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 Psalm 102:11; Psalm 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.