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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 Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may also believe in you forever.” Then Moses 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 out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Even the clouds H5645 dripped water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - “And He made darkness [fn]canopies around Him,
A mass of waters, thick H5645 clouds H5645 of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds, H5645
When the tender grass springs out of the earth,
Through sunshine after rain.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - It came about at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a cloud H5645 as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘[fn]Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - In a little while the sky grew black with clouds H5645 and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - “Though his loftiness [fn]reaches the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds, H5645

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - ‘Clouds H5645 are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the [fn]vault of heaven.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - “He wraps up the waters in His clouds, H5645
And the cloud does not burst under them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - “Terrors are turned against me;
They pursue my [fn]honor as the wind,
And my [fn]prosperity has passed away like a cloud. H5645

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - “Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, H5645
The thundering of His [fn]pavilion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - “Also with moisture He loads the thick H5645 cloud; H5645
He disperses the cloud of His [fn]lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - “Do you know about the layers of the thick H5645 clouds, H5645
The wonders of one 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, H5645
So that an abundance of water will cover you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness His hiding place, His [fn]canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick H5645 clouds H5645 of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - From the brightness before Him passed His thick H5645 clouds, H5645
Hailstones and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds H5645 poured out water;
The skies gave forth a sound;
Your arrows [fn]flashed here and there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - [fn]He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
[fn]He makes the clouds H5645 His chariot;
[fn]He walks upon the wings of the wind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers the heavens with clouds, H5645
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to [fn]grow on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of a king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud H5645 with the [fn]spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds H5645 are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it [fn]lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds H5645 will not reap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds H5645 return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - “I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds H5645 to 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; H5645
I will make myself like the Most High.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For thus the LORD has told me,
“I will look [fn]from My dwelling place quietly
Like dazzling heat in the [fn]sunshine,
Like a cloud H5645 of dew in the heat of harvest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The [fn]oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud H5645 and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, H5645 the song of the ruthless is [fn]silenced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - “I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick H5645 cloud H5645
And your sins like a [fn]heavy mist.
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 like a cloud H5645
And like the doves to their [fn]lattices?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees;
They go into the thickets H5645 and climb among the rocks;
Every city is forsaken,
And no man dwells in them.
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