Quick Definition
cloud
Strong's Definition
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
Derivation: probably from H6201 (עָרַף);
KJV Usage: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
TWOT Reference: 1701b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲרָפֶל (a.ra.phel) — cloud. cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · ערף
Clouds | Dark | ≈ אֲפֵלָה · חֹשֶׁךְ · עָנָן
thick clouds, darkness = state of total absence of light, usually associated with dense clouds and God's presence and activity
EXO 20:21 · DEU 4:11 · DEU 5:22 · 2SA 22:10 · 1KI 8:12 · 2CH 6:1 · JOB 22:13 · JOB 38:9 · PSA 18:10 · PSA 97:2 · ISA 60:2 · JER 13:16 · EZK 34:12 · JOL 2:2 · ZEP 1:15
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲרָפֶל n.m. cloud, heavy cloud base