Dayspring

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dayspring \day"spring`\ (d[=a]"spr[i^]ng`), n.
     The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the
     dawn; hence, the beginning. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from


           on high hath visited us.                 --Luke i. 78.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dayspring
       n : the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
           talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning},
            {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break
           of the day}, {sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}] [ant: {sunset}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Dayspring
     (Job 38:12; Luke 1:78), the dawn of the morning; daybreak.
     (Comp. Isa. 60:1, 2; Mal. 4:2; Rev. 22:16.)