Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 574
عصر عصب وَالْإِبْكَارِ : And glorify (Him) in the evening and in the early morning )3:42( عَشِيَّةٌ )noun of unity): One evening عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضَحَاهَا : An evening or a morning thereof )79:47(. عَصَبَ ]aor. يَعْصِبُ inf. noun عَصْبٌ [ : He twisted a thing or wound it round. This is the primary signification; he folded it. عَصَبَ فَخِذَ النَّاقَةِ : He bound the thigh of the she-camel. عَصَبَ الْقَوْمُ بِهِ : The people were drawn together by means of it and surrounded it. عَصَبَ الشَّيْءَ : He clung to the thing; he grasped the thing with his hand. عَصِبَ : He was or became firm and compact in flesh الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ : The man stayed in his house, not quitting it. عُصْبَةٌ )unity of عُصْبٌ( : A party or company of men who league together to defend one another; a company or an assemblage of men and of horses وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ : And we are a strong party )12:9( يَوْمٌ عَصِيْبٌ : A vehement or severe or distressful day; a vehemently hot day; a cold and cloudy day in which nothing is seen of the sky (11:78). عَصَرَ ]aor. يَعْصِرُ inf. noun عَصْرٌ( : He squeezed out the juice of the thing by pressing it. أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا : I am pressing wine )12:37( عَصَرَ التَّرْبَ : He forced out the water of garment by squeezing it; he collected or took the produce of the earth. عَصَرَهُ : He aided or succoured or assisted him; he saved or preserved him; he gave gift or did some benefit or favour to him. لَوْكَانَ فِي أَمْلَاكِنَا يَعْصِرُ فِيْنَا كَالَّذِي تَعْصِرُ : Would that there were among our kings one giving to us the like of that which thou givest. عُصِرُوْا or أَعْصِرُوْا : They were rained upon. فِيْهِ يَعْصِرُوْنَ : In it they shall have rain (i. e. يَعْصِرُونَ ( : they shall aid or succour one another; they shall give gifts to one another (12:50); they shall be preserved and saved. عَصَرَهُ : It or he hindered him or prevented him; he refused or withheld it. اَعْصَرَ : He entered upon the time of عَصْرٌ . عَصْرٌ : Time; a period of time: )دَهْرٌ ; an hour or a time of the day; a day as opposed to night; a night as opposed to day; the morning before or after sunrise the afternoon; evening; last part of the day when the sun becomes red. الْعَصْرَان : The night and the day; the morning and the evening i. e. عَصْرٌ الْغَدَاةُ وَالْعَشِيُّ also signifies, 574