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Job 22:14
“Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָבʻâb · awb
H5645 · Hebrew
H5645 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
- Derivation
- (masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);
- KJV renderings
- clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).
- Grammar
- עָבִ֣ים — common noun, both genders, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 32 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 19:9Judges 5:42 Samuel 22:122 Samuel 23:41 Kings 18:44
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.