Bible Dictionaries
Dawn
Holman Bible Dictionary
The first appearance of light in the morning as the sun rises. Job 3:9 indicates that the stars are still visible at dawn. Dawn is used in the literal sense of the beginning of the day ( Joshua 6:15; Judges 19:26; Matthew 28:1; Acts 27:33 ). Matthew 4:16 uses the picture of the dawn in Isaiah 9:2-3 as a figure for the new age of hope and promise which Jesus brought.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Dawn'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/d/dawn.html. 1991.