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Lexicon :: Strong's H6205 - ʿărāp̄el

Aa
עֲרָפֶל
Transliteration
ʿărāp̄el
Pronunciation
ar-aw-fel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from עָרַף (H6201)
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TWOT Reference: 1701b

Strong’s Definitions

עֲרָפֶל ʻărâphel, ar-aw-fel'; probably from H6201; gloom (as of a lowering sky):—(gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6205 in the following manner: thick darkness (8x), darkness (3x), gross darkness (2x), dark cloud (1x), dark (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H6205 in the following manner: thick darkness (8x), darkness (3x), gross darkness (2x), dark cloud (1x), dark (1x).

  1. cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲרָפֶל ʻărâphel, ar-aw-fel'; probably from H6201; gloom (as of a lowering sky):—(gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
STRONGS H6205: Abbreviations
† עֲרָפֶל noun masculine cloud, heavy cloud (perhaps from above √ + ל afformative; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Syriac bdb079109; Targum עֲרָפֵילָא; Mandean ארפילא NöM 126, 128; on vocaliz. see BaNB 160 and against him SchwZAW x (1890), 178 who proposes עַרְפֶּל); — ע׳ in which God dwells Exodus 20:18 (Gi; van d. H. Exodus 20:21), 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1; + עָנָן Deuteronomy 4:11 (also חשֶׁח), Deuteronomy 5:19; Psalm 97:2; Job 22:13 see בַּעַד; תַּחַת רַגְלָיו ע׳ 2 Samuel 22:10 = Psalm 18:10; as swaddling-bands of sea Job 38:9; figurative of misery Isaiah 60:2 (|| חשֶׁח); of י׳'s judgment Jeremiah 13:16 (|| צַלְמָוֶת), as a past day יוֺם עָנָן וַע׳ Ezekiel 34:12 = (of future day of י׳) Zephaniah 1:15 (|| יוֺם חשֶׁח וַאֲפֵלָה) = Joel 2:2 (|| id.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:18; 20:21

Deuteronomy

4:11; 5:19

2 Samuel

22:10

1 Kings

8:12

2 Chronicles

6:1

Job

22:13; 38:9

Psalms

18:10; 97:2

Isaiah

60:2

Jeremiah

13:16

Ezekiel

34:12

Joel

2:2

Zephaniah

1:15

H6205

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6205 matches the Hebrew עֲרָפֶל (ʿărāp̄el),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21 - And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:10 - The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:12 - Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:1 - Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13 - And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 - The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2 - Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12 - As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.
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