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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Behold, H2009 I will come H935 to you in a thick H5672 cloud, H6051 so H5668 that the people H5971 may hear H8085 when I speak H1696 with you and may also H1571 believe H539 in you forever.” H5769 Then Moses H4872 told H5046 the words H1697 of the people H5971 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “LORD, H3068 when You went H3318 out from Seir, H8165
When You marched H6805 from the field H7704 of Edom, H123
The earth H776 quaked, H7493 the heavens H8064 also H1571 dripped, H5197
Even H1571 the clouds H5645 dripped H5197 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - “And He made H7896 darkness H2822 [fn]canopies H5521 around H5439 Him,
A mass H2841 of waters, H4325 thick H5645 clouds H5645 of the sky. H7834

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - Is as the light H216 of the morning H1242 when the sun H8121 rises, H2224
A morning H1242 without H3808 clouds, H5645
When the tender H1877 grass H1877 springs out of the earth, H776
Through H4480 sunshine H5051 after H4480 rain.’ H4306

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - It came H1961 about at the seventh H7637 time, that he said, H559 “Behold, H2009 a cloud H5645 as small H6996 as a man’s H376 hand H3709 is coming H5927 up from the sea.” H3220 And he said, H559 “Go H5927 up, say H559 to Ahab, H256 ‘[fn]Prepare H631 your chariot and go H3381 down, H3381 so that the heavy shower H1653 does not stop H6113 you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - In a little H5704 H3541 while H5704 H3541 the sky H8064 grew H6937 black H6937 with clouds H5645 and wind, H7307 and there was a heavy H1419 shower. H1653 And Ahab H256 rode H7392 and went H1980 to Jezreel. H3157

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - On the plain H3603 of the Jordan H3383 the king H4428 cast H3332 them in the clay H4568 ground H127 between H996 Succoth H5523 and Zeredah. H6868

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - “Though H518 his loftiness H7863 [fn]reaches H5927 the heavens, H8064
And his head H7218 touches H5060 the clouds, H5645

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - ‘Clouds H5645 are a hiding H5643 place H5643 for Him, so that He cannot H3808 see; H7200
And He walks H1980 on the [fn]vault H2329 of heaven.’ H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - “He wraps H6887 up the waters H4325 in His clouds, H5645
And the cloud H6051 does not burst H1234 under H8478 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - “Terrors H1091 are turned H2015 against H5921 me;
They pursue H7291 my [fn]honor H5082 as the wind, H7307
And my [fn]prosperity H3444 has passed H5674 away H5674 like a cloud. H5645

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - “Can anyone understand H995 the spreading H4666 of the clouds, H5645
The thundering H8663 of His [fn]pavilion? H5521

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - “Also H637 with moisture H7377 He loads H2959 the thick H5645 cloud; H5645
He disperses H6327 the cloud H6051 of His [fn]lightning. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - “Do you know H3045 about H5921 the layers H4657 of the thick H5645 clouds, H5645
The wonders H4652 of one perfect H8549 in knowledge, H1843

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - “Can you lift H7311 up your voice H6963 to the clouds, H5645
So that an abundance H8229 of water H4325 will cover H3680 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made H7896 darkness H2822 His hiding H5643 place, H5643 His [fn]canopy H5521 around H5439 Him,
Darkness H2825 of waters, H4325 thick H5645 clouds H5645 of the skies. H7834

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - From the brightness H5051 before H5048 Him passed H5674 His thick H5645 clouds, H5645
Hailstones H1259 and coals H1513 of fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds H5645 poured H2229 out water; H4325
The skies H7834 gave H5414 forth a sound; H6963
Your arrows H2671 [fn]flashed H1980 here and there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - [fn]He lays H7136 the beams H7136 of His upper H5944 chambers H5944 in the waters; H4325
[fn]He makes H7760 the clouds H5645 His chariot; H7398
[fn]He walks H1980 upon the wings H3671 of the wind; H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers H3680 the heavens H8064 with clouds, H5645
Who provides H3559 rain H4306 for the earth, H776
Who makes grass H2682 to [fn]grow H6779 on the mountains. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light H216 of a king’s H4428 face H6440 is life, H2416
And his favor H7522 is like a cloud H5645 with the [fn]spring H4456 rain. H4456

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If H518 the clouds H5645 are full, H4390 they pour H7324 out rain H1653 upon the earth; H776 and whether H518 a tree H6086 falls H5307 toward the south H1864 or toward the north, H6828 wherever H4725 the tree H6086 falls, H5307 there H8033 it [fn]lies. H1961

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - He who watches H8104 the wind H7307 will not sow H2232 and he who looks H7200 at the clouds H5645 will not reap. H7114

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before H5704 H834 H3808 the sun H8121 and the light, H216 the moon H3394 and the stars H3556 are darkened, H2821 and clouds H5645 return H7725 after H310 the rain; H1653

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - “I will lay H7896 it waste; H1326
It will not be pruned H2168 or hoed, H5737
But briars H8068 and thorns H7898 will come H5927 up.
I will also charge H6680 the clouds H5645 to rain H4305 no H4480 rain H4306 on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - ‘I will ascend H5927 above H5921 the heights H1116 of the clouds; H5645
I will make H1819 myself like H1819 the Most H5945 High.’ H5945

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For thus H3541 the LORD H3068 has told H559 me,
“I will look H5027 [fn]from My dwelling H4349 place H4349 quietly H8252
Like dazzling H6703 heat H2527 in the [fn]sunshine, H216
Like a cloud H5645 of dew H2919 in the heat H2527 of harvest.” H7105

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Egypt. H4714
Behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt; H4714
The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence, H6440
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Like heat H2721 in drought, H6724 You subdue H3665 the uproar H7588 of aliens; H2114
Like heat H2721 by the shadow H6738 of a cloud, H5645 the song H2158 of the ruthless H6184 is [fn]silenced. H6031

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - “I have wiped H4229 out your transgressions H6588 like a thick H5645 cloud H5645
And your sins H2403 like a [fn]heavy H6051 mist. H6051
Return H7725 to Me, for I have redeemed H1350 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - “Who H4310 are these H428 who fly H5774 like a cloud H5645
And like the doves H3123 to their [fn]lattices? H699

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - At the sound H6963 of the horseman H6571 and bowman H7411 H7198 every H3605 city H5892 flees; H1272
They go H935 into the thickets H5645 and climb H5927 among the rocks; H3710
Every H3605 city H5892 is forsaken, H5800
And no H369 man H376 dwells H3427 in them.
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