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עָב H5645
H5645 is the Hebrew word עָב, transliterated ʻâb and said awb. The King James Version most often renders it clouds.
What it means
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse.
Where it comes from
(masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 30 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).
Verses using עָב
All 30 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 19:9 · KJV
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.
Judges 5:4 · KJV
LORD, 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 22:12 · KJV
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2 Samuel 23:4 · KJV
And 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 18:44 · KJV
And 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 18:45 · KJV
And 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.
2 Chronicles 4:17 · KJV
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
Job 22:14 · KJV
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Job 26:8 · KJV
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Job 36:29 · KJV
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job 37:11 · KJV
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Job 37:16 · KJV
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Job 38:34 · KJV
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Psalm 18:11 · KJV
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalm 18:12 · KJV
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalm 77:17 · KJV
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
Psalm 104:3 · KJV
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Psalm 147:8 · KJV
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Proverbs 16:15 · KJV
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Ecclesiastes 11:3 · KJV
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 · KJV
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 · KJV
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Isaiah 5:6 · KJV
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 14:14 · KJV
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isaiah 18:4 · KJV
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isaiah 19:1 · KJV
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isaiah 25:5 · KJV
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
Isaiah 44:22 · KJV
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah 60:8 · KJV
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Jeremiah 4:29 · KJV
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5645 mean?
H5645 is the Hebrew word עָב (ʻâb), meaning properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse.
How is H5645 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it clouds (12 times), cloud (5 times), thick clouds (4 times), thick cloud (2 times), thick (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5645 appear in the Bible?
עָב (ʻâb) is tagged in 30 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5645 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: (masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב).
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