H653 · אֲפֵלָה
ʼăphêlâh · af-ay-law' · darkness, gloominess
H653 (ʼăphêlâh, pronounced af-ay-law') is the Hebrew word אֲפֵלָה in Strong’s dictionary: duskiness, figuratively, misfortune. It appears 10 times in 10 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- אֲפֵלָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʼăphêlâh
- Pronunciation
- af-ay-law'
- Derivation
- feminine of H651 (אָפֵל);
- Definition
- duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
- Rendered in the KJV
- dark, darkness, gloominess, [idiom] thick.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
10 occurrences in 10 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “and gloom” ×2
- “and total” ×1
- “and your night” ×1
- “in gloom” ×1
- “in the darkness” ×1
- “into the dark” ×1
- “into the darkness” ×1
- “into utter darkness” ×1
By book
Exodus 1 · Deuteronomy 1 · Proverbs 2 · Isaiah 3 · Jeremiah 1 · Joel 1 · Zephaniah 1
Verses
- Exodus 10:22
- Deuteronomy 28:29
- Proverbs 4:19
- Proverbs 7:9
- Isaiah 8:22
- Isaiah 58:10
- Isaiah 59:9
- Jeremiah 23:12
- Joel 2:2
- Zephaniah 1:15
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H653.