SUN'SET
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
The descent of the sun below the horizon; or the time when the sun sets; evening.
Alt. of Sunsetting
1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.
2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
Evening Roget’s Thesaurus §126
N. evening, eve, decline of day, fall of day, close of day, candlelight, candlelighting, eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour, sunset, sundown, going down of the sun, cock- shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime, afternoon, postmeridian, p, m, autumn, fall, fall of the leaf, autumnal equinox, indian summer, st. luke's summer, st. martin's summer, midnight, dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night, winter, killing time
Phr. "midnight, the outpost of advancing day", "sable- vested night", "this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd"
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Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
0 KJV and 12 BSB verses contain “Sunset”
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
