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Cloud

νέφοςStrong’s G3509

nephos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Nephos is the Greek word usually translated “cloud”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”
Hebrews 12:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “cloud”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a cloud 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    νέφος nephos · cloud

    νέφος, -ους, τό [in LXX for עָב, שַׁחַק, עָנַן ;] a mass of clouds, a cloud (cf. νεφέλη); metaphorically as in Hom., Hdt., al.), of a dense throng: Heb.12:1.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “cloud” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CLOUD, noun

    [I have not found this word in any other language. The sense is obvious--a collection.]

    1. A collection f visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the atmosphere, at some altitude.“I do set my bow in the cloud” Genesis 9:13“Behold, a white cloud” Revelation 14:14
    2. A state of obscurity or darkness.
    3. A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air; as a cloud of dust.
    4. The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds.
    All definitions and other forms of “cloud”
    1. A great multitude; a vast collection.“Seeing we are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses” Hebrews 12:1

    CLOUD, verb transitive

    To overspread with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded; clouds intercept the rays of the sun. Hence,

    1. To obscure; to darken; as, to cloud the day, or truth, or reason.
    2. To darken in veins or spots; to variegate with colors; as clouded marble.
    3. To make of a gloomy aspect; to give the appearance of sullenness.
    4. To sully; to tarnish.

    CLOUD, verb intransitive

    To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; sometimes followed by over; as, the sky clouds over.

      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.