H5890 עֵיפָה (ʻêyphâh) ay-faw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

darkness

Strong's Definition

obscurity (as if from covering)

Derivation: feminine from H5774 (עוּף);

KJV Usage: darkness.

TWOT Reference: 1583d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) darkness

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֵיפָה (e.phah) — darkness. darkness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֵיפָה (H5890 · H5891)

noun f · מוּעָף · מָעוּף

Dark

darkness = state of absence of daylight; ≈ associated with death

AMO 4:13

Regions Under the Earth | ≈ אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת

Collocation: אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה כְּמֹו אֹפֶל

land of only darkness > world of the dead = literally: the land whose darkness is gloom, i.e. a reference to the world of the dead

JOB 10:22

name

Names of People

Ephah = man; ◄ son of Midian, son of Keturah, wife of Abraham; ► founder of a Midianite clan

GEN 25:4 · 1CH 1:33 · ISA 60:6

Names of People

Ephah = woman; ► concubine of Caleb

1CH 2:46

Names of People

Ephah = man; ◄ descendant of Caleb; tribe of Judah

1CH 2:47

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֵיפָה n.f. darkness base

Bible Occurrences (2)

10:22

4:13

Job 10:22

to a land of utter darkness......, of deep shadow and disorder..., where even the light is like darkness.”

Amos 4:13

For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man -, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.