TBESH · H6205
עֲרָפֶל · a.ra.phel · cloud
cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness
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a.ra.phel H6205
עֲרָפֶל (a.ra.phel) means “cloud” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
עֲרָפֶל Hebrew · H6205 15 tagged occurrences in 15 verses
Pronunciation guide: ar-aw-fel' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
probably from H6201 (עָרַף); gloom (as of a lowering sky)
KJV glosses: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
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How translators render H6205
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and blackness | 2 |
| and darkness | 2 |
| and thick darkness | 2 |
| in the thick cloud | 2 |
| thick darkness | 2 |
| with dark clouds | 2 |
| and deep | 1 |
| and the deep darkness | 1 |
| the thick darkness | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and darkness | 3 |
| in the thick darkness | 2 |
| and dark | 1 |
| and gross darkness | 1 |
| and of the thick darkness | 1 |
| and of thick darkness | 1 |
| and thick darkness | 1 |
| gross darkness | 1 |
| thereof and thick darkness | 1 |
| through the dark cloud | 1 |
| unto the thick darkness | 1 |
| with darkness | 1 |
Verses containing H6205
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- Exodus 20:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 5:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 8:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 6:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Read word by word - Job 22:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Read word by word - Job 38:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Read word by word - Psalms 18:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.10
- Psalms 97:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
Read word by word - Isaiah 60:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 13:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 34:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
Read word by word - Joel 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
Read word by word - Zephaniah 1:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
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