Quick Definition
darkness
Strong's Definition
dusk
Derivation: from the same as H651 (אָפֵל);
KJV Usage: darkness, obscurity, privily.
TWOT Reference: 145a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) darkness, gloom
2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֹ֫פֶל (o.phel) — darkness. 1) darkness, gloom 2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֹ֫פֶל n.m. darkness, gloom darkness
esp. fig. of calamity
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