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Lexicon :: Strong's G3509 - nephos

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νέφος
Transliteration
nephos (Key)
Pronunciation
nef'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a root word
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
25x in 4 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 4:902,628

Strong’s Definitions

νέφος néphos, nef'-os; apparently a primary word; a cloud:—cloud.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3509 in the following manner: cloud (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3509 in the following manner: cloud (1x).

  1. a cloud, a large dense multitude, a throng

    1. used to denote a great shapeless collection of vapour obscuring the heavens as opposed to a particular and definite masses of vapour with some form or shape

    2. a cloud in the sky

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νέφος néphos, nef'-os; apparently a primary word; a cloud:—cloud.
STRONGS G3509:
νέφος, νέφους (allied with Latinnubes, nebula, etc.), τό, the Sept. for עָב and עָנָן, a cloud; in the N. T. once tropically, a large, dense multitude, a throng: μαρτύρων, Hebrews 12:1; often so in secular authors, as νεφῶν Τροωον, πεζῶν, ψαρων, κολοιων, Homer, Iliad 4, 274; 16, 66; 17, 755; 23, 133; ἀνθρώπων, Herodotus 8, 109; στρουθῶν, Aristophanes av. 578; ἀκρίδων, Diodorus 3, 29; peditum equitumque nubes, Livy 35, 49.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3509 matches the Greek νέφος (nephos),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 - As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:9 - He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 - which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - But now, the sun cannot be looked at - it is bright in the skies - after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:22 - From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:6 - Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of the king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;
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