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Hebrew word study

לַיִלlayil — properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night

Pronounced “lah'-yil”

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

Translated in the King James as: (mid-)night (season).

Appears 232 times in Scripture

Origin: or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 25×
Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:18Genesis 7:4Genesis 7:12Genesis 8:22Genesis 14:15Genesis 19:5Genesis 19:33Genesis 19:34Genesis 19:35Genesis 20:3Genesis 26:24Genesis 30:15Genesis 30:16Genesis 31:24Genesis 31:39Genesis 31:40Genesis 32:13Genesis 32:21Genesis 32:22Genesis 40:5Genesis 41:11Genesis 46:2
Exodus — 18×
Exodus 10:13Exodus 11:4Exodus 12:8Exodus 12:12Exodus 12:29Exodus 12:30Exodus 12:31Exodus 12:42Exodus 13:21Exodus 13:22Exodus 14:20Exodus 14:21Exodus 24:18Exodus 34:28Exodus 40:38+ 3 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 2×
Leviticus 6:9Leviticus 8:35
Numbers — 9×
Numbers 9:16Numbers 9:21Numbers 11:9Numbers 11:32Numbers 14:1Numbers 14:14Numbers 22:8Numbers 22:19Numbers 22:20
Deuteronomy — 9×
Deuteronomy 1:33Deuteronomy 9:9Deuteronomy 9:11Deuteronomy 9:18Deuteronomy 9:25Deuteronomy 10:10Deuteronomy 16:1Deuteronomy 23:10Deuteronomy 28:66
Joshua — 7×
Joshua 1:8Joshua 2:2Joshua 4:3Joshua 8:3Joshua 8:9Joshua 8:13Joshua 10:9
Judges — 11×
Judges 6:25Judges 6:27Judges 6:40Judges 7:9Judges 9:32Judges 9:34Judges 16:2Judges 16:3Judges 19:25Judges 20:5+ 1 more in Judges
Ruth — 4×
Ruth 1:12Ruth 3:2Ruth 3:8Ruth 3:13
1 Samuel — 14×
1 Sam 14:341 Sam 14:361 Sam 15:111 Sam 15:161 Sam 19:101 Sam 19:111 Sam 19:241 Sam 25:161 Sam 26:71 Sam 28:81 Sam 28:201 Sam 28:251 Sam 30:121 Sam 31:12
2 Samuel — 8×
2 Sam 2:292 Sam 2:322 Sam 4:72 Sam 7:42 Sam 17:12 Sam 17:162 Sam 19:72 Sam 21:10
1 Kings — 6×
1 Ki 3:51 Ki 3:191 Ki 3:201 Ki 8:291 Ki 8:591 Ki 19:8
2 Kings — 5×
2 Ki 6:142 Ki 7:122 Ki 8:212 Ki 19:352 Ki 25:4
1 Chronicles — 2×
1 Chr 9:331 Chr 17:3
2 Chronicles — 5×
2 Chr 1:72 Chr 6:202 Chr 7:122 Chr 21:92 Chr 35:14
Nehemiah — 9×
Nehemiah 1:6Nehemiah 2:12Nehemiah 2:13Nehemiah 2:15Nehemiah 4:9Nehemiah 4:22Nehemiah 6:10Nehemiah 9:12Nehemiah 9:19
Esther — 2×
Esther 4:16Esther 6:1
Job — 17×
Job 2:13Job 3:3Job 3:6Job 3:7Job 4:13Job 5:14Job 7:3Job 17:12Job 20:8Job 24:14Job 27:20Job 30:17Job 33:15Job 34:20Job 34:25Job 35:10Job 36:20
Psalms — 28×
Psalms 1:2Psalms 6:6Psalms 16:7Psalms 17:3Psalms 19:2Psalms 22:2Psalms 32:4Psalms 42:3Psalms 42:8Psalms 55:10Psalms 74:16Psalms 77:2Psalms 77:6Psalms 78:14Psalms 88:1Psalms 90:4Psalms 91:5Psalms 92:2Psalms 104:20Psalms 105:39Psalms 119:55Psalms 119:62Psalms 121:6Psalms 134:1Psalms 136:9+ 3 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 7:9Proverbs 31:15Proverbs 31:18
Ecclesiastes — 2×
Eccles 2:23Eccles 8:16
Song of Solomon — 3×
Song 3:1Song 3:8Song 5:2
Isaiah — 18×
Isaiah 4:5Isaiah 15:1Isaiah 16:3Isaiah 21:8Isaiah 21:11Isaiah 21:12Isaiah 26:9Isaiah 27:3Isaiah 28:19Isaiah 29:7Isaiah 30:29Isaiah 34:10Isaiah 38:12Isaiah 38:13Isaiah 60:11Isaiah 62:6+ 2 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 12×
Jeremiah 6:5Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 14:17Jeremiah 16:13Jeremiah 31:35Jeremiah 33:20Jeremiah 33:25Jeremiah 36:30Jeremiah 39:4Jeremiah 49:9Jeremiah 52:7+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 3×
Lam 1:2Lam 2:18Lam 2:19
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 4:5Hosea 7:6
Amos — 1×
Amos 5:8
Obadiah — 1×
Obadiah 1:5
Jonah — 3×
Jonah 1:17Jonah 4:10+ 1 more in Jonah
Micah — 1×
Micah 3:6
Zechariah — 2×
Zech 1:8Zech 14:7

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.