Lexical Summary aphelah: darkness, gloominess, calamity Original Word: אֲפֵלָהTransliteration: aphelah Phonetic Spelling: (af-ay-law') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: darkness, gloominess, calamity Meaning: duskiness, misfortune, concealment Strong's Concordance dark, darkness, gloominess, thick Feminine of 'aphel; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment -- dark, darkness, gloominess, X thick. see HEBREW 'aphel Brown-Driver-Briggs H653. aphelah אֲפֵלָה noun feminine darkness, gloominess, calamity — ׳א Exodus 10:22 +; אֲפֵלָתְךָ Isaiah 58:10; plural אֲפֵלוֺת 59:9 — 1 darkness Deuteronomy 28:29; Proverbs 7:9 ("" לַיְלָה אִישׁוֺן); of supernatural darkness in Egypt Exodus 10:22; of day of .׳י (compare Amos 5:20 below אָפֵל) Joel 2:2; Zephaniah 1:15 (both "" רְפל ענן, חשׁך) simile of wickedness Jeremiah 23:18; Proverbs 4:19. 2 figurative of calamity Isaiah 8:22 ("" חֲשֵׁכָה), 58:10 ("" חשׁך, opposed to צהרים ), 59:9 ("" id., opposed to נגהות) |
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