Eve
EVE, noun The consort of Adam, and mother of the human race; so called by Adam, because she was the mother of all living. In this case, the word would properly belong to the Hebrew. But the Hebrew name is havah or chavah, coinciding with the verb, to shew, to discover, and Parkhurst hence denominates eve the manifester. In the Septuagint, eve in Genesis 3:20, is rendered life; but in Genesis 4:1,
it is rendered Euan or Evan. The reason of this variation is not obvious, as the Hebrew is the same in both passages. In Russ. eve is Evva. In the Chickasaw language of America, a wife is called awah, says Adair.
E'VEN
EVE , noun e'vn.
1. The decline of the sun; the latter part or close of the day, and beginning of the night. Eve is used chiefly in poetry. In prose, we generally use evening.
Winter, oft at eve, resumes the breeze.
They, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought.
2. Eve is used also for the fast or the evening before a holiday; as Christmas Eve.