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Lexicon :: Strong's H5645 - ʿāḇ

Aa
עָב
Transliteration
ʿāḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1574a

Strong’s Definitions

עָב ʻâb, awb; (masculine and feminine); from H5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse:—clay, (thick) cloud, × thick, thicket. Compare H5672.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H5645 in the following manner: cloud (29x), clay (1x), thick (1x), thickets (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H5645 in the following manner: cloud (29x), clay (1x), thick (1x), thickets (1x).

  1. darkness, cloud, thicket

    1. dark cloud

    2. cloud mass

    3. thicket (as refuge)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָב ʻâb, awb; (masculine and feminine); from H5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse:—clay, (thick) cloud, × thick, thicket. Compare H5672.
STRONGS H5645: Abbreviations
II. עָב 33 noun masculineIsaiah 19:1 and (1 Kings 18:44 KöSynt. 103) feminine dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket; — ע׳ absolute 1 Kings 18:44 +, construct Isaiah 18:4; Proverbs 16:15; plural עָבִים Judges 5:4 +, עָבוֺת 2 Samuel 23:4 + 2Sam 77:18; construct עָבֵי 2 Samuel 22:12; Psalm 18:12; suffix עָבָיו Psalm 18:13 (but probably strike out, see עבר
Qal near the end); —
1. dark cloud:
a. rain-cloud Judges 5:4; Isaiah 5:6; 1 Kings 18:44, 45 + 9 times
b. as high Isaiah 14:14; Job 20:6, + Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 31:3, 10, 14 (reading בְָוֺת, see עֲבֹת).
c. chariot of י׳ Isaiah 19:1; Psalm 104:3; covering his eyes Job 22:14.
d. casting shadow Isaiah 25:5, compare 2 Samuel 23:4.
e. as swift Isaiah 60:8, and transient Isaiah 44:22; Job 30:15 (all simile).
f. disposed by God Job 36:29; Job 37:16.
g. טַל ע׳ Isaiah 18:4 cloud of dew, dew-mist (simile).
2. (cloud-) mass, שְׁחָקִים ע׳ 2 Samuel 22:12 masses of clouds (enwrapping י׳) = Psalm 18:12 (Psalm 13 see above).
3. thicket as refuge Jeremiah 4:29 (perhaps under Aramaic influence). — עַב Exodus 19:9 see עֲבִי below עבה. I. עָב see above
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

19:9

Judges

5:4; 5:4

2 Samuel

22:12; 22:12; 23:4; 23:4

1 Kings

18:44; 18:44; 18:44; 18:45

Job

20:6; 22:14; 30:15; 36:29; 37:16

Psalms

13; 18:12; 18:12; 18:13; 104:3

Proverbs

16:15

Isaiah

5:6; 14:14; 18:4; 18:4; 19:1; 19:1; 25:5; 44:22; 60:8

Jeremiah

4:29

Ezekiel

19:11; 31:3; 31:10; 31:14

H5645

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Strong's Number H5645 matches the Hebrew עָב (ʿāḇ),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 - Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:16 - Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.
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