+ day, even(-ing, tide), night
“Arabia” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(desert). Known in O. T. as “East Country” (Gen. 10:30; 25:6); and “Land of the Sons of the East” (Gen. 29; Judg. 6:3; 7:12). Arabia, from Arab the people (2 Chron. 9:14; Isa. 21:13; Jer. 25:24; Ezek. 27:21). That extensive peninsula lying south of Palestine and between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf. Home of many nomadic races, and in close commerce and even kinship, through Ishmael, with the Hebrews (1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chron. 9:14). Paul visited it (Gal. 1:17). Often referred to by prophets (Isa. 42:11; Jer. 25:24).
“Evening” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(decline of day). Two evenings recognized, one before, the other after, sunset (Gen. 24:63; Ex. 12:6; Num. 9:3; 28:4).
“Arabia” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
A very large country is embraced by this name, lying south, south-east, and east of Palestine. It was of old, as it is now by the natives, divided into three districts.
1. Arabia Proper, being the same as the ancient Arabia Felix, embraces the peninsula which extends southward to the Arabian Sea and northward to the desert.
2. Western Arabia, the same as the ancient Arabia Petra, embraces Sinai and the desert of Petra, extending from Egypt and the Red Sea to about Petra.
3. Northern Arabia, which joins Western Arabia and extends northward to the Euphrates (1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chron. 9:14; Isa. 21:13; Jer. 25:24; Ezek. 27:21; Gal. 1:17; Gal. 4:25). See ARABIANS.
“Evening” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
The period from sunset till night. This was naturally the closing of the day, for God called the light “day” (compare John 11:9). “The evening was, and the morning was, one day”; that is, there was not day continuously, but through the alternation of night and morning day succeeded day. Gen. 1:5. The common way of reckoning the day among the Jews was from evening until the next evening. A difficulty has arisen as to the phrase “between the two evenings.” The paschal lamb was to be killed between the two evenings, and some have thought that this allowed the evening of the 15th Abib. This however cannot be the meaning because none of it was to be left till the morning; and because the same phrase is used respecting the daily sacrifice, and also as to lighting the lamps (Ex. 12:6, margin; Ex. 29:39; 30:8). The Jewish writers are not agreed in their definition of the expression: some suppose it lies between the beginning and ending of sunset; others, from sunset to full darkness. Josephus says that the time of killing the passover was from the ninth hour till the eleventh, which would be about from three o’clock to five; but this would seem to make the “evening” come at the end of the Jewish day, and not at the beginning.
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KJV Usage:
+ day, even(-ing, tide), night