Lexicon :: Strong's H380 - 'îšôn

אִישׁוֹן
Transliteration
'îšôn
Pronunciation
ee-shone'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive from אִישׁ (H376)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 83b

Strong’s Definitions

אִישׁוֹן ʼîyshôwn, ee-shone'; diminutive from H376; the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night):—apple (of the eye), black, obscure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H380 in the following manner: apple (3x), obscure (2x), black (1x).

  1. pupil of the eye

  2. middle of the night (that is the deepest blackness)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִישׁוֹן ʼîyshôwn, ee-shone'; diminutive from H376; the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night):—apple (of the eye), black, obscure.
STRONGS H380: Abbreviations
† אִישׁוֺן noun [masculine] pupil of eye (compare DlHA 9 PrätLoPh, Feb. 1884, but also Arabic العَيْنِ إِنْسَانُ, & NöZMG 1886, 739) — א׳ all construct — עַיִן א׳ Deuteronomy 32:10; Proverbs 7:2; בַּתעַֿיִן א׳ Psalm 17:8 (in all, simile of preciousness); = middle, midst of night לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה בְּא׳ Proverbs 7:9; חשֶׁח בְּא׳ Proverbs 20:20 Kt i.e. in deep darkness (Qr בֶּאֱשׁוּן see Now).

אֱשׁוּן Qr Proverbs 20:20 see אִישׁוֺן above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:10

Psalms

17:8

Proverbs

7:2; 7:9; 20:20; 20:20