ophel
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652. ophel

ophel: darkness, gloom
Original Word: אֹ֫פֶל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ophel
Phonetic Spelling: (o'fel)
Short Definition: darkness

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
darkness, gloom
NASB Translation
darkness (6), gloom (3).

אֹ֫פֶל noun masculine Job 3:6 darkness, gloom (only in poetry) -׳א always absolute —

1 darkness,, of night Psalm 91:6 (opposed to צָֽהֳרַיִם deep in the earth,׳אֶבֶן א Job 28:3 ("" חשֶׁח צַלְמָוֶת); darkness, gloom of underworld Job 10:22 (twice in verse) ("" אֶרֶץ חשֶׁח עֵיפָפָה׳א צַלְמָוֶת); personified Job 3:6 that nightlet darkness take it ׳יִקָּחֵהוּ א; figurative of spiritual darkness Isaiah 29:18 ("" חשֵׁח); of secrecy, treachery Psalm 11:2.

2 especially figurative of calamity, Job 23:17 ("" חשׁ ך q. v.), Job 30:26 (opposed to אוֺר ).



darkness, obscurity, privily

From the same as 'aphel; dusk -- darkness, obscurity, privily.

see HEBREW 'aphel

אֹ֗פֶל אֹ֝֗פֶל אֹ֣פֶל אֹ֥פֶל אֹֽפֶל׃ אפל אפל׃ בָּאֹ֣פֶל באפל וּמֵאֹ֣פֶל ומאפל ’ō·p̄el ’ōp̄el bā’ōp̄el bā·’ō·p̄el baOfel Ofel ū·mê·’ō·p̄el ūmê’ōp̄el umeOfel


Strong's Hebrew 652
9 Occurrences


bā·’ō·p̄el — 1 Occ.
’ō·p̄el — 7 Occ.
ū·mê·’ō·p̄el — 1 Occ.

Job 3:6
BIB: הַהוּא֮ יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ אֹ֥פֶל אַל־ יִ֭חַדְּ
NAS: [As for] that night, let darkness seize
KJV: As [for] that night, let darkness seize
INT: he seize darkness nay rejoice

Job 10:22
BIB: עֵיפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א
NAS: of utter gloom as darkness [itself], Of deep shadow
KJV: of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death,
INT: of utter as darkness deep without

Job 10:22
BIB: וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־ אֹֽפֶל׃ פ
NAS: And which shines as the darkness.
KJV: and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
INT: shines according to as the darkness

Job 23:17
BIB: וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־ אֹֽפֶל׃
NAS: Nor deep gloom [which] covers
KJV: [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
INT: my face covers gloom

Job 28:3
BIB: חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.
KJV: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
INT: searches the rock gloom and deep

Job 30:26
BIB: לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃
NAS: for light, then darkness came.
KJV: for light, there came darkness.
INT: light came darkness

Psalm 11:2
BIB: לִיר֥וֹת בְּמוֹ־ אֹ֝֗פֶל לְיִשְׁרֵי־ לֵֽב׃
NAS: To shoot in darkness at the upright
KJV: upon the string, that they may privily shoot
INT: to shoot for darkness the upright heart

Psalm 91:6
BIB: מִ֭דֶּבֶר בָּאֹ֣פֶל יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ מִ֝קֶּ֗טֶב
NAS: that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction
KJV: [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction
INT: of the pestilence darkness stalks of the destruction

Isaiah 29:18
BIB: דִּבְרֵי־ סֵ֑פֶר וּמֵאֹ֣פֶל וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ עֵינֵ֥י
NAS: of a book, And out of [their] gloom and darkness
KJV: shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
INT: words of a book of gloom and darkness the eyes

9 Occurrences


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