עֲרָפֶלʻărâphel

cloud, heavy cloud (Exodus 20:18; Exodus 20:21; 1 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 6:1; Deuteronomy 4:11)

Pronunciation: ar-aw-fel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6205

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 20:21 As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.
  • Deuteronomy 4:11 “You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while flames from the mountain shot into the sky. The mountain was shrouded in black clouds and deep darkness.
  • Deuteronomy 5:22 “The Lord spoke these words to all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness. This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
  • 2 Samuel 22:10 He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
  • 1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon prayed, “O Lord, you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:1 Then Solomon prayed, “O Lord, you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).