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לַיִל
layil · Hebrew · Strong's H3915 · 233 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “midnight”
What it means
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל);
How the KJV renders it
midnight
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“midnight”
also renders nýx (G3571), mesonýktion (G3317)
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
233 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 9:33 HC/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 17:3 HRd/Ncmsa1 Kings 3:5 HTd/Ncmsa1 Kings 3:19 HNcmsa1 Kings 3:20 HTd/Ncmsa1 Kings 8:29 HNcmsa1 Kings 8:59 HC/Ncmsa1 Kings 19:8 HNcmsa1 Samuel 14:34 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 14:36 HNcmsa1 Samuel 15:11 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 15:16 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 19:10 HRd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 19:11 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 19:24 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 25:16 HNcmsa1 Samuel 26:7 HNcmsa1 Samuel 28:8 HNcmsa1 Samuel 28:20 HTd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 28:25 HRd/Ncmsa1 Samuel 30:12 HNcmpa1 Samuel 31:12 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 1:7 HRd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 6:20 HC/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 7:12 HRd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 21:9 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 35:14 HNcmsa2 Kings 6:14 HNcmsa2 Kings 7:12 HNcmsa2 Kings 8:21 HNcmsa2 Kings 19:35 HRd/Ncmsa2 Kings 25:4 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 2:29 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 2:32 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 4:7 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 7:4 HRd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 17:1 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 17:16 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 19:7 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 21:10 HNcmsaAmos 5:8 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 1:33 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 9:9 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 9:11 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 9:18 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 9:25 HTd/NcmsaDeuteronomy 10:10 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 16:1 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 23:10 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 28:66 HNcmsaEcclesiastes 2:23 HRd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 8:16 HC/Rd/NcmsaEsther 4:16 HNcmsaEsther 6:1 HRd/NcmsaExodus 10:13 HTd/NcmsaExodus 11:4 HTd/NcmsaExodus 12:8 HRd/NcmsaExodus 12:12 HRd/NcmsaExodus 12:29 HTd/NcmsaExodus 12:30 HNcmsa
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