Dawn, Dawning
Dawn, Dawning
don: The word means the approach of the morning light, the breaking of the day. There are several words in the Bible that indicate this. , nesheph, twilight of the morning (Job 7:4; Psa 119:147). The same word is used for evening twilight (1Sa 30:17; 2Ki 7:5, 2Ki 7:7); , penoth ha-boker, the turning of the morning, the change from darkness to light, approach of the morning (Jdg 19:26); , aphappe shahar, the eyelids of the morning (Job 3:9; Job 41:18 (10)); , aloth ha-shahar, the ascent or rise of the morning (Jos 6:15); , epi-phosko, to grow light, the approach of the dawn (Mat 28:1; Luk 23:54 margin); , diaugazo, to grow bright, lustrous (2Pe 1:19), until the day dawn; figurative of the Second Coming of Christ (compare Job 1:16).