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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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
12:1

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 the cloud disappears and vanishes away,
So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks above the circle of heaven.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds are not broken under it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:9 - He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - Terrors are turned upon me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the clouds—
They are higher than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 - Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds;
He scatters His bright clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know how the clouds are balanced,
Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - Even now men cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies,
When the wind has passed and cleared them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:22 - He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With 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, and said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - When I made the 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 lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:6 - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks 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 depths were broken up,
And clouds drop down the dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - When He established the clouds above,
When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - Whoever falsely boasts of giving
Is like clouds and wind without rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain,
And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun and the light,
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;
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