Quick Definition
darkness
Strong's Definition
dusk
Derivation: from the same as H651 (אָפֵל);
KJV Usage: darkness, obscurity, privily.
TWOT Reference: 145a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) darkness, gloom
2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) darkness, gloom
2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֹפֶל
ôphel
BDB Definition:
1) darkness, gloom
2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H651
Same Word by TWOT Number: 145a
Total KJV Occurrences: 9
