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Nigh [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Near; not distant or remote in place or time.

2. The loud tumult shows the battle nigh

3. When the fig-tree putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh

4. Closely allied by blood; as a nigh kinsman.

5. Easy to be obtained or learnt; of easy access.

6. The word is very nigh unto thee. Deuteronomy 30:14 .

7. Ready to support, to forgive, or to aid and defend.

8. The Lord is nigh unto them who are of a broken heart. Psalms 34:18 .

9. Close in fellowship; intimate in relation.

10. Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13 .

11. Near in progress or condition. Hebrews 6:8 .

Nigh [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ni.

2. Near; at a small distance in place or time, or in the course of events.

3. He was sick, nigh to death. Philippians 2:27 .

4. Near to a place.

5. He drew nigh

6. Almost; near. He was nigh dead.

7. NIGH is never a preposition. In the phrase, nigh this recess, with terror they survey, there is an ellipsis of to. They, nigh to this recess, survey, etc.

Nigh [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ni. To approach; to advance or draw near. [Not used.]

Nigh [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.

2. Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.

Nigh [Preposition] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Near to; not remote or distant from.

Nigh [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

Nigh [Verb transitive and intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.

Nighly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Nearly; within a little.

2. A cube and a sphere nighly of the same bigness. [Not used.]

Nighly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost.

Nighness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Nearness; proximity in place, time or degree.

Nighness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being nigh.

Night [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise.

2. The time after the close of life; death. John 9:4 .

3. She closed her eyes in everlasting night

4. A state of ignorance; intellectual and moral darkness; heathenish ignorance. Romans 13:12 .

5. Adversity; a state of affliction and distress. Isaiah 21:4 .

6. Obscurity; a state of concealment from the eye or the mind; unintelligibleness.

7. Nature and natures works lay hid in night

8. In the night suddenly; unexpectedly. Luke 12:20 .

9. To-night, in this night To-night the moon will be eclipsed.

Night [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

2. Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

3. Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

4. A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.

5. The period after the close of life; death.

6. A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

Night Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

The ancient Hebrews began their artificial day in the evening, and ended it the next evening; so that the night preceded the day, whence it is said, evening and morning one day,” Gen. i, 5. They allowed twelve hours to the night, and twelve to the day. Night is put for a time of affliction and adversity: Thou hast proved mine heart, thou hast visited me in the night, thou hast tried me,” Psalm xvii, 3; that is, by adversity and tribulation. And the morning cometh, and also the night,” Isaiah xxi, 12. Night is also put for the time of death: The night cometh, wherein no man can work,” John ix, 4. Children of the day, and children of the night, in a moral and figurative sense, denote good men and wicked men, Christians and Gentiles. The disciples of the Son of God are children of light: they belong to the light, they walk in the light of truth; while the children of the night walk in the darkness of ignorance and infidelity, and perform only works of darkness. Ye are all the children of the light, and the children of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness,” 1 Thess. v, 5. NIGHT-HAWK, תחמס, Lev. xi, 16; Deut. xiv, 15. That this is a voracious bird seems clear from the import of its name; and interpreters are generally agreed to describe it as flying by night. On the whole, it should seem to be the _strix orientalis_, which Hasselquist thus describes: It is of the size of the common owl, and lodges in the large buildings or ruins of Egypt and Syria, and sometimes even in the dwelling houses. The Arabs settled in Egypt call it massasa,” and the Syrians banu.” It is extremely voracious in Syria; to such a degree, that if care is not taken to shut the windows at the coming on of night, he enters the houses and kills the children: the women, ...

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Night-angling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The angling for or catching fish in the night.

Night-bird [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A bird that flies only in the night.

Night-blooming [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blooming in the night.

Night-born [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Produced in darkness.

Night-brawler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who excites brawls or makes a tumult at night.

Night-cap [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A cap worn in bed or in undress.

Night-crow [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fowl that cries in the night.

Night-dew [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The dew formed in the night.

Night-dog [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A dog that hunts in the night; used by deer-stealers.

Night-dress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A dress worn at night.

Night-eyed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.

Night-faring [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Traveling in the night.

Night-faring [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Going or traveling in the night.

Night-fire [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Ignis fatuus; Will with a wisp; Jack with a lantern.

2. Fire burning in the night.

Night-fly [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An insect that flies in the night.

Night-founded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Lost or distressed in the night.

Night-gown [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A loose gown used for undress.

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Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Genesis 7:12

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Genesis 14:15

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Genesis 19:2

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

Genesis 19:5

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

Genesis 19:33

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Genesis 19:34

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

Genesis 19:35

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Genesis 24:23

And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

Genesis 24:25

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

Genesis 24:54

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

Genesis 26:24

And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.

and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

Genesis 28:11

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

Genesis 30:15

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”