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Lexicon :: Strong's H6079 - ʿap̄ʿapîm

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עַפְעַפִּים
Transliteration
ʿap̄ʿapîm
Pronunciation
af-af'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1582b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עפעפים (Gesenius) עפעף (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עַפְעַף ʻaphʻaph, af-af'; from H5774; an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray:—dawning, eye-lid.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H6079 in the following manner: eyelid (9x), dawning (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H6079 in the following manner: eyelid (9x), dawning (1x).

  1. eyelid

    1. eyelid

    2. of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַפְעַף ʻaphʻaph, af-af'; from H5774; an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray:—dawning, eye-lid.
STRONGS H6079: Abbreviations
† [עַפְעַף] noun masculineJer 9:17 eyelid (Late Hebrew id.; from fluttering ?); — only dual construct (see below) and suffix עַפְעַפַּי Job 16:16; Psalm 132:4, עַפְעַפֶּיךָ Proverbs 4:25; Proverbs 6:4, etc.; — eyelids, usually nearly = eyes (6 times || עֵינַיִם), as weeping, עַפְעַפֵּינוּ Jeremiah 9:17; closed in sleep Psalm 132:4; Proverbs 6:4, compare of צַלְמָוֶת Job 16:16; looking Proverbs 4:25 compare Psalm 11:4 (of י׳, testing men); used seductively by wanton women Proverbs 6:25; raised, in arrogance (' superciliousness') Proverbs 30:13; figurative עַפְצַפֵּי־שָׁ֑חַר Job 3:9 eyelids of dawn, break of dawn, Job 41:10 (simile).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

3:9; 16:16; 16:16; 41:10

Psalms

11:4; 132:4; 132:4

Proverbs

4:25; 4:25; 6:4; 6:4; 6:25; 30:13

Jeremiah

9:17; 9:17

H6079

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6079 matches the Hebrew עַפְעַפִּים (ʿap̄ʿapîm),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

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“Let the stars of its early dawn be dark;

Let the morning wait in vain for the light,

Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning),

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“My face is red and swollen with weeping,

And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:18

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“His sneezes flash forth light,

And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.

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The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven.

His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

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I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep

Nor my eyelids to slumber,

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Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage]

And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].

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Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes,

Nor slumber to your eyelids;

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Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,

Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.

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There is a generation (class of people)—oh, how lofty are their eyes!

And their eyelids are raised in arrogance.

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“Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us,

That our eyes may shed tears

And our eyelids flow with water.

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