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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 - Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes,
those who die[fn] will not come back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens
and their heads touch the clouds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.
He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He wraps the rain in his thick clouds,
and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:9 - He covers the face of the moon,[fn]
shrouding it with his clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - I live in terror now.
My honor has blown away in the wind,
and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look up into the sky,
and see the clouds high above you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 - The rain pours down from the clouds,
and everyone benefits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - He loads the clouds with moisture,
and they flash with his lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you understand how he moves the clouds
with wonderful perfection and skill?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - We cannot look at the sun,
for it shines brightly in the sky
when the wind clears away the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:22 - So also, golden splendor comes from the mountain of God.[fn]
He is clothed in dazzling splendor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - and as I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it in thick darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - “Can you shout to the clouds
and make it rain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?
Who can tilt 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 - you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot;
you ride upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth,
and the dew settles beneath the night sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - I was there when he set the clouds above,
when he established springs deep in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - When the king smiles, there is life;
his favor refreshes like a spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it
is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - As surely as a north wind brings rain,
so a gossiping tongue causes anger!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.
Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.
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