Strong's Lexicon

H648

H648 — אָפִיל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewaphiyladjectiveOccurrences: 1TWOT: 145d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H648
Word:אָפִיל
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from the same as H651 (in the sense of weakness)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:aphiyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:aw-feel'
Meaning:1. unripe
KJV Renderings:not grown up.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB665

אָפִיל adjective (darkened, concealed, thence) late, of crops; — אֲפִּילֹת Exod 9:32 of wheat & spelt.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אפילות (aphee-lohth’)

Exodus 9:32

KJV: But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.not grown…: Heb. hidden or, dark
EHCC: for they (were) not grown wp. (marg.
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