Quick Definition
eyelid
Strong's Definition
an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
Derivation: from H5774 (עוּף);
KJV Usage: dawning, eye-lid.
TWOT Reference: 1582b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) eyelid
1a) eyelid
1b) of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַפְעַף (aph.aph) — eyelid. 1) eyelid 1a) eyelid 1b) of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m pl · עוף
| ≈ עַיִן
eyelids = the folds of skin ► that cover the eye when closed
| ≈ עַיִן
eyes literally: eyelids; hence: = a poetic reference to the eye
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עַפְעַף] n.m. eyelid base