TBESH · H0653
אֲפֵלָה · a.phe.lah · darkness
1) darkness, gloominess, calamity 2) wickedness (fig.)
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a.phe.lah H653
אֲפֵלָה (a.phe.lah) means “darkness” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אֲפֵלָה Hebrew · H653 10 tagged occurrences in 10 verses
Pronunciation guide: af-ay-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
feminine of H651 (אָפֵל); duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
KJV glosses: dark, darkness, gloominess, [idiom] thick.
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How translators render H653
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 gloom | 2 |
| and total | 1 |
| and your night | 1 |
| in gloom | 1 |
| in the darkness | 1 |
| into the dark | 1 |
| into the darkness | 1 |
| into utter darkness | 1 |
| is like the darkest gloom | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in darkness | 2 |
| and dark | 1 |
| and gloominess | 1 |
| and of gloominess | 1 |
| and there was a thick | 1 |
| and thy darkness | 1 |
| as darkness | 1 |
| in the darkness | 1 |
| to darkness | 1 |
Verses containing H653
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- Exodus 10:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
Read word by word - Proverbs 4:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Read word by word - Proverbs 7:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
Read word by word - Isaiah 8:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Read word by word - Isaiah 59:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 23:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
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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