Strong's Hebrew · H6205
עֲרָפֶל
ʻărâphel · ar-aw-fel'
Definitiongloom (as of a lowering sky)
Derivationprobably from H6201 (עָרַף);
KJV usage(gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
Occurrences16 in the KJV · 15 verses
עֲרָפֶל in Scripture
Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was .
Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
1 Kings 8:12
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Job 22:13
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
Psalms 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Isaiah 60:2
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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