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Lexicon :: Strong's H6205 - ʿărāp̄el

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עֲרָפֶל
Transliteration
ʿărāp̄el
Pronunciation
ar-aw-fel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from עָרַף (H6201)
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TWOT Reference: 1701b

Strong’s Definitions

עֲרָפֶל ʻărâphel, ar-aw-fel'; probably from H6201; gloom (as of a lowering sky):—(gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6205 in the following manner: thick darkness (8x), darkness (3x), gross darkness (2x), dark cloud (1x), dark (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H6205 in the following manner: thick darkness (8x), darkness (3x), gross darkness (2x), dark cloud (1x), dark (1x).

  1. cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲרָפֶל ʻărâphel, ar-aw-fel'; probably from H6201; gloom (as of a lowering sky):—(gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
STRONGS H6205: Abbreviations
† עֲרָפֶל noun masculine cloud, heavy cloud (perhaps from above √ + ל afformative; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Syriac bdb079109; Targum עֲרָפֵילָא; Mandean ארפילא NöM 126, 128; on vocaliz. see BaNB 160 and against him SchwZAW x (1890), 178 who proposes עַרְפֶּל); — ע׳ in which God dwells Exodus 20:18 (Gi; van d. H. Exodus 20:21), 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1; + עָנָן Deuteronomy 4:11 (also חשֶׁח), Deuteronomy 5:19; Psalm 97:2; Job 22:13 see בַּעַד; תַּחַת רַגְלָיו ע׳ 2 Samuel 22:10 = Psalm 18:10; as swaddling-bands of sea Job 38:9; figurative of misery Isaiah 60:2 (|| חשֶׁח); of י׳'s judgment Jeremiah 13:16 (|| צַלְמָוֶת), as a past day יוֺם עָנָן וַע׳ Ezekiel 34:12 = (of future day of י׳) Zephaniah 1:15 (|| יוֺם חשֶׁח וַאֲפֵלָה) = Joel 2:2 (|| id.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:18; 20:21

Deuteronomy

4:11; 5:19

2 Samuel

22:10

1 Kings

8:12

2 Chronicles

6:1

Job

22:13; 38:9

Psalms

18:10; 97:2

Isaiah

60:2

Jeremiah

13:16

Ezekiel

34:12

Joel

2:2

Zephaniah

1:15

H6205

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6205 matches the Hebrew עֲרָפֶל (ʿărāp̄el),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21 - And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire—there was darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 - And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:1 - Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13 - And thou hast said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 - (LXX 17:10) And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2 - (LXX 96:2) Cloud and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and there shall be gross darkness on the nations: but the Lord shall appear upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and ye shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12 - As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the [fn]beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapour,
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