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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Box Exo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moshe told the words of the people to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - LORD, when you went forth out of Se`ir, When you marched out of the field of Edom, The eretz trembled, the sky also dropped, Yes, the clouds dropped water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the eretz, Through clear shining after rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - It happened at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arises a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. He said, Go up, tell Ach'av, Make ready your chariot, and get you down, that the rain not stop you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ach'av rode, and went to Yizre`el:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - In the plain of the Yarden did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Sukkot and Tzeredata.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - Terrors are turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know the workings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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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 abundance of waters may cover you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares rain for the eretz, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

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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. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

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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 on the eretz; And if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, In the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - He who observes the wind won't sow; And he who regards the clouds won't reap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, And the clouds return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, But it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like Ha`Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For thus has the LORD said to me, I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden of Mitzrayim. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Mitzrayim: and the idols of Mitzrayim shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Mitzrayim shall melt in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - As the heat in a dry place will you bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the awesome ones shall be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into the thickets, and climb up on the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
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