עֲרָפֶל
ʻărâphel · ar-aw-fel'
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H6201 (עָרַף);
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads
To see and know of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲרָפֶל 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and darkness3 · 20%
- in the thick darkness2 · 13%
- unto the thick darkness1 · 7%
- with darkness1 · 7%
- and of the thick darkness1 · 7%
- through the dark cloud1 · 7%
- thereof, and thick darkness1 · 7%
- and gross darkness1 · 7%
- it gross darkness1 · 7%
- and dark1 · 7%
- and of thick darkness1 · 7%
- and thick darkness1 · 7%
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.