H5645 עָב
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 32 KJV occurrences
עָב
ʻâb · awb
Definition
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV Renderings
clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).
Derivation / Etymology
(masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 32)
- Exodus 19:9And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
- 1 Kings 18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
- Job 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
- Job 37:11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
- Psalms 18:12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
- Proverbs 16:15In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
- Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Isaiah 25:5Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.