Strong's Hebrew · H5645
עָב
ʻâb · awb
Definitionproperly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Derivation(masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);
KJV usageclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).
Occurrences32 in the KJV · 32 verses
עָב in Scripture
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 forever. 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 meanwhile, 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:
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