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Lexicon :: Strong's H653 - 'ăp̄ēlâ

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אֲפֵלָה
Transliteration
'ăp̄ēlâ
Pronunciation
af-ay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 145c

Strong’s Definitions

אֲפֵלָה ʼăphêlâh, af-ay-law'; feminine of H651; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment:—dark, darkness, gloominess, × thick.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H653 in the following manner: darkness (6x), gloominess (2x), dark (1x), thick (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H653 in the following manner: darkness (6x), gloominess (2x), dark (1x), thick (1x).

  1. darkness, gloominess, calamity

  2. wickedness (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲפֵלָה ʼăphêlâh, af-ay-law'; feminine of H651; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment:—dark, darkness, gloominess, × thick.
STRONGS H653: Abbreviations
† אֲפֵלָה noun feminine darkness, gloominess, calamity — א׳ Exodus 10:22 +; אֲפֵלָתְךָ Isaiah 58:10; plural אֲפֵלוֺת Isaiah 59:9 —
1. darkness Deuteronomy 28:29; Proverbs 7:9 (|| אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה); of supernatural darkness in Egypt Exodus 10:22; of day of.י׳ (compare Amos 5:20 below אָפֵל) Joel 2:2; Zephaniah 1:15 (both || חשׁך ענן, רְפל) simile of wickedness Jeremiah 23:18; Proverbs 4:19.
2. figurative of calamity Isaiah 8:22 (|| חֲשֵׁכָה), Isaiah 58:10 (|| חשׁך, opposed to צהרים), Isaiah 59:9 (|| id., opposed to נגהות)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:22; 10:22

Deuteronomy

28:29

Proverbs

4:19; 7:9

Isaiah

8:22; 58:10; 58:10; 59:9; 59:9

Jeremiah

23:18

Joel

2:2

Amos

5:20

Zephaniah

1:15

H653

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H653 matches the Hebrew אֲפֵלָה ('ăp̄ēlâ),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was [fn]darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 - But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - when there happens to be the stillness of night and of darkness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and [fn]anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noon-day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 - Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.

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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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