Decline
Decline
de-kln (, sur, or , sur, , natah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of turn aside. the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes turn aside in Exo 23:2; Deu 17:11; 2Ch 34:2; Job 23:11. In Psa 102:11; Psa 109:23, the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to decline, and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in Jdg 19:8; 2Ki 20:10; Jer 6:4. See AFTERNOON.