Strong’s definition
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
KJV gloss list in the source
dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
Source pronunciation notation: neh'-shef
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H5398 (נָשַׁף);
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