Decline

DECLINE de-klin' [(@cur], or sur, naTah):

In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in Exodus 23:2; Deuteronomy 17:11; 2 Chronicles 34:2; Job 23:11. In Psalms 102:11; 109:23, the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in Judges 19:8; 2 Kings 20:10; Jeremiah 6:4. See AFTERNOON.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DECLINE'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.