decreases
6 occurrences across the corpus
1 Enoch
And when thirty mornings are accomplished, the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven.
On that day the day decreases by two parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts and the day to eight.
On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and the night is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four.
As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth.