CategoryArchaic Word / Time Reference
Modern Equivalentevening; the close of the day; dusk.
KJV Word TypeNoun / Adverb
DefinitionEvening or the close of the day. "Even," "eventide," and "even-tide" all appear in the KJV to describe the late afternoon and evening hours. Significant events in Scripture often occur at eventide — the Passover lamb was slain at even, and Christ's burial was hastened at even on the day of crucifixion.
Key Verses"And in the evening, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased." (Mark 1:32); "And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near." (Luke 24:15)