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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, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you." And 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 - O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom's plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - The seventh time the servant said, "Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man's hand, is rising up from the sea." Elijah then said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won't overtake you.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - The king had them cast in earthen foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of the king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds 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 will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

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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 observes the clouds will not reap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For this is what the LORD has told me: "I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archers the people of every town will flee. Some of them will hide in the thickets. Others will climb up among the rocks. All the cities will be deserted. No one will remain in them.
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