Strong G3507νεφέλη
cloud
- Transliteration
- nephelē
- Pronunciation
- nef-el'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3509; properly cloudiness that is (concretely) a cloud: - cloud.
Detailed definition
νεφέλη, -ης, ἡ
(νέφος), [in LXX chiefly for עָנָן, also for עָב, etc.;]
a cloud (single and specific as opposite to νεφος, a great indefinite mass of vapour): Mat.17:5 24:30 26:64, Mrk.9:7 13:26 14:62, Luk.9:34-35 12:54 21:37, Act.1:9, 1Th.4:17, Ju 12, Rev.1:7 10:1 11:12 14:14-16; of the pillar of cloud in the wilderness (Exo.14:19-20, Psa.105:39, al.): 1Co.10:1-2.†
(AS)
(νέφος), [in LXX chiefly for עָנָן, also for עָב, etc.;]
a cloud (single and specific as opposite to νεφος, a great indefinite mass of vapour): Mat.17:5 24:30 26:64, Mrk.9:7 13:26 14:62, Luk.9:34-35 12:54 21:37, Act.1:9, 1Th.4:17, Ju 12, Rev.1:7 10:1 11:12 14:14-16; of the pillar of cloud in the wilderness (Exo.14:19-20, Psa.105:39, al.): 1Co.10:1-2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3507 appears in 22 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cloud22
- a1
First verses
- Matthew 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- Matthew 24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
- Matthew 26:64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
- Mark 9:7And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
- Mark 13:26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
- Mark 14:62And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
- Luke 9:34While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
- Luke 9:35And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
- Luke 12:54And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
- Luke 21:27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
- Acts 1:9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- 1 Corinthians 10:2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- 2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
- Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Revelation 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
- Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
- Revelation 11:12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
- Revelation 14:14And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νεφέλη, ἡ,
(νέφος) cloud, mass of clouds (distinguished from ὁμίχλη, mist or fog, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346b33), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.20, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 745, etc.)]; ν. κυανέη, πορφυρέη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.75, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.551; ἐριβρόμου νεφέλας στρατός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.11; νεφέλαι πόκοις ἐρίων ὁμοῖαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 13.)]—Mostly poetry, but found in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.8, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus)] [same places], and in late Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.777e, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 24.)]
2 metaphorically, νεφέλη δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε κυανέη, of death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.417)]; τὸν δ᾽ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα a cloud of sorrow,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (17.591, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 528 (_anapaest meter_); πολέμου ν. 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89; φόνου ν. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.38, compare “I.” 7(6).27)]; Κενταύρου φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ, i.e. with his blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 831 (Lyric poetry))]; κελαινῶπις ν., of sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.7.)]
II of clouds in urine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 12, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.252.)]
II.2 ={νεφέλιον} 11.2, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.20.)]
II.3 cloud on a mirror, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Insomniis” 459b30.)]
III fine bird-net, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 194, 528 (_anapaest meter_), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.37, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 1.2, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.25d: in _sing._, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.11 (1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus), 109 (Antip.), 185 (1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus).)]
IV Alchem., sublimate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.50 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
(νέφος) cloud, mass of clouds (distinguished from ὁμίχλη, mist or fog, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346b33), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.20, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 745, etc.)]; ν. κυανέη, πορφυρέη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.75, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.551; ἐριβρόμου νεφέλας στρατός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.11; νεφέλαι πόκοις ἐρίων ὁμοῖαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 13.)]—Mostly poetry, but found in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.8, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus)] [same places], and in late Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.777e, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 24.)]
2 metaphorically, νεφέλη δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε κυανέη, of death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.417)]; τὸν δ᾽ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα a cloud of sorrow,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (17.591, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 528 (_anapaest meter_); πολέμου ν. 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89; φόνου ν. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.38, compare “I.” 7(6).27)]; Κενταύρου φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ, i.e. with his blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 831 (Lyric poetry))]; κελαινῶπις ν., of sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.7.)]
II of clouds in urine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 12, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.252.)]
II.2 ={νεφέλιον} 11.2, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.20.)]
II.3 cloud on a mirror, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Insomniis” 459b30.)]
III fine bird-net, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 194, 528 (_anapaest meter_), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.37, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 1.2, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.25d: in _sing._, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.11 (1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus), 109 (Antip.), 185 (1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus).)]
IV Alchem., sublimate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.50 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]