Bible Dictionary: Sunset

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Alt. of Sunsetting.

Greek

2250. hemera -- day
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hemera Phonetic Spelling: (hay-mer'-ah)
Short Definition: a day Definition: a day, the period from sunrise to sunset ...
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3317. mesonuktion -- at midnight
... mesonuktion Phonetic Spelling: (mes-on-ook'-tee-on) Short Definition: midnight
Definition: midnight, the middle of the period between sunset and sunrise. ...
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3600. odunao -- to cause or suffer pain
... personal expressed by great (). This root () literally means "go " (as the
sun in a sunset) and refers to sorrow. Word Origin from ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8122. shemash -- sun
... 8121, 8122. shemash. 8123 . sun. Transliteration: shemash Phonetic Spelling:
(sheh'-mesh) Short Definition: sunset. Word Origin ...
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3117. yom -- day
... From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal
(from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a ...
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3996. mabo -- entrance, a coming in, entering
... entrance, a coming in, entering NASB Word Usage come (1), enter (1), entrance (13),
entry (1), place of its setting (1), setting (5), sunset* (1), west* (1). ...
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4606. meal -- a going in
... 4605, 4606. meal. 4607 . a going in. Transliteration: meal Phonetic Spelling:
(may-awl') Short Definition: sunset. Word Origin (Aramaic ...
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6153. ereb -- evening
... Origin from an unused word Definition evening NASB Word Usage evening (114), evening*
(1), evenings (2), every evening (1), night (2), sunset (1), twilight (11 ...
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8121. shemesh -- sun
... sun NASB Word Usage battlements (1), daylight (1), daylight* (1), east side* (2),
east* (7), sun (109), sun's (1), sundown* (1), sunrise* (3), sunset* (6), west ...
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935. bo -- to come in, come, go in, go
... 1), return (2), return* (1), returned (1), returned* (1), runs (1), set (6), sets
(4), shedding (1), spring (1), stand (2), sundown* (1), sunset* (5), support ...
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Library

Reflections at Sunset.
... MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS. 944. " Reflections at Sunset. 944. 7s. &
6s. M. Sacred Songs. Reflections at Sunset. 1 The mellow ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/944 reflections at sunset.htm

I when Fails the Light at Sunset Grey,
... EVENING I When fails the light at sunset grey,. 8,8,8,8 ... Springs from my heart
in fervent prayer,. When fails the light at sunset grey,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/i when fails the light.htm

Sunset and Evening Star
... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES Burial of the Dead 412. Sunset and evening star. PM ... Afred
Tennyson, 1889. Sunset and evening star,. And one clear call for me! ...
/.../burial of the dead 412.htm

LM *Wordsworth. Sunset Hymn.
... VIII. VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 369. LM *Wordsworth. Sunset Hymn. 1 Up to the throne
of God is borne The voice of praise at early morn, And ...
/.../book of hymns for public and private devotion/369 l m wordsworth sunset.htm

Responsiveness to Christ.
... Shepherd.". THE COW AND THE SUNSET. Sanctification ... Him. A cow and the man who owns
the cow may stand side by side and look at the same sunset. The ...
/.../rees/the heart-cry of jesus/chapter vii responsiveness to christ.htm

Jesus Predicts, the Rulers Plot For, and Judas Bargains for his ...
... (Mount of Olives, Bethany, and Jerusalem. Tuesday After Sunset, ... The passover was
eaten Thursday night after sunset, which the Jews reckoned as Friday. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cxvi jesus predicts the rulers.htm

"A Kind of Waterspout"
... It was seen near Mousehole an hour before sunset. About sunset it began traveling
over the land, tearing up all the furze and shrubs it met. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/a kind of waterspout.htm

Preparation for Passover. Disciples Contend for Precedence.
... (Bethany to Jerusalem. Thursday Afternoon and, After Sunset, Beginning of Friday.)
^A Matthew 26:17-20; ^B Mark 14:12-17; ^C Luke 22:7-18, 24-30. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cxvii preparation for passover disciples.htm

Two Sunsets
... The same afternoon that the message so dreadful came to me grandmother visited
a neighbor who was drawing near to his life's sunset. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk forty-nine two sunsets.htm

At Masaarah
... Late, one sunset, while there yet was daylight, she left the camp merely that she
might wander down the valley to the same spot where, at the same hour, she ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xviii at masaarah.htm

Thesaurus

Sunset (18 Occurrences)
...Sunset (18 Occurrences). ... (WEY). Mark 1:32 When it was evening, after sunset people
came bringing Him all who were sick and the demoniacs; (WEY NIV). ...
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Evening (163 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The period following sunset with which the Jewish
day began (Genesis 1:5; Mark 13:35). The Hebrews reckoned ...
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Night (3322 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the
time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there ...
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Eventide (10 Occurrences)
... even," "evening," 'erebh; opsia, opse; see Thayer under the word): The words are
used in slightly different meanings: (1) The time of sunset, the beginning of ...
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Even (10971 Occurrences)
... even," "evening," 'erebh; opsia, opse; see Thayer under the word): The words are
used in slightly different meanings: (1) The time of sunset, the beginning of ...
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Fever (13 Occurrences)
... in late summer and autumn, when the mosquitoes are most numerous, and when there
is a liability to chill, owing to the sudden drop of temperature at sunset. ...
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Towards (416 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 27:57 Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea,
named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus. (WEY). ...
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Twilight (25 Occurrences)
... lit (nesheph): The twilight of Palestine is of short duration, owing to the low
latitude, there being scarcely more than an hour between sunset and complete ...
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Darkness (177 Occurrences)
... There the day does not slowly fade away into the night after a period of twilight,
but before sunset there is the brightness of day, and when the sun has ...
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Dinner (23 Occurrences)
... The full meal was not to be taken until a little before or after sunset, when the
laborers had come in from their work (Luke 17:7; compare the "supper time" of ...
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Bible Concordance

Sunset (18 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:57 Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.
(WEY)

Mark 1:32 When it was evening, after sunset people came bringing Him all who were sick and the demoniacs;
(WEY NIV)

Mark 15:42 Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath--
(WEY)

Luke 4:40 At sunset all who had friends suffering from any illness brought them to Him, and He laid His hands on them all, one by one, and cured them.
(WEY)

Exodus 17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
(WEB NIV)

Exodus 22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down;
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:30 Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the terebinths of Moreh?
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 16:6 but at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 23:11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 24:13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 24:15 In the same day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin in thee.
(See NIV)

Joshua 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
(See NAS NIV)

Joshua 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Kings 22:36 And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying: 'Every man to his city, and every man to his country.'
(See NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 18:34 And the battle increased that day; howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Arameans until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 50:1 A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
(WEB)

Psalms 65:8 They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
(See NAS)

Daniel 6:14 Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Sunset

Related Terms

Evening (163 Occurrences)

Night (3322 Occurrences)

Eventide (10 Occurrences)

Even (10971 Occurrences)

Fever (13 Occurrences)

Towards (416 Occurrences)

Twilight (25 Occurrences)

Darkness (177 Occurrences)

Dinner (23 Occurrences)