The meaning of Decline in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

de-klin' ([cur], or sur, naTah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in Exodus 23:2; Deuteronomy 17:11; II Chronicles 34:2; Job 23:11. In Psalms 102:11; Psalms 109:23, the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in Judges 19:8; II Kings 20:10; Jeremiah 6:4.

See AFTERNOON.

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