Quick Definition
cloud
Strong's Definition
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Derivation: (masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);
KJV Usage: clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).
TWOT Reference: 1574a
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָב (av) — cloud. 1) darkness, cloud, thicket 1a) dark cloud 1b) cloud mass 1c) thicket (as refuge)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun · עוב
Clouds
cloud = mass of visible, condensed watery vapor floating in the air; ► producing rain; ≈ God is said to envelop himself with clouds
EXO 19:9 · JDG 5:4 · 2SA 22:12 · 2SA 23:4 · 1KI 18:44 · 1KI 18:45 · JOB 20:6 · JOB 22:14 · JOB 26:8 · JOB 30:15 · JOB 36:29 · JOB 37:11 · JOB 37:16 · JOB 38:34 · PSA 18:12 · PSA 18:13 · PSA 77:18 · PSA 104:3 · PSA 147:8 · PRO 16:15 · ECC 11:3 · ECC 11:4 · ECC 12:2 · ISA 5:6 · ISA 14:14 · ISA 18:4 · ISA 19:1 · ISA 25:5 · ISA 44:22 · ISA 60:8
Buildings
canopy, overhang = flat structure projecting from the roof or wall of a building or supported by pillars ► providing protection against sun, rain and wind
Plants
thicket = group of shrubs and trees, growing closely together; ► possible hiding place for people that do not want to be seen
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָב 53 n.m. dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket base