Strong's Definition
diminutive from 376; the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
KJV Usage: apple (of the eye), black, obscure
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אִישׁוֹן (i.shon) — pupil. 1) pupil of the eye 2) middle of the night (that is the deepest blackness)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Collocation: אִישֹׁון עַיִן · אִישֹׁון בַּת־עַיִן
apple of the eye, pupil = center part of iris of eye, ≈ associated with care as this is a very sensitive part of the body that people are inclined to take proper care of
Temporal Referents
Collocation: אִישֹׁון חֹשֶׁךְ · אִישֹׁון לַיְלָה
utter darkness, middle of the night, dead of night literally: the center of night, darkness: = reference to the middle of the night when the darkness is deepest
1 PRO 7:9 MT NJPS NJB GNT CEV | RSV NIV GNT CEV אֱשׁוּן 2 PRO 20:20 MT-K RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB | MT-Q NJPS GNT CEV אֱשׁוּן
noun m
1 PRO 20:20 MT-K RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB באישׁון | MT-Q NJPS GNT CEV בֶּאֱשׁוּן
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אִישׁוֹן n.[m.] pupil of eye base