עָב
ʻâb · awb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Lexicon
Derivation: (masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
- properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17)
- specifically, a (scud) cloud
- also, a copse
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within
To see and know of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the clouds5 · 16%
- of the clouds3 · 9%
- and thick clouds2 · 6%
- cloud2 · 6%
- with clouds2 · 6%
- as a cloud2 · 6%
- unto thee in a thick1 · 3%
- clouds1 · 3%
- them, in the clay1 · 3%
- unto the clouds1 · 3%
- thick clouds1 · 3%
- in his thick clouds1 · 3%
- the thick cloud1 · 3%
- to the clouds1 · 3%
- that was before him his thick clouds1 · 3%
- is as a cloud1 · 3%
- if the clouds1 · 3%
- nor the clouds1 · 3%
- and like a cloud1 · 3%
- of a cloud1 · 3%
- as a thick cloud1 · 3%
- into thickets1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.