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Lexicon :: Strong's H653 - 'ăp̄ēlâ

Aa
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 - And H5186➔ Moses H4872 stretched forth ➔H5186 his hand H3027 toward H5921 heaven; H8064 and there was H1961 a H2822➔ thick H653 darkness ➔H2822 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 three H7969 days: H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - And thou shalt H1961 grope H4959 at noonday, H6672 as H834 the blind H5787 gropeth H4959 in darkness, H653 and H3808➔ thou shalt H6743➔ not ➔H3808 prosper ➔H6743 in thy ways: H1870 and thou shalt be H1961 only H389 oppressed H6231 and spoiled H1497 evermore, H3605 H3117 and no man H369 shall save H3467 thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 - The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is as darkness: H653 they know H3045 not H3808 at what H4100 they stumble. H3782

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - In the twilight, H5399 in the evening, H6153 H3117 in the black H380 and dark H653 night: H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - And H413➔ they shall look H5027 unto ➔H413 the earth; H776 and behold H2009 trouble H6869 and darkness, H2825 dimness H4588 of anguish; H6695 and H653➔ they shall be driven H5080 to darkness. ➔ H653

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - And H6329➔ if thou draw out ➔H6329 thy soul H5315 to the hungry, H7457 and H5315➔ satisfy H7646 the ➔H5315➔ afflicted H6031 soul; ➔H5315 then shall H2224➔ thy light H216 rise ➔H2224 in obscurity, H2822 and thy darkness H653 be as the noonday: H6672

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore H5921 H3651 is H7368➔ judgment H4941 far ➔H7368 from us, H4480 neither H3808 doth H5381➔ justice H6666 overtake us: ➔H5381 we wait H6960 for light, H216 but behold H2009 obscurity; H2822 for brightness, H5054 but we walk H1980 in darkness. H653

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 - Wherefore H3651 their way H1870 shall be H1961 unto them as slippery H2519 ways in the darkness: H653 they shall be driven on, H1760 and fall H5307 therein: for H3588 I will bring H935 evil H7451 upon them, H5921 even the year H8141 of their visitation, H6486 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and of gloominess, H653 a day H3117 of clouds H6051 and of thick darkness, H6205 as the morning H7837 spread H6566 upon H5921 the mountains: H2022 a H5971➔ great H7227 people ➔H5971 and a strong; H6099 there hath H1961➔ not H3808 been ➔H1961 ever H5769 the like, H3644 neither H3808 shall be any more H3254 after it, H310 even to the years H8141 of many H1755 generations. H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - That H1931 day H3117 is a day H3117 of wrath, H5678 a day H3117 of trouble H6869 and distress, H4691 a day H3117 of wasteness H7722 and desolation, H4875 a day H3117 of darkness H2822 and gloominess, H653 a day H3117 of clouds H6051 and thick darkness, H6205
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