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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 18:44Synt. 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.
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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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.” So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “LORD, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth trembled and the heavens poured,
The clouds also poured water;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He made darkness canopies around Him,
Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
Like the tender grass springing out of the earth,
By clear shining after rain.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zeredah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks above the circle of heaven.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds are not broken under it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - Terrors are turned upon me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds;
He scatters His bright clouds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Do you know how the clouds are balanced,
Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness His secret place;
His canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - From the brightness before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds poured out water;
The skies sent out a sound;
Your arrows also flashed about.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - He who observes the wind will not sow,
And he who regards the clouds will not reap.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun and the light,
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will lay it waste;
It shall not be pruned or dug,
But there shall come up briers and thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For so the LORD said to me,
“I will take My rest,
And I will look from My dwelling place
Like clear heat in sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden against Egypt.

Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud,
And will come into Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,
And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - You will reduce the noise of aliens,
As heat in a dry place;
As heat in the shadow of a cloud,
The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - “Who are these who fly like a cloud,
And like doves to their roosts?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
And not a man shall dwell in it.
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