6205. araphel

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araphel: Thick darkness, gloom

Original Word: עֲרָפֶל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `araphel
Pronunciation: ah-rah-fel
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-aw-fel')
KJV: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness)
NASB: thick darkness, thick cloud, thick gloom, deep darkness, gloom, gloomy
Word Origin: [probably from H6201 (עָרַף - drop)]

1. gloom (as of a lowering sky)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

gross, thick dark cloud,

Probably from araph; gloom (as of a lowering sky) -- (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

see HEBREW araph

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from araph
Definition
cloud, heavy cloud
NASB Translation
deep darkness (1), gloom (1), gloomy (1), thick cloud (3), thick darkness (7), thick gloom (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֲרָפֶל noun masculine cloud, heavy cloud (perhaps from above √ + ל afformative; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Syriac ; ᵑ7 עֲרָפֵילָא; Mandean ארפילא Nö^{M 126, 128}; on vocaliz. see Ba^{NB 160 and against him} Schw^{ZAW x (1890), 178} who proposes עַרְמֶּל); — ׳ע in which God dwells Exodus 20:18 (Gi; van d. H. Exodus 20:21), 1 Kings 8:12 2Chronicles 6:1; + עָנָן Deuteronomy 4:11 (also חשֶׁח), Deuteronomy 5:19; Psalm 97:2; Job 22:13 see בַּעַד; תַּחַת רַגְלָיו ׳ע 2 Samuel 22:10 = Psalm 18:10; as swaddling-bands of sea Job 38:9; figurative of misery Isaiah 60:2 ("" חשֶׁח); of ׳יs judgment Jeremiah 13:16 ("" צַלְמָוֶת), as a past day ׳יוֺם עָנָן וַע Ezekiel 34:12 = (of future day of ׳י) Zephaniah 1:15 ("" יוֺם חשֶׁח וַאֲפֵלָה) = Joel 2:2 ("" id.).

Forms and Transliterations

בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃ בערפל׃ הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל הערפל וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל וַעֲרָפֶ֔ל וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל וַעֲרָפֶ֣ל וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ והערפל וערפל וערפל׃ לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ לערפל׃ עֲרָפֶ֣ל ערפל ‘ă·rā·p̄el ‘ărāp̄el araFel bā‘ărāp̄el bā·‘ă·rā·p̄el baaraFel hā‘ărāp̄el hā·‘ă·rā·p̄el haaraFel la‘ărāp̄el la·‘ă·rā·p̄el laaraFel vaaraFel vehaaraFel wa‘ărāp̄el wa·‘ă·rā·p̄el wə·hā·‘ă·rā·p̄el wəhā‘ărāp̄el

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 20:21
HEB: נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל־ הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁ֖ם
NAS: approached the thick cloud where
KJV: drew near unto the thick darkness where God
INT: approached about the thick after in it

Deuteronomy 4:11
HEB: חֹ֖שֶׁךְ עָנָ֥ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
KJV: of heaven, with darkness, clouds,
INT: darkness cloud and thick

Deuteronomy 5:22
HEB: הָאֵשׁ֙ הֶֽעָנָ֣ן וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל ק֥וֹל גָּד֖וֹל
NAS: [of] the cloud and [of] the thick gloom, with a great
KJV: of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
INT: of the fire the cloud and the thick voice A great

2 Samuel 22:10
HEB: שָׁמַ֖יִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃
NAS: also, and came down With thick darkness under
KJV: also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
INT: the heavens and came thick under his feet

1 Kings 8:12
HEB: אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
KJV: that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
INT: has said dwell the thick

2 Chronicles 6:1
HEB: אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכּ֖וֹן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
KJV: that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
INT: has said dwell the thick

Job 22:13
HEB: אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃
NAS: through the thick darkness?
KJV: can he judge through the dark cloud?
INT: God through the thick judge

Job 38:9
HEB: עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
KJV: the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband
INT: A cloud garment and thick swaddling

Psalm 18:9
HEB: שָׁ֭מַיִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃
NAS: also, and came down With thick darkness under
KJV: also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
INT: the heavens and came thick under his feet

Psalm 97:2
HEB: עָנָ֣ן וַעֲרָפֶ֣ל סְבִיבָ֑יו צֶ֥דֶק
NAS: Clouds and thick darkness surround
KJV: Clouds and darkness [are] round about
INT: Clouds and thick surround Righteousness

Isaiah 60:2
HEB: יְכַסֶּה־ אֶ֔רֶץ וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל לְאֻמִּ֑ים וְעָלַ֙יִךְ֙
NAS: the earth And deep darkness the peoples;
KJV: the earth, and gross darkness the people:
INT: will cover the earth and deep the peoples and

Jeremiah 13:16
HEB: (וְשִׁ֖ית ק) לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: [And] turns [it] into gloom.
KJV: [and] make [it] gross darkness.
INT: deep apply gloom

Ezekiel 34:12
HEB: בְּי֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: on a cloudy and gloomy day.
KJV: in the cloudy and dark day.
INT: day A cloudy and gloomy

Joel 2:2
HEB: י֤וֹם עָנָן֙ וַעֲרָפֶ֔ל כְּשַׁ֖חַר פָּרֻ֣שׂ
NAS: of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn
KJV: of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning
INT: A day of clouds and thick as the dawn is spread

Zephaniah 1:15
HEB: י֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
NAS: A day of clouds and thick darkness,
KJV: a day of clouds and thick darkness,
INT: A day of clouds and thick

15 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6205
15 Occurrences

‘ă·rā·p̄el — 1 Occ.
bā·‘ă·rā·p̄el — 2 Occ.
hā·‘ă·rā·p̄el — 1 Occ.
la·‘ă·rā·p̄el — 1 Occ.
wa·‘ă·rā·p̄el — 9 Occ.
wə·hā·‘ă·rā·p̄el — 1 Occ.