עָב
av
“cloud”
Definition
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
(masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);
- darkness, cloud, thicket 1a) dark cloud 1b) cloud mass 1c) thicket (as refuge)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עָב appears 28 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.”And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
He who watches the wind will fail to sow,and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
This is the burden against Egypt:Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud;He is coming to Egypt.The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him,and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
O LORD, when You went out from Seir,when You marched from the land of Edom,the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain,and the clouds poured down water.
Terrors are turned loose against me;they drive away my dignity as by the wind,and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
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