusky; be darkened, evening

See it in Scripture

Genesis 1:5 Exodus 12:6 Leviticus 11:24

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