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אֲפֵלָה
ʾăpēlâ
darkness
Strong's H653 Noun Hebrew TWOT 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, concealmentKJV: 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
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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.
Lemma data from STEPBible , Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Occurrence data from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible tagging.
Scripture links use the KJ3 Literal Translation.