Decline

Decline

dē̇ - klı̄n ´ (סוּר , ṣur , or שׂוּר , sūr , נטה , nāṭāh ): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in  Exodus 23:2;  Deuteronomy 17:11;  2 Chronicles 34:2;  Job 23:11 . In  Psalm 102:11;  Psalm 109:23 , the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in  Judges 19:8;  2 Kings 20:10;  Jeremiah 6:4 . See Afternoon .