651. aphel
Strong's Lexicon
aphel: Dark, darkness, gloomy

Original Word: אָפֵל
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: aphel
Pronunciation: ah-FAYL
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-fale')
Definition: Dark, darkness, gloomy
Meaning: dusky

Word Origin: Derived from the root אָפַל (aphal), which means "to be dark" or "to grow dark."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4655 (σκότος, skotos): Often used in the New Testament to describe darkness, both literal and metaphorical.

- G4653 (σκοτία, skotia): Refers to darkness, particularly in a spiritual or moral sense.

Usage: The Hebrew word "aphel" is used to describe physical darkness or gloominess. It often conveys a sense of obscurity or lack of light, both in a literal and metaphorical sense. In the Bible, it can refer to the absence of light in a physical space or symbolize spiritual or moral darkness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, light and darkness were powerful symbols. Light often represented God's presence, truth, and righteousness, while darkness symbolized chaos, evil, and judgment. The concept of darkness was not only a physical reality but also a spiritual metaphor for separation from God and the absence of His guidance.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as ophel
Definition
gloomy
NASB Translation
gloom (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אָפֵל adj. gloomy, of day of ׳י Amos 5:20 ("" כשׁך opp נֹגַהּ) compareאֲפֵלָה .

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
very dark

From an unused root meaning to set as the sun; dusky -- very dark.

Forms and Transliterations
וְאָפֵ֖ל ואפל veaFel wə’āp̄êl wə·’ā·p̄êl
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Englishman's Concordance
Amos 5:20
HEB: וְלֹא־ א֑וֹר וְאָפֵ֖ל וְלֹא־ נֹ֥גַֽהּ
NAS: of light, Even gloom with no
KJV: and not light? even very dark, and no brightness
INT: no of light gloom no brightness

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 651
1 Occurrence


wə·’ā·p̄êl — 1 Occ.















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