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hebrew #5645 - עָב ab (dark cloud)


Original Word:עָב
Transliteration: ab
Definition:dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(awb)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

clay, thick cloud, thick, thicket

(masculine and feminine); from uwb; properly, an envelope, i.e. Darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse -- clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare abiy.

see HEBREW uwb

see HEBREW abiy


Englishman's Concordance

1) darkness, cloud, thicket
1a) dark cloud
1b) cloud mass
1c) thicket (as refuge)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5743
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1574a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. עָב33noun masculineIsaiah 19:1 and (1 Kings 18:44 KöSynt. 103) femininedark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket; — ׳ע absolute 1 Kings 18:44 +, construct Isaiah 18:4; Proverbs 16:15; plural עָבִיםJudges 5:4 +, עָבוֺת2 Samuel 23:4 + 2Sam 77:18; construct עָבֵי2 Samuel 22:12; Psalm 18:12; suffix עָבָיוPsalm 18:13 (but probably strike out, see עבר

Qal near the end); —

1dark cloud:

a.rain-cloudJudges 5:4; Isaiah 5:6; 1 Kings 18:44,45 9t.

b.as highIsaiah 14:14; Job 20:6, + Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 31:3,10,14 (reading בְָוֺת, see עֲבֹת).

c.chariot of׳יIsaiah 19:1; Psalm 104:3; covering his eyes Job 22:14.

d.casting shadowIsaiah 25:5, compare 2 Samuel 23:4.

e.as swiftIsaiah 60:8, and transient Isaiah 44:22; Job 30:15 (all simile).

f.disposed by GodJob 36:29; Job 37:16.

g.טַל׳עIsaiah 18:4cloud of dew, dew-mist (simile).

2 (cloud-) mass, שְׁחָקִים׳ע2 Samuel 22:12masses of clouds (enwrapping ׳י)=Psalm 18:12 (Psalm 13 see above).

3thicket as refuge Jeremiah 4:29 (perhaps under Aramaic influence). — עַבExodus 19:9 see עֲבִי below עבה. I. עָב see above


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5645. עָב (ab) — 32 Occurrences

Exodus 19:9
HEB:בָּ֣א אֵלֶיךָ֮ בְּעַ֣ב הֶֽעָנָן֒ בַּעֲב֞וּר
KJV: Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud,
INT: will come unto A thick cloud so

Judges 5:4
HEB:נָטָ֑פוּ גַּם־ עָבִ֖ים נָ֥טְפוּ מָֽיִם׃
NAS: Even the clouds dripped
KJV: dropped, the clouds also dropped
INT: dripped Even the clouds dripped water

2 Samuel 22:12
HEB:חַֽשְׁרַת־ מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
KJV: waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
INT: A mass of waters thick of the sky

2 Samuel 23:4
HEB:בֹּ֚קֶר לֹ֣א עָב֔וֹת מִנֹּ֥גַהּ מִמָּטָ֖ר
NAS: without clouds, [When] the tender grass
KJV: without clouds; [as] the tender grass
INT: A morning without clouds sunshine rain

1 Kings 18:44
HEB:וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה־ עָ֛ב קְטַנָּ֥ה כְּכַף־
NAS: Behold, a cloud as small
KJV: a little cloud out of the sea,
INT: said Behold A cloud small hand

1 Kings 18:45
HEB:וְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙ עָבִ֣ים וְר֔וּחַ וַיְהִ֖י
NAS: grew black with clouds and wind,
KJV: was black with clouds and wind,
INT: the sky grew clouds and wind become

2 Chronicles 4:17
HEB:יְצָקָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בַּעֲבִ֖י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה בֵּ֥ין
KJV: cast them, in the clay ground
INT: cast the king the clay ground between

Job 20:6
HEB:שִׂיא֑וֹ וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃
NAS: And his head touches the clouds,
KJV: and his head reach unto the clouds;
INT: his loftiness and his head the clouds touches

Job 22:14
HEB: עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ ל֭וֹ
NAS:Clouds are a hiding place
KJV:Thick clouds [are] a covering
INT:Clouds hiding cannot

Job 26:8
HEB:צֹרֵֽר־ מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־ נִבְקַ֖ע
NAS: up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud
KJV: the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud
INT: wraps the waters his clouds does not burst

Job 30:15
HEB:כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃
NAS: has passed away like a cloud.
KJV: passeth away as a cloud.
INT: as the wind my honor A cloud has passed and my prosperity

Job 36:29
HEB:יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־ עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: the spreading of the clouds, The thundering
KJV: the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise
INT: understand the spreading of the clouds the thundering booth

Job 37:11
HEB:בְּ֭רִי יַטְרִ֣יחַ עָ֑ב יָ֝פִ֗יץ עֲנַ֣ן
NAS: He loads the thick cloud; He disperses
KJV: he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth
INT: moisture loads the thick disperses the cloud

Job 37:16
HEB:עַל־ מִפְלְשֵׂי־ עָ֑ב מִ֝פְלְא֗וֹת תְּמִ֣ים
NAS: the layers of the thick clouds, The wonders
KJV: the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works
INT: about the layers of the thick the wonders perfect

Job 38:34
HEB: הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־
NAS: up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance
KJV: thy voice to the clouds, that abundance
INT: lift to the clouds your voice an abundance

Psalm 18:11
HEB:חֶשְׁכַת־ מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
KJV: waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
INT: him dark of waters thick of the skies

Psalm 18:12
HEB:מִנֹּ֗גַהּ נֶ֫גְדּ֥וֹ עָבָ֥יו עָבְר֑וּ בָּ֝רָ֗ד
NAS: Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones
KJV: At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed,
INT: the brightness before his thick passed Hailstones

Psalm 77:17
HEB:זֹ֤רְמוּ מַ֨יִם ׀ עָב֗וֹת ק֭וֹל נָתְנ֣וּ
NAS:The clouds poured out water;
KJV:The clouds poured out water:
INT: poured water the clouds A sound gave

Psalm 104:3
HEB:עֲ‍ֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו הַשָּׂם־ עָבִ֥ים רְכוּב֑וֹ הַֽ֝מְהַלֵּ֗ךְ
NAS: He makes the clouds His chariot;
KJV: who maketh the clouds his chariot:
INT: of his upper makes the clouds his chariot walks

Psalm 147:8
HEB:הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה שָׁמַ֨יִם ׀ בְּעָבִ֗ים הַמֵּכִ֣ין לָאָ֣רֶץ
NAS: the heavens with clouds, Who provides
KJV: the heaven with clouds, who prepareth
INT: covers the heavens clouds provides the earth

Proverbs 16:15
HEB:חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ כְּעָ֣ב מַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃
NAS: And his favor is like a cloud with the spring rain.
KJV: and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
INT: life and his favor A cloud the spring

Ecclesiastes 11:3
HEB:אִם־ יִמָּלְא֨וּ הֶעָבִ֥ים גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ עַל־
NAS: If the clouds are full, they pour
KJV:If the clouds be full of rain,
INT: If are full the clouds rain upon

Ecclesiastes 11:4
HEB:יִזְרָ֑ע וְרֹאֶ֥ה בֶעָבִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִקְצֽוֹר׃
NAS: and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
KJV: and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
INT: sow looks the clouds will not reap

Ecclesiastes 12:2
HEB:וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים וְשָׁ֥בוּ הֶעָבִ֖ים אַחַ֥ר הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃
NAS: are darkened, and clouds return
KJV: be not darkened, nor the clouds return
INT: and the stars return and clouds after the rain

Isaiah 5:6
HEB:וָשָׁ֑יִת וְעַ֤ל הֶעָבִים֙ אֲצַוֶּ֔ה מֵהַמְטִ֥יר
NAS: up. I will also charge the clouds to rain
KJV: I will also command the clouds that they rain
INT: and thorns and the clouds charge to rain

Isaiah 14:14
HEB:עַל־ בָּ֣מֳתֵי עָ֑ב אֶדַּמֶּ֖ה לְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like
KJV: above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
INT: above the heights of the clouds will make the Most

Isaiah 18:4
HEB:עֲלֵי־ א֔וֹר כְּעָ֥ב טַ֖ל בְּחֹ֥ם
NAS: in the sunshine, Like a cloud of dew
KJV: upon herbs, [and] like a cloud of dew
INT: and sunshine A cloud of dew the heat

Isaiah 19:1
HEB:רֹכֵ֨ב עַל־ עָ֥ב קַל֙ וּבָ֣א
NAS: on a swift cloud and is about to come
KJV: upon a swift cloud, and shall come
INT: is riding and cloud A swift to come

Isaiah 25:5
HEB:חֹ֚רֶב בְּצֵ֣ל עָ֔ב זְמִ֥יר עָֽרִיצִ֖ים
NAS: by the shadow of a cloud, the song
KJV: with the shadow of a cloud: the branch
INT: heat the shadow of a cloud the song of the ruthless

Isaiah 44:22
HEB: מָחִ֤יתִי כָעָב֙ פְּשָׁעֶ֔יךָ וְכֶעָנָ֖ן
NAS: out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins
KJV: I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,
INT: have wiped A thick your transgressions A heavy

Isaiah 60:8
HEB:מִי־ אֵ֖לֶּה כָּעָ֣ב תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים
NAS: who fly like a cloud And like the doves
KJV: Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves
INT: Who are these A cloud fly the doves

Jeremiah 4:29
HEB:הָעִ֔יר בָּ֚אוּ בֶּעָבִ֔ים וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים עָל֑וּ
NAS: They go into the thickets and climb
KJV: they shall go into thickets, and climb up
INT: city go the thickets the rocks and climb

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