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HebrewH0653Noun (Feminine)

אֲפֵלָה

a.phe.lah

10Occurrences
H0653Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment

feminine of H651 (אָפֵל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. darkness, gloominess, calamity 2) wickedness (fig.)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אֲפֵלָה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
3
Proverbs
2
Deuteronomy
1
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
Jol
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 28:29BSB

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

Isaiah 58:10BSB

and if you give yourself to the hungryand satisfy the afflicted soul,then your light will go forth in the darkness,and your night will be like noonday.

Isaiah 8:22BSB

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

Jol 2:2BSB

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Proverbs 7:9BSB

at twilight, as the day was fadinginto the dark of the night.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.