- Original: אישׁון - Transliteration: 'iyshown - Phonetic: ee-shone' - Definition: 1. pupil of the eye 2. middle of the night (that is the deepest blackness) - Origin: diminutive from H376 - TWOT entry: 83b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Diminutive from H376 ; the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence the middle (of night): - apple [of the eye] black obscure. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • apple, 3 Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 17:8; Proverbs 7:2 • black, 1 Proverbs 7:9 • obscure, 1 Proverbs 20:20