Arav עָרַב

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Arav (Hebrew עָרַב, Strong's H6150) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to grow dark”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to become evening, grow dark
1a) (Qal) to become evening, grow dark
1b) (Hiphil) to spend the evening, do at evening

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	evening (2), darkened (1)
BSB	close (1), evening (1), turns to gloom (1)

Every verse with Arav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges 19:9
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

1 Samuel 17:16
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

Isaiah 24:11
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).