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)

In the Bible

Strong G3507 appears in 22 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cloud22
  • a1

First verses

  1. Matthew 17:5
    While 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.
  2. Matthew 24:30
    And 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.
  3. Matthew 26:64
    Jesus 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.
  4. Mark 9:7
    And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
  5. Mark 13:26
    And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
  6. Mark 14:62
    And 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.
  7. Luke 9:34
    While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
  8. Luke 9:35
    And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
  9. Luke 12:54
    And 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.
  10. Luke 21:27
    And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
  11. Acts 1:9
    And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
  12. 1 Corinthians 10:1
    Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
  13. 1 Corinthians 10:2
    And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
  14. 1 Thessalonians 4:17
    Then 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.
  15. 2 Peter 2:17
    These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
  16. Jude 1:12
    These 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;
  17. Revelation 1:7
    Behold, 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.
  18. Revelation 10:1
    And 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:
  19. Revelation 11:12
    And 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.
  20. Revelation 14:14
    And 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)]