(See DAY.) Figuratively:
(1) the time of distress (Isaiah 21:12).
(2) Death, the time when life's day is over (John 9:4).
(3) Children of night, i.e. dark deeds, filthiness, which shuns daylight (1 Thessalonians 5:5).
(4) The present life, compared with the believer's bright life to come (Romans 13:12).