To swell
עָפַלStrong’s H6075aphal (a-phal)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aphal is the Hebrew word usually translated “presumed” and “it is swollen”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.”
Meaning
- To lift up, swell, be lifted up(Pual) to swell · (Hiphil) to be bold, be swelled
- To presume, be heedless(Hiphil) to be heedless, show heedlessness
How it's translated
- and they presumed 1
- it is swollen 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- Habakkuk 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
עָפַל aphal · to swell
1) to lift up, swell, be lifted up 1a) (Pual) to swell 1b) (Hiphil) to be bold, be swelled
עָפַל aphal · to presume
1) to presume, be heedless 1a) (Hiphil) to be heedless, show heedlessness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “presumed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRESU'MED, participle passive
Supposed or taken to be true, or entitled to belief, without positive proof.
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.