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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)
Dictionary Aids

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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses H4872 reached H5186 out H5186 with his hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky H8064, and there was thick H653 darkness H2822 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for three H7969 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will be groping H4959 about H4959 at noon H6672, just H834 as H834 a person H5787 who is blind H5787 gropes H4959 in the darkness H653, and you will not be H6743 successful H6743 in your ways H1870; but you will only H389 be [fn]oppressed H6231 and robbed H1497 all H3605 the time H3117, with no H369 one H369 to save H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 -

The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is like darkness H653;

They do not know H3045 over what H4100 they [fn]stumble H3782.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 -

In the twilight H5399, in the [fn]evening H6153 H3117,

In the [fn]middle H380 of the night H3915 and the darkness H653.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look H5027 to the earth H776, and behold H2009, distress H6869 and darkness H2825, the gloom H4588 of anguish H6695; and they will be driven H5080 away H5080 into darkness H653.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 -

And if you offer H6329 yourself H5315 to the hungry H7457

And satisfy H7646 the [fn]need H5315 of the afflicted H6031,

Then your light H216 will rise H2224 in darkness H2822,

And your gloom H653 will become like midday H6672.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 -

Therefore H5921 H3651 justice H4941 is H7368 far H7368 from us,

And righteousness H6666 does not reach H5381 us;

We hope H6960 for light H216, but there H2009 is darkness H2822,

For brightness H5054, but we walk H1980 in gloom H653.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 -

“Therefore H3651 their way H1870 will be like slippery H2519 paths H2519 to them,

They will be driven H1760 away H1760 into the gloom H653 and fall H5307 down H5307 in it;

For I will bring H935 disaster H7451 upon them,

The year H8141 of their punishment H6486,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 -

A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and gloom H653,

A day H3117 of clouds H6051 and thick H6205 darkness H6205.

As dawn H7837 is spread H6566 over H5921 the mountains H2022,

So there is a great H7227 and mighty H6099 people H5971;

There has never H3808 H4480 H5769 been H1961 anything like H3644 it,

Nor H3808 will there be again H3254 after H310 it

To the years H8141 of many H1755 generations H1755.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 -

That day H3117 is a day H3117 of anger H5678,

A day H3117 of trouble H6869 and distress H4691,

A day H3117 of destruction H7722 and desolation H4875,

A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and gloom H653,

A day H3117 of clouds H6051 and thick H6205 darkness H6205,

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