אֲפֵלָה
ʼăphêlâh · af-ay-law'
duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H651 (אָפֵל);
duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
- duskiness, figuratively, misfortune
- concrete, concealment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dark, darkness, gloominess, [idiom] thick.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲפֵלָה 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in darkness2 · 20%
- and there was a thick1 · 10%
- is as darkness1 · 10%
- and dark1 · 10%
- to darkness1 · 10%
- and thy darkness1 · 10%
- ways in the darkness1 · 10%
- and of gloominess1 · 10%
- and gloominess1 · 10%
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.