H5645: עָב
ʻâb · pronounced awb · “cloud”
Definition
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV translates it as: clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).
Word origin: (masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);
Extended definition
1a) dark cloud
1b) cloud mass
1c) thicket (as refuge)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5645 is translated
- clouds ×12
- a cloud ×4
- the clouds ×3
- dark clouds of ×2
- his ×2
- dark cloud ×2
- a cloud of ×2
- the dark cloud of ×1
- the dark clouds ×1
- cloud ×1
- thickets ×1
Bible verses with H5645 (ʻâb)
ʻâb appears in 31 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Exodus 19:9
And 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.
- Judges 5:4
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
- 2 Samuel 22:12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- 2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
- 1 Kings 18:44
And 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.
- 1 Kings 18:45
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- Job 20:6
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
- Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
- Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
- Job 30:15
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
- Job 36:29
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
- Job 37:11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
- Job 37:16
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
- Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
- Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 18:12
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
- Psalms 77:17
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
- Psalms 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- Psalms 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- Ecclesiastes 12:2
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
- Isaiah 5:6
And 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 14:14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.