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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.
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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

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 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Lo, I am coming unto thee in the thickness of the cloud, so that the people hear in My speaking with thee, and also believe in thee to the age;' and Moses declareth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun -- no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike --

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up on 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 good-will is as a cloud of the latter rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty themselves; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For thus said Jehovah unto me, 'I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have blotted out, as by a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as by a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.
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