Strong’s H5939 · Hebrew

עֲלָטָה
ʻălâṭâh
al-aw-taw'

Definition

dusk

Etymology

feminine from an unused root meaning to cover;

How the KJV renders it

  • dark
  • twilight

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.