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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - “Let the stars H3556 of its twilight H5399 be darkened; H2821
Let it wait H6960 for light H216 but have H369 none, H369
And let it not see H7200 the [fn]breaking H6079 dawn; H7837
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - “My face H6440 is flushed H2560 from weeping, H1065
And deep H6757 darkness H6757 is on my eyelids, H6079
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - “His sneezes H5846 flash H1984 forth H1984 light, H216
And his eyes H5869 are like the eyelids H6079 of the morning. H7837
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD H3068 is in His holy H6944 temple; H1964 the [fn]LORDS H3068 throne H3678 is in heaven; H8064
His eyes H5869 behold, H2372 His eyelids H6079 test H974 the sons H1121 of men. H120
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:4 - I will not give H5414 sleep H8142 to my eyes H5869
Or slumber H8572 to my eyelids, H6079
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let your eyes H5869 look H5027 directly H5227 ahead H5227
And let your [fn]gaze H6079 be fixed H3474 straight H3474 in front H5048 of you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:4 - Give H5414 no sleep H8142 to your eyes, H5869
Nor H408 slumber H8572 to your eyelids; H6079
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Do not desire H2530 her beauty H3308 in your heart, H3824
Nor H408 let her capture H3947 you with her eyelids. H6079
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:13 - There is a [fn]kind H1755—oh how H4100 lofty H7311 are his eyes! H5869
And his eyelids H6079 are raised H5375 in arrogance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - “Let them make H4116 haste H4116 and take H5375 up a wailing H5092 for us,
That our eyes H5869 may shed H3381 tears H1832
And our eyelids H6079 flow H5140 with water. H4325
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