אֹפֶל
ʼôphel · o'fel
dusk
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H651 (אָפֵל);
dusk
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: darkness, obscurity, privily.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֹפֶל 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- let darkness1 · 11%
- as darkness1 · 11%
- is as darkness1 · 11%
- the darkness1 · 11%
- of darkness1 · 11%
- darkness1 · 11%
- that they may privily1 · 11%
- in darkness1 · 11%
- out of obscurity1 · 11%
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.