Strong's Lexicon

H653

H653 — אֲפֵלָה

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

Hebrewaphelahnoun femOccurrences: 10TWOT: 145c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H653
Word:	אֲפֵלָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H651
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	aphelah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	af-ay-law'
Meaning:	1. duskiness, figuratively, misfortune 2. (concretely) concealment
KJV Renderings:	dark, darkness, gloominess, X thick.

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אֲפֵלָה noun feminine darkness, gloominess, calamity — ׳ א Exod 10:22 +; אֲפֵלָתְךָ Isa 58:10 plural אֲפֵלוֺת Isa 59:9 —

1. darkness Deut 28:29; Prov 7:9 (|| אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה); of supernatural darkness in Egypt Exod 10:22 of day of .׳ י (compare Amos 5:20 below אָפֵל) Joel 2:2; Zeph 1:15 (both || חשׁך ענן, רְפל) simile of wickedness Jer 23:18; Prov 4:19.

2. figurative of calamity Isa 8:22 (|| חֲשֵׁכָה), Isa 58:10 (|| חשׁך, opposed to צהרים ), Isa 59:9 (|| id., opposed to נגהות)

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אפַלָה (apheh-lah’)

Exodus 10:29

KJV: And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

EHCC: there was ₪ thick darkness

Proverbs 4:19

KJV: The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

EHCC: The wa of the wicked (is) os darkness:

Proverbs 8:10

KJV: Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

EHCC: and rkness (be) as the noon day:

Joel 2:1

KJV: Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;trumpet: or, cornet

EHCC: serra ede ord of clemece,

Zephaniah 1:15

KJV: That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

EHCC: day of darkness and gloominess,

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