'Dawn' in the Bible
But the men would not listen to him. So the man took the Levite’s concubine and brought her outside to them; and they had relations with her and abused her all night until morning; and when daybreak came, they let her go.
They got up early [the next day]; and at dawn Samuel called Saul [who was sleeping] on the roof, saying, “Get up, so that I may send you on your way.” Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went outside.
So we carried on with the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars came out.
For [at this time] the Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor.
“Let the stars of its early dawn be dark;Let the morning wait in vain for the light,Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning),
“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,And caused the dawn to know its place,
“His sneezes flash forth light,And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.
God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;God will help her when the morning dawns.
Awake, my glory!Awake, harp and lyre!I will awaken the dawn.
But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.
Therefore, remove sorrow and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, for childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.
‘Who is this that looks down like the dawn,Fair and beautiful as the full moon,Clear and pure as the sun,As majestic as an army with banners?’
[Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.
“So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him].His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn,And He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain,Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
A day of darkness and gloom,A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,Like the dawn spread over the mountains;There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,The like of which has never been beforeNor will be again afterwardEven for years of many generations.
“For the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out in the morning at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
Now early in the morning, as Jesus was coming back to the city, He was hungry.
Now after the Sabbath, near dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
Because of the tender mercy of our God,With which the Sunrise (the Messiah) from on high will dawn and visit us,
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared [to finish anointing the body].
Early in the morning He came back into the temple [court], and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began teaching them.
For this reason He says,“Awake, sleeper,And arise from the dead,And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”