עֲרָפֶל

a.ra.phelcloudHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine15 occurrences12 books15 verses

Definition

probably from H6201; gloom (as of a lowering sky)
Traditional renderings: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עֲרָפֶל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

15 total
  1. Exodus 20:21הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל · the thick darkness
    And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:11וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ · and deep
    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.
  3. Deuteronomy 5:22וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל · and the deep darkness
    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.
  4. 2 Samuel 22:10וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל · with dark clouds
    He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
  5. 1 Kings 8:12בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃ · in the thick cloud
    Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:1בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃ · in the thick cloud
    Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
  7. Job 22:13עֲרָפֶ֣ל · thick darkness
    Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
  8. Job 38:9וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל · and thick darkness
    …when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
  9. Psalm 18:9וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל · with dark clouds
    He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
  10. Psalm 97:2וַעֲרָפֶ֣ל · and darkness
    Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
  11. Isaiah 60:2וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל · and thick darkness
    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.
  12. Jeremiah 13:16לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ · thick darkness
    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.
  13. Ezekiel 34:12וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ · and darkness
    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.
  14. Joel 2:2וַעֲרָפֶ֔ל · and blackness
    …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.
  15. Zephaniah 1:15וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ · and blackness
    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,