Afternoon
Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]
This occurs but once in the A.V. and is the translation of words which signify 'the day declined,' as it reads in the margin. Judges 19:8 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( נַטוֹת הִיּוֹם , Netoth ’ Ha-Yom ’ , The Day ’ S Declining, Judges 19:8, as in the margin). The Hebrews, in conformity with the Mosaic law, reckoned the Day from evening to evening, and divided it into six unequal parts:
1. The break of day. 2. The morning, or sunrise.
3. The heat of the day. It begins about nine o ’ clock ( Genesis 18:1; 1 Samuel 11:11).
4. Midday.
5. The cool of the Day, literally the Wind of the Day, from the fact that in Eastern countries a wind commences blowing regularly for a few hours before sunset, and continues till evening.
6. The evening. See DAY.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
af - tẽr - noon ´ (נטות היּום , neṭōth ha - yōm , "the declining of the day"; Judges 19:8 the King James Version): The expression כּחם היּום , keḥōm ha - yōm , "in the heat of the day" ( Genesis 18:1 ) refers to the early afternoon when the sun is a little past its zenith, its rays still being very strong. The phrase לרוּח היּום , le - rūaḥ ha - yōm , "in the cool of the day" ( Genesis 3:8 ) is in contrast to the last phrase and points to the late afternoon; in the Orient a cooling breeze arises at this period of the day, and it is then that much of the day's business is transacted. See Day .
