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mor´ning: There are several Hebrew and Greek words which are rendered “morning,†the most common in Hebrew being בּקר, boÌ„kÌ£er, which occurs 180 times. It properly means “the breaking forth of the light,†“the dawn,†as in ; , , . Another word with the same meaning is ש×חר, shahÌ£ar (; ; ). משחר, mishhÌ£ar (“womb of the morning,†) is a poetical term derived from. the same root. See HIND OF THE MORNING. × ×’×”Ö¼, noÌ„ghah, × ×’×”×, naghhaÌ„' ( (Hebrew 20)), mean “brightness.†השכּ×, hashkeÌ„m, comes from הש××›Ö¼×™×, hishkı̄m, “to load an animal†(for a journey), and as the nomads are accustomed to do this early in the morning it came to mean early morning (). See BETIMES.
In the New Testament ὀÌÏθÏος, oÌrthros, is properly “dawn,†and is used for early morning (; ), and Ï€ÏωΐÌα, prōıÌa signifies the same . Ï€ÏωΐÌ, proÌ„iÌ, “early,†is an adverb and means early in the morning . Morning as an adjective is ὀÏθÏινοÌÏ‚, orthrinoÌs , or Ï€ÏωΐνοÌÏ‚, proÌ„inoÌs (1 Esd 1:11; 5:50; ; ).