Cloud
עָבStrong’s H5645av
Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Av is the Hebrew word usually translated “clouds”, “cloud” and “dark clouds of”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.”
Meaning
- Darkness, cloud, thicketdark cloud · cloud mass · thicket (as refuge)
How it's translated
- clouds 6
- a cloud 3
- the clouds 3
- dark clouds of 2
- to the cloud 2
- dark cloud 2
- cloud 2
- like a cloud of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 8
- Isaiah 7
- Psalms 5
- Ecclesiastes 3
- 2 Samuel 2
- 1 Kings 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 5:4LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
- 2 Samuel 22:12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- 2 Samuel 23:4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
- 1 Kings 18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
- 1 Kings 18:45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- Job 20:6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Hebrew dictionary
עָב av · cloud
1) darkness, cloud, thicket 1a) dark cloud 1b) cloud mass 1c) thicket (as refuge)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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.]
- 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
- A state of obscurity or darkness.
- A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air; as a cloud of dust.
- The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds.
All definitions and other forms of “cloud”
- 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,
- To obscure; to darken; as, to cloud the day, or truth, or reason.
- To darken in veins or spots; to variegate with colors; as clouded marble.
- To make of a gloomy aspect; to give the appearance of sullenness.
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.