Gloominess
κατήφειαStrong’s G2726katēpheia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Katēpheia is the Greek word usually translated “gloom”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “gloom”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gloom 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
κατήφεια katēpheia · gloominess
κατήφεια, -ας, ἡ (κατηφής, downcast, Wis.17:4 *), dejection: Jas.4:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gloominess” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GLOOM'INESS, noun
Want of light; obscurity; darkness; dismalness.
- Want of cheerfulness; cloudiness of look; heaviness of mind; melancholy; as, to involve the mind in gloominess
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.