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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 will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.” Then Moses told the LORD what the people had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “When you, LORD, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He made darkness his canopy around him— the dark[fn] rain clouds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Though the pride of the godless person 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 veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from 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 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides 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; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at 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 and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above 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 - This is what the LORD says to me: “I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the 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 - A prophecy against Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning 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 that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - At the sound of horsemen and archers every town takes to flight. Some go into the thickets; some climb up among the rocks. All the towns are deserted; no one lives in them.
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