Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6205 - עֲרָפֶל araphel (cloud)

Original Word:	עֲרָפֶל
Transliteration:	araphel
Definition:	cloud, heavy cloud
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ar-aw-fel')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

gross, thick dark cloud,

Probably from araph; gloom (as of a lowering sky) -- (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

see HEBREW araph

Englishman's Concordance

1) cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably from H6201
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1701b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֲרָפֶלnoun masculinecloud, heavy cloud (perhaps from above √ + ל afformative; Late Hebrew=Biblical Hebrew; Syriac

; ᵑ7עֲרָפֵילָא; Mandean ארפילא Nö^{M 126, 128}; on vocaliz. see Ba^{NB 160 and against him} Schw^{ZAW x (1890), 178} who proposes עַרְמֶּל); — ׳ע in which God dwells Exodus 20:18 (Gi; van d. H. Exodus 20:21), 1 Kings 8:12 2Chronicles 6:1; + עָנָןDeuteronomy 4:11 (also חשֶׁח), Deuteronomy 5:19; Psalm 97:2; Job 22:13 see בַּעַד; תַּחַת רַגְלָיו׳ע2 Samuel 22:10=Psalm 18:10; as swaddling-bands of sea Job 38:9; figurative of misery Isaiah 60:2 ("" חשֶׁח); of ׳יs judgment Jeremiah 13:16 ("" צַלְמָוֶת), as a past day ׳יוֺם עָנָן וַעEzekiel 34:12=(of future day of ׳י) Zephaniah 1:15 ("" יוֺם חשֶׁח וַאֲפֵלָה)=Joel 2:2 ("" id.).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6205. עֲרָפֶל (araphel) — 15 Occurrences

Exodus 20:21
HEB:נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל־ הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁ֖ם
NAS: approached the thick cloud where
KJV: drew near unto the thick darkness where God
INT: approached about the thick after in it

Deuteronomy 4:11
HEB:חֹ֖שֶׁךְ עָנָ֥ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
KJV: of heaven, with darkness, clouds,
INT: darkness cloud and thick

Deuteronomy 5:22
HEB:הָאֵשׁ֙ הֶֽעָנָ֣ן וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל ק֥וֹל גָּד֖וֹל
NAS: [of] the cloud and [of] the thick gloom, with a great
KJV: of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
INT: of the fire the cloud and the thick voice A great

2 Samuel 22:10
HEB:שָׁמַ֖יִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃
NAS: also, and came down With thick darkness under
KJV: also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
INT: the heavens and came thick under his feet

1 Kings 8:12
HEB:אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
KJV: that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
INT: has said dwell the thick

2 Chronicles 6:1
HEB:אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכּ֖וֹן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
KJV: that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
INT: has said dwell the thick

Job 22:13
HEB:אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃
NAS: through the thick darkness?
KJV: can he judge through the dark cloud?
INT: God through the thick judge

Job 38:9
HEB:עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
KJV: the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband
INT: A cloud garment and thick swaddling

Psalm 18:9
HEB:שָׁ֭מַיִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃
NAS: also, and came down With thick darkness under
KJV: also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
INT: the heavens and came thick under his feet

Psalm 97:2
HEB: עָנָ֣ן וַעֲרָפֶ֣ל סְבִיבָ֑יו צֶ֥דֶק
NAS: Clouds and thick darkness surround
KJV: Clouds and darkness [are] round about
INT: Clouds and thick surround Righteousness

Isaiah 60:2
HEB:יְכַסֶּה־ אֶ֔רֶץ וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל לְאֻמִּ֑ים וְעָלַ֙יִךְ֙
NAS: the earth And deep darkness the peoples;
KJV: the earth, and gross darkness the people:
INT: will cover the earth and deep the peoples and

Jeremiah 13:16
HEB:(וְשִׁ֖ית ק) לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: [And] turns [it] into gloom.
KJV: [and] make [it] gross darkness.
INT: deep apply gloom

Ezekiel 34:12
HEB:בְּי֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: on a cloudy and gloomy day.
KJV: in the cloudy and dark day.
INT: day A cloudy and gloomy

Joel 2:2
HEB:י֤וֹם עָנָן֙ וַעֲרָפֶ֔ל כְּשַׁ֖חַר פָּרֻ֣שׂ
NAS: of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn
KJV: of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning
INT: A day of clouds and thick as the dawn is spread

Zephaniah 1:15
HEB:י֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: A day of clouds and thick darkness,
KJV: a day of clouds and thick darkness,
INT: A day of clouds and thick

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