Strong's H5645

עָב

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

Derivation

(masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, עָב is translated as: clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי)..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.