Quick Definition
cloud
Strong's Definition
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Derivation: from H7833 (שָׁחַק);
KJV Usage: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
TWOT Reference: 2367a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁ֫חַק (sha.chaq) — cloud. 1) dust, cloud 1a) fine dust 1b) (thin) cloud
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁחק
Clouds
cloud = a visible collection of condensed water vapor hanging in the atmosphere, often high above the ground ≈ also used to represent God's presence and activity
Regions Above the Earth | noun m pl
skies = the area above the earth, the location of sun, moon, and stars, the realm of the birds and God's primary residence; seen as the source of dew, rain, hail, snow, thunder and lightning, and sometimes even food; associated with what is high and remote, created by God and bound to disappear one day
DEU 33:26 · JOB 35:5 · JOB 36:28 · JOB 37:18 · JOB 37:21 · JOB 38:37 · PSA 36:6 · PSA 57:11 · PSA 68:35 · PSA 78:23 · PSA 89:7 · PSA 89:38 · PSA 108:5 · PRO 8:28 · ISA 45:8 · JER 51:9
noun m
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁ֫חַק n.m. dust, cloud (as fine, thin) base