Quick Definition
νεφέλη, ης, ἡ n.f. a cloud
Strong's Definition
from 3509; properly, cloudiness, i.e. (concretely) a cloud
KJV Usage: cloud
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | νέφος
1.34 · Geographical Objects and Features · Atmospheric Objects
cloud visible mass of particles of water in the sky; varies in color from white to dark grey; source of rain In many languages it would be difficult to speak of ‘a cloud coming up in the west,’ for this would seem to imply that a cloud was actually rising from below the earth. In some languages it is better to speak of ‘a cloud getting larger’ or, in the specific context of LUK 12:54, one may translate ‘when you see a cloud coming to you from the west.’
MAT 17:5 · MAT 17:5 · MAT 24:30 · MAT 26:64 · MRK 9:7 · MRK 9:7 · MRK 13:26 · MRK 14:62 · LUK 9:34 · LUK 9:34 · LUK 9:35 · LUK 12:54 · LUK 21:27 · ACT 1:9 · 1CO 10:1 · 1CO 10:2 · 1TH 4:17 · JUD 1:12 · REV 1:7 · REV 10:1 · REV 11:12 · REV 14:14 · REV 14:14 · REV 14:15 · REV 14:16
noun, f. | -ης
1.35 · Geographical Objects and Features · Atmospheric Objects
fog, mist a cloud-like mass of moisture close to the earth's surface In the NT ὁμίχλη is used only figuratively: οὗτοί εἰσιν πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι καὶ ὁμίχλαι ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι ‘these men are dried up springs or mists blown along by a storm’ 2PE 2:17. The metaphorical usage in 2PE 2:17 must be marked in a number of languages as a simile, for example, ‘these men are like springs that have dried up and are like mists which the storm blows along.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νεφέλη, -ns, ἡ, (νέφος), [fr. Hom. down], Sept. esp. for 12}}» but also for ay and pnw; α cloud: [». φωτεινή, Mt. xvii. 5]; Mt.xxiv.30; xxvi.64; Mk.ix.7; xiii. 26; xiv. 62; LK. ix. 34sq.; xii. 54; xxi. 27; Actsi.9; 1 Th. iv. 17; 2 Pet. ii. 17 [Rec.]; Jude 12; Rev. i. 7; x. 1; xi 12; xiv. 14 sqq.; of that cloud in which Jehovah is said (Ex. xiii. 21 sq., ete.) to have gone before the Israelites on their march through the wilderness, and which Paul represents as spread over them (ὑπὸ τὴν νεφέλην ἦσαν, ef. Ps. civ. (6ν.) 39; Sap. x. 17): 1 Co. x. 1 sq. [Sy¥N. see véedos.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νεφέλη nephelē 25x
a cloud, Mt. 17:5; 24:30; 26:64
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νεφέλη, -ης, ἡ
(< νέφος), [in LXX chiefly for עָנָן, also for עָב, etc.;]
a cloud (single and specific as opp. to νέφος, a great indefinite mass of vapour): Mt 17:5 24:30 26:64, Mk 9:7 13:26 14:62, Lk 9:34, 35 12:54 21:37, Ac 1:9, I Th 4:17, Ju 12, Re 1:7 10:1 11:12 14:14-16; of the pillar of cloud in the wilderness (Ex 14:19, 20, Ps 104:39, al.): I Co 10:1, 2.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νεφέλη (nephelē) — cloud. νεφέλη, ἡ, (νέφος) cloud, mass of clouds (distinguished from ὁμίχλη, mist or fog, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. κυανέη, πορφυρέη, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—Mostly poetry, but found in [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same places], and in late Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, νεφέλη δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε κυανέη, of death, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν δ᾽ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα a cloud of sorrow,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κενταύρου φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ, i.e. with his blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κελαινῶπις ν., of sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. of clouds in urine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. ={νεφέλιον} 11.2, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. cloud on a mirror, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. fine bird-net, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. Alchem., sublimate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]