Strong G3509νέφος
cloud
- Transliteration
- nephos
- Pronunciation
- nef'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a cloud: - cloud.
Detailed definition
νέφος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for עָב, שַׁחַק, עָנַן;]
a mass of clouds, a cloud (cf. νεφέλη); metaphorically as in Hom., Hdt., al.), of a dense throng: Heb.12:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עָב, שַׁחַק, עָנַן;]
a mass of clouds, a cloud (cf. νεφέλη); metaphorically as in Hom., Hdt., al.), of a dense throng: Heb.12:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3509 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cloud1
First verses
- Hebrews 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
νέφος, εος, τό,
cloud, mass of clouds, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.275, +others; σμικροῦ νέφους ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1148; ν. ὄμβριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 288 (Lyric poetry); ν. καὶ ὁμίχλη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 49c; τὸν κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ὥσπερ ν. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.188.)]
2 metaphorically [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (νεφέλη 1.2), θανάτου δὲ μέλαν ν. ἀμφεκάλυψεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.350, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.180, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.64; λάθας ν. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.45)]; σκότου ν., of blindness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1314 (Lyric poetry))]; ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 107 (_anapaest meter_), “HF” 1140)]; ὀφρύων ν. a cloud upon the brow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 172 (_anapaest meter_); ὑπὸ τοῦ μετώπου οἷον ν. ἐπανεστηκός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 809b22; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν ν. ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 58.)]
II metaphorically, also, a cloud of men, etc., ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.274, 16.66)]; ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (17.755; ν. τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.109)]; πενεστάων ν.[NT (Timo 39; μαρτύρων NT.Heb.12.1)]; πολέμοιο ν. the cloud of battle, thick of the fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.243, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1090: applied by 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.9 to a single hero: used by Prose writers for poetry νεφέλη (which see))]. (Cf. Sanskrit nábhas 'fog', 'cloud', Slavonic nebo 'heaven', Latin nebula.)
cloud, mass of clouds, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.275, +others; σμικροῦ νέφους ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1148; ν. ὄμβριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 288 (Lyric poetry); ν. καὶ ὁμίχλη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 49c; τὸν κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ὥσπερ ν. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.188.)]
2 metaphorically [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (νεφέλη 1.2), θανάτου δὲ μέλαν ν. ἀμφεκάλυψεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.350, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.180, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.64; λάθας ν. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.45)]; σκότου ν., of blindness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1314 (Lyric poetry))]; ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 107 (_anapaest meter_), “HF” 1140)]; ὀφρύων ν. a cloud upon the brow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 172 (_anapaest meter_); ὑπὸ τοῦ μετώπου οἷον ν. ἐπανεστηκός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 809b22; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν ν. ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 58.)]
II metaphorically, also, a cloud of men, etc., ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.274, 16.66)]; ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (17.755; ν. τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.109)]; πενεστάων ν.[NT (Timo 39; μαρτύρων NT.Heb.12.1)]; πολέμοιο ν. the cloud of battle, thick of the fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.243, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1090: applied by 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.9 to a single hero: used by Prose writers for poetry νεφέλη (which see))]. (Cf. Sanskrit nábhas 'fog', 'cloud', Slavonic nebo 'heaven', Latin nebula.)