Strong's Hebrew Concordance

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

1) darkness, cloud, thicket
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.

All 31 references

Words derived from H5645