HebrewH6205Noun (Masculine)

עֲרָפֶל

a.ra.phel

14Occurrences
H6205Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

gloom (as of a lowering sky)

probably from H6201 (עָרַף);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

עֲרָפֶל appears 14 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
2
Job
2
1 Kings
1
2 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Exodus
1
Ezk
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 8:12BSB

Then Solomon declared:“The LORD has said that He would dwellin the thick cloud.

2 Samuel 22:10BSB

He parted the heavens and came downwith dark clouds beneath His feet.

Deuteronomy 5:22BSB

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Ezk 34:12BSB

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Jeremiah 13:16BSB

Give glory to the LORD your Godbefore He brings darkness,before your feet stumbleon the dusky mountains.You wait for light,but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

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