GreekG3507Noun (Feminine)

νεφέλη

nephelē

21Occurrences
G3507Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, cloudiness, i.e. (concretely) a cloud

from G3509 (νέφος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a cloud (single and specific as opposite to νεφος, a great indefinite mass of vapour): ; of the pillar of cloud in the wilderness .
LXX: chiefly for עָנָן, also for עָב, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

νεφέλη appears 21 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
6
Luke
4
Matthew
3
Mark
3
1 Corinthians
2
1 Thessalonians
1
Acts
1
Jude
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:1BSB

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

Jude 1:12BSB

These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

Luke 9:35BSB

And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”

Mark 13:26BSB

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Revelation 10:1BSB

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

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