Lêylᵉyâʼ — H3916

Definition

masculine noun

Lael an Israelite

1. night

Usually translated as

night

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3815

• Lâʼêl (H3815)

Greek equivalents

• nýx (G3571)

Occurrences

Lêylᵉyâʼ occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (5)

• Daniel 2:19 — Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night (לֵילְיָ֖א) vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
• Daniel 5:30 — In that night (בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔א) was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
• Daniel 7:2 — Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night (לֵֽילְיָ֑א), and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
• Daniel 7:7 — After this I saw in the night (לֵֽילְיָ֗א) visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
• Daniel 7:13 — I saw in the night (לֵֽילְיָ֔א) visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.