אֲפֵלָה
ʾăpēlâ
darkness
Strong's H653NounHebrewTWOT 145c

אֲפֵלָה (ʾăpēlâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning darkness. It appears 10 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H653).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 145c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 145c)darkness, gloominess, calamity; duskiness, misfortune, concealment; dark
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אֲפֵלָה noun, feminine: darkness, gloominess, calamity

Strong's H653 אֲפֵלָה: duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
KJV:dark, darkness, gloominess, × thick.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 145: אפל ʾpl — disappear, depart, set

See it in Scripture

Proverbs 4:19Isaiah 58:10Jeremiah 23:12

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