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Strong's #5645 - עָב

Transliteration

ʻâb

Phonetics

awb

Origin

from (H5743)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1574a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

darkness, cloud, thicket
1. dark cloud
2. cloud mass
3. thicket (as refuge)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (33)

Exodus 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 8

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

BSB (30)

Exodus 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 5

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

CSB (24)

Exodus 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

Job 8

Psalms 5

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

ESV (31)

Exodus 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 8

Psalms 5

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

KJV (32)

Exodus 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 8

Psalms 5

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

LEB (31)

Exodus 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 8

Psalms 5

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

LSB (40)

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 2

Job 10

Psalms 7

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 4

N95 (32)

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 2

Job 10

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

NAS (36)

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 2

Job 10

Psalms 7

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

Exodus 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 9

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

ASV (33)

a cloud 1

and the clouds 1

as a cloud 2

as a thick cloud 1

before him his thick clouds 1

cloud 1

clouds 1

if the clouds 1

in his thick clouds 1

into the thickets 1

is as a cloud 1

like a cloud 1

of a cloud 1

of the clouds 3

of the skies 1

the clouds 4

the thick cloud 1

them, in the clay 1

thick clouds 3

to the clouds 1

unto the clouds 1

unto thee in a thick 1

with clouds 2

yea, the clouds 1

BSB (30)

a cloud 1

and the clouds 1

and thick clouds 1

cloud 1

clouds 2

his clouds 1

how the clouds 1

in his clouds 1

is like a rain cloud 1

like a cloud 3

like clouds 1

of a cloud 1

of the clouds 1

the clouds 10

the thickets 1

with clouds 2

you in a dense 1

CSB (24)

a cloud 1

at the clouds 1

cloud 2

clouds 6

dense 1

his clouds 1

how the clouds 1

like a cloud 3

of a cloud 1

the clouds 6

the thickets 1

ESV (31)

clay 1

cloud 7

clouds 20

thick 1

thick cloud 1

thickets 1

KJV (32)

clay 1

cloud 9

clouds 20

thick 1

thickets 1

LEB (31)

⌊thick 1

a cloud 1

and the clouds 1

cloud 2

clouds 3

his clouds passed over 1

in its clouds 1

in the clay 1

in the thickets 1

is like a cloud of 1

like a cloud 3

like a cloud of 1

so that 1

the clouds 7

thick clouds 2

to the clouds 1

with clouds 2

you in ⌊a thick cloud⌋ 1

LSB (40)

cloud 9

clouds 24

thick 6

thickets 1

N95 (32)

cloud 9

clouds 18

thick 4

thickets 1

NAS (36)

cloud 8

clouds 23

thick 4

thickets 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

abroad the cloud 1

and the clouds 1

and thick clouds 1

as a cloud 2

as a thick cloud 1

before him his thick clouds 1

cloud 2

clouds 1

if the clouds 1

in his thick clouds 1

in the clay 1

into the thickets 1

is like a cloud 1

like a cloud 1

of a cloud 1

of the clouds 3

of the skies 1

the clouds 4

the thick cloud 1

thick clouds 2

to the clouds 2

to you in a thick 1

with clouds 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1508) b g (גהב GhB) AC: Thick CO: Cloud AB: ?: The pictograph g is a picture of a twisted rope with the extended meaning of darkness. The b is a picture of a tent representing what is inside. Combined these mean "darkness inside".

A) b g (גהב GhB) AC: Thick CO: Cloud AB: ?

N^m ) b g (גהב GhB) - Cloud: A thick dark cloud. KJV (32): cloud, clay, thick, thicket - Strongs: H5645 (עָב)

N^f3) t f b g (גהבות GhBWT) - I. Thick: II. Cloud: III. Braid:A thick braided rope or cord of gold. KJV (29): thick, wreathen, cord, band, bough, rope, chain, branch - Strongs: H5687 (עָבוֹת), H5688 (עֲבֹתָה)

f^m) i b g (גהבי GhBY) - Thick: KJV (4): thick, thickness - Strongs: H5672 (עֳבִי)

H) e b g (גהבה GhBH) AC: Thick CO: ? AB: ?

V) e b g (גהבה GhBH) - Thick: To be thick. Thick. KJV (3): (vf: Paal) thick - Strongs: H5666 (עָבָה)

a^m) e b g m (מגהבה MGhBH) - Clay: A thick and dark soil. KJV (1): clay - Strongs: H4568 (מַעֲבֶה)

J) b f g (גהוב GhWB) AC: ? CO: Cloud AB: ?: A thick dark covering.

V) b f g (גהוב GhWB) - Cloud: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) cloud - Strongs: H5743 (עוּב)

Adopted Roots:

A2907 B r g (Dark, Raven)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. עָב₃₃ noun masculine^{Isaiah 19:1} and ( 1 Kings 18:44 Kö^{Synt. 103}) feminine dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket; — ׳ע absolute 1 Kings 18:44 +, construct Isaiah 18:4; Proverbs 16:15; plural עָבִים Judges 5:4 +, עָבוֺת 2 Samuel 23:4 + 2 Samuel 77:18; construct עָבֵי 2 Samuel 22:12; Psalm 18:12; suffix עָבָיו Psalm 18:13 (but probably strike out, see עבר

Qal near the end); —

1 dark cloud:

a. rain-cloud Judges 5:4; Isaiah 5:6; 1 Kings 18:44,45 9t.

b. as high Isaiah 14:14; Job 20:6, + Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 31:3,10,14 (reading בְָוֺת, see עֲבֹת).

c. chariot of׳י Isaiah 19:1; Psalm 104:3; covering his eyes Job 22:14.

d. casting shadow Isaiah 25:5, compare 2 Samuel 23:4.

e. as swift Isaiah 60:8, and transient Isaiah 44:22; Job 30:15 (all simile).

f. disposed by God Job 36:29; Job 37:16.

g. טַל׳ע Isaiah 18:4 cloud of dew, dew-mist (simile).

2 (cloud-) mass, שְׁחָקִים׳ע 2 Samuel 22:12 masses of clouds (enwrapping ׳י) = Psalm 18:12 ( Psalm 13see above).

3 thicket as refuge Jeremiah 4:29 (perhaps under Aramaic influence). — עַב Exodus 19:9 see עֲבִי below עבה. I. עָב see above

List of Word Forms

בְּעַ֣ב בְּעָבִ֗ים בְּעָבָ֑יו בֶּעָבִ֔ים בֶעָבִ֖ים בַּעֲבִ֖י בעב בעבי בעביו בעבים הֶעָבִ֖ים הֶעָבִ֥ים הֶעָבִים֙ העבים וּ֝כְעָ֗ב וכעב כְּעָ֣ב כְּעָ֥ב כָּעָ֣ב כָעָב֙ כעב לָעָ֣ב לָעָ֥ב לעב עָ֑ב עָ֔ב עָ֛ב עָ֥ב עָב֔וֹת עָב֗וֹת עָבִ֖ים עָבִ֣ים עָבִ֥ים עָבֵ֥י עָבָ֥יו עב עבות עבי עביו עבים ‘ā·ḇāw ‘ā·ḇê ‘ā·ḇîm ‘ā·ḇō·wṯ ‘āḇ ‘āḇāw ‘āḇê ‘āḇîm ‘āḇōwṯ av aVav aVei aVim aVot ba‘ăḇî ba·‘ă·ḇî baaVi bə‘aḇ bə‘āḇāw be‘āḇîm bə‘āḇîm ḇe‘āḇîm bə·‘ā·ḇāw be·‘ā·ḇîm bə·‘ā·ḇîm ḇe·‘ā·ḇîm bə·‘aḇ beAv beaVav beaVim chaAv he‘āḇîm he·‘ā·ḇîm heaVim kā‘āḇ ḵā‘āḇ kā·‘āḇ ḵā·‘āḇ kaAv kə‘āḇ kə·‘āḇ keAv lā‘āḇ lā·‘āḇ laAv ū·ḵə·‘āḇ ucheAv ūḵə‘āḇ veaVim