Dawn
נֶשֶׁŠ, ne'sheph, the breathing or breeze of the cooler part of the day; prop. the evening "twilight" (as usually rendered), hence the morning twilight or "dawning" (Job 7:4; Ps 119:147: "twilight," 1Sa 30:17; 2Ki 7:5,7); poet. עִפעִפִּיַם, aphappa'yim, eye-lids (as elsewhere rendered) of the morn, i.e. day-break (Job 3:9); also פָּנָה, to turn, spoken of the change of darkness into light (Jg 19:26); and עָלָה, to ascend, of the lifting of night's shades (Jos 6:15). In Greek ἐπιφώσκω, to grow light (Mt 28:1; hence also of the approaching Sabbath, Lu 23:54); and διαυγάζω, to become lustrous, as through a crevice (2Pe 1:19). SEE DAY.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More