International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Break of DayBREAK OF DAY
or, "to be light," "the light breaks" (2 Samuel 2:32); auge, "bright light," "radiance" (Acts 20:11).
See DAWN.
Strong's Hebrew
5927. alah -- to go up, ascend, climb... arise up, cause to ascend up, at once,
break the
day up, bring up, cause
to burn. A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be
... /hebrew/5927.htm - 8k 1242. boqer -- morn- ing
... day, early, morning, morrow. From baqar; properly, dawn (as the break of day);
generally, morning -- (+) day, early, morning, morrow. see HEBREW baqar. ...
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5053. nogah -- brightness, daylight
... day. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to nogah Definition brightness,
daylight NASB Word Usage break of day (1). morning. (Aramaic ...
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215. or -- to be or become light
... A primitive root; to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically) --
X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened ...
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