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dawning

Meaning of “dawning”

The first appearance of daylight; the beginning of day.

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5 occurrences5 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Joshua 6:15

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Every verse containing “dawning”

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Joshua 6:15
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 6:15 · retained source text

And it came to passe on the seuenth day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the citie after the same maner, seuen times: only on that day they compassed the citie seuen times.

Judges 19:26
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 19:26 · retained source text

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell downe at the doore of the mans house, where her lord was, till it was light.

Job 3:9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:9 · retained source text

Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see the dawning of the day:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the eye lids of the morning.

Job 7:4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 7:4 · retained source text

When I lie downe, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro, vnto the dawning of the day.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the euening be measured.

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