Afternoon

af-ter-noon' (neToth ha-yom, "the declining of the day"; Jg 19:8 the King James Version): The expression kechom ha-yom, "in the heat of the day" (Ge 18:1) refers to the early afternoon when the sun is a little past its zenith, its rays still being very strong. The phrase le-ruach ha-yom, "in the cool of the day" (Ge 3:8) is in contrast to the last phrase and points to the late afternoon; in the Orient a cooling breeze arises at this period of the day, and it is then that much of the day's business is transacted.

See the definition of after in the KJV Dictionary

See DAY.

See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.


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