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Lexicon :: Strong's H5645 - ʿāḇ

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עָב
Transliteration
ʿāḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1574a

Strong’s Definitions

עָב ʻâb, awb; (masculine and feminine); from H5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse:—clay, (thick) cloud, × thick, thicket. Compare H5672.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H5645 in the following manner: cloud (29x), clay (1x), thick (1x), thickets (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H5645 in the following manner: cloud (29x), clay (1x), thick (1x), thickets (1x).

  1. darkness, cloud, thicket

    1. dark cloud

    2. cloud mass

    3. thicket (as refuge)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָב ʻâb, awb; (masculine and feminine); from H5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse:—clay, (thick) cloud, × thick, thicket. Compare H5672.
STRONGS H5645: Abbreviations
II. עָב 33 noun masculineIsaiah 19:1 and (1 Kings 18:44 KöSynt. 103) feminine dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket; — ע׳ absolute 1 Kings 18:44 +, construct Isaiah 18:4; Proverbs 16:15; plural עָבִים Judges 5:4 +, עָבוֺת 2 Samuel 23:4 + 2Sam 77:18; construct עָבֵי 2 Samuel 22:12; Psalm 18:12; suffix עָבָיו Psalm 18:13 (but probably strike out, see עבר
Qal near the end); —
1. dark cloud:
a. rain-cloud Judges 5:4; Isaiah 5:6; 1 Kings 18:44, 45 + 9 times
b. as high Isaiah 14:14; Job 20:6, + Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 31:3, 10, 14 (reading בְָוֺת, see עֲבֹת).
c. chariot of י׳ Isaiah 19:1; Psalm 104:3; covering his eyes Job 22:14.
d. casting shadow Isaiah 25:5, compare 2 Samuel 23:4.
e. as swift Isaiah 60:8, and transient Isaiah 44:22; Job 30:15 (all simile).
f. disposed by God Job 36:29; Job 37:16.
g. טַל ע׳ Isaiah 18:4 cloud of dew, dew-mist (simile).
2. (cloud-) mass, שְׁחָקִים ע׳ 2 Samuel 22:12 masses of clouds (enwrapping י׳) = Psalm 18:12 (Psalm 13 see above).
3. thicket as refuge Jeremiah 4:29 (perhaps under Aramaic influence). — עַב Exodus 19:9 see עֲבִי below עבה. I. עָב see above
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

19:9

Judges

5:4; 5:4

2 Samuel

22:12; 22:12; 23:4; 23:4

1 Kings

18:44; 18:44; 18:44; 18:45

Job

20:6; 22:14; 30:15; 36:29; 37:16

Psalms

13; 18:12; 18:12; 18:13; 104:3

Proverbs

16:15

Isaiah

5:6; 14:14; 18:4; 18:4; 19:1; 19:1; 25:5; 44:22; 60:8

Jeremiah

4:29

Ezekiel

19:11; 31:3; 31:10; 31:14

H5645

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Strong's Number H5645 matches the Hebrew עָב (ʿāḇ),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - And the Lord said to Moses, Lo! I come to thee in a pillar of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever: and Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man's foot [fn]brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, Make ready thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - In the country round about Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground in the house of Socchoth, and between that and Saredatha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - My pains return upon me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, or the measure of his tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - And if a cloud obscures what is precious to him, his light will disperse the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - And he knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - (LXX 17:12) And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - (LXX 17:13) At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - (LXX 76:18) There was an abundant sound of waters: the clouds uttered a voice; for thine arrows went abroad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - (LXX 103:3) Who covers his chambers with waters; who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - (LXX 146:8) who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[fn]and green herb for the service of men;]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - The son of a king is in the light of life; and they that are in favour with him are as a cloud of latter rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour it out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will go up above the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be security in my city, as the light of noonday heat, and it shall be as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The Vision of Egypt. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - We were as faint-hearted men thirsting in Sion, by reason of ungodly men to whom thou didst deliver us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and thy sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these that fly as clouds, and as doves with young ones to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - The whole land has recoiled from the noise of the horseman and the bent bow; they have gone into the caves, and have hidden themselves in the groves, and have gone up upon the rocks: every city was abandoned, no man dwelt in them.
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