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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 Box Exo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 - But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 - “Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - That day will be a day of wrath— a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness—
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