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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 there was thick H653 darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will [fn]grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness H653, and you will not succeed in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed all your days, with none to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 -

The way of the wicked is like thick H653 darkness H653;

They do not know over what they [fn]stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 -

In the twilight, in the evening of that day,

In the [fn]middle of the night, and in the thick H653 darkness H653.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be banished into thick H653 darkness H653.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 -

And if you [fn]offer your soul to the hungry

And satisfy the soul of the afflicted,

Then your light will rise in darkness

And your thick H653 darkness H653 will become like midday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 -

Therefore justice is far from us,

And righteousness does not overtake us;

We hope for light, but behold, darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in thick H653 darkness H653.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 -

“Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them;

They will be driven away into the thick H653 darkness H653 and fall down in it;

For I will bring their evil upon them,

The year of their [fn]punishment,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 -

A day of darkness and thick H653 darkness H653,

A day of clouds and dense gloom.

As the dawn is spread over the mountains,

So there is a numerous and mighty people;

There has never been anything like it,

Nor will there be again after it

For the years from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 -

A day of fury is that day,

A day of trouble and distress,

A day of destruction and desolation,

A day of darkness and thick H653 darkness H653,

A day of clouds and dense gloom,

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