Strong’s
H652Noun, masculine9 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Job 3:6אֹפֶל
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
- Psalm 11:2אֹפֶל
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- Isaiah 29:18וּמֵאֹפֶל
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֹ֫פֶל n.m. darkness, gloom
1. darkness
2. esp. fig. of calamity
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.