אֹ֫פֶל
o.phel
“darkness”
Definition
dusk
from the same as H651 (אָפֵל);
- darkness, gloom 2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אֹ֫פֶל appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll,and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
to a land of utter darkness,of deep shadow and disorder,where even the light is like darkness.”
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Man puts an end to the darkness;he probes the farthest recessesfor ore in deepest darkness.
If only darkness had taken that night away!May it not appear among the days of the year;may it never be entered in any of the months.
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