Strong's Lexicon
G3509 — νέφος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3509 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νέφος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | nephos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nef'-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a cloud 2. (figuratively) a large, dense crowd, a great number of people |
| KJV Renderings: | cloud |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νέφος, νέφους (allied with Latinnubes, nebula, etc.), τό, the Sept. for òÈá and òÈðÈï, a cloud; in the N. T. once tropically, a large, dense multitude, a throng: μαρτύρων, Heb 12:1; often so in secular authors, as νεφῶν Τροωον, πεζῶν, ψαρων, κολοιων, Homer, Iliad 4, 274; 16, 66; 17, 755; 23, 133; ἀνθρώπων, Herodotus 8, 109; στρουθῶν, Aristophanes av. 578; ἀκρίδων, Diodorus 3, 29; peditum equitumque nubes, Livy 35, 49. [SYNONYMS: νέφος, νεφέλη: νέφος is general, νεφέλη specific; the former denotes the great, shapeless collection of vapor obscuring the heavens; the latter designates particular and definite masses of the same, suggesting form and limit. Cf. Schmidt vol. i., chapter 36.]
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
νέφος (cloud)
Hebrews 12:1
- KJV: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset let us run with patience the race that is set before us
- GK: τοιγαρούν και ημείς τοσούτον έχοντες περικείμενον ημίν νέφος μαρτύρων όγκον αποθέμενοι πάντα και την ευπερίστατον αμαρτίαν δι΄ υπομονής τρέχωμεν τον προκείμενον ημίν αγώνα