This verb describes the dawning or approach of daylight, used in contexts marking the transition from night to day. In Matthew 28:1, it describes the time 'as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week' when women came to the tomb. In Luke 23:54, it marks the Sabbath 'drawing near' or beginning—the time approaching when work must cease. The Spanish 'amanecer/amanecía' (to dawn/was dawning) and French 'poindre' (to dawn, break) both capture the dawn imagery. The word can describe literal daybreak or the temporal approach of significant times.