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Lexicon :: Strong's H652 - 'ōp̄el

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אֹפֶל
Transliteration
'ōp̄el
Pronunciation
o'fel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as אָפֵל (H651)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 145a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹפֶל ʼôphel, o'fel; from the same as H651; dusk:—darkness, obscurity, privily.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H652 in the following manner: darkness (7x), privily (1x), obscurity (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H652 in the following manner: darkness (7x), privily (1x), obscurity (1x).

  1. darkness, gloom

  2. spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹפֶל ʼôphel, o'fel; from the same as H651; dusk:—darkness, obscurity, privily.
STRONGS H652: Abbreviations
† אֹ֫פֶל noun masculine Job 3:6 darkness, gloom (only in poetry) -א׳ always absolute —
1. darkness,, of night Psalm 91:6 (opposed to צָֽהֳרַיִם deep in the earth,אֶבֶן א׳ Job 28:3 (|| חשֶׁח צַלְמָוֶת); darkness, gloom of underworld Job 10:22 (twice in verse) (|| אֶרֶץ חשֶׁח עֵיפָפָה א׳ צַלְמָוֶת); personified Job 3:6 that night — let darkness take it יִקָּחֵהוּ א׳; figurative of spiritual darkness Isaiah 29:18 (|| חשֵׁח); of secrecy, treachery Psalm 11:2.
2. especially figurative of calamity, Job 23:17 (|| H2822 חשׁך which see), Job 30:26 (opposed to אוֺר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

3:6; 3:6; 10:22; 23:17; 28:3; 30:26

Psalms

11:2; 91:6

Isaiah

29:18

H652

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H652 matches the Hebrew אֹפֶל ('ōp̄el),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - That night—let thick darkness seize it!
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
let it not come into the number of the months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - the land of gloom like thick darkness,
like deep shadow without any order,
where light is as thick darkness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - Man puts an end to darkness
and searches out to the farthest limit
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - But when I hoped for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, darkness came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
they have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6 - nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - In that day the deaf shall hear
the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.
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