Strong H6079עַפְעַף
eyelid
- Transliteration
- ‛aph‛aph
- Pronunciation
- af-af'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H5774; an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively morning ray: - {dawning} eye-lid.
Detailed definition
1) eyelid
1a) eyelid
1b) of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)
1a) eyelid
1b) of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)
In the Bible
Strong H6079 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eyelid7
- dawning1
- let1
- mine1
First verses
- Job 3:9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
- Job 16:16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
- Job 41:18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Psalms 132:4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
- Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
- Jeremiah 9:18And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.