1) darkness, gloominess, calamity 2) wickedness (fig.)
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H653 — אֲפֵלָה
a.phe.lah · darkness · Hebrew/Aramaic
9 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 10:22 · אֲפֵלָ֛הAnd Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness—thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;Deuteronomy 28:29 · בָּאֲפֵלָ֔הand thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.Proverbs 4:19 · כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑הThe way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.Proverbs 7:9 · וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃In the twilight—in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.Isaiah 8:22 · וַאֲפֵלָ֖הAnd unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness!—Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!Isaiah 58:10 · וַאֲפֵלָתְךָ֖And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.Isaiah 59:9 · בָּאֲפֵל֥וֹתTherefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness—in thick darkness we go,Jeremiah 23:12 · בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔הTherefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.Zephaniah 1:15 · וַאֲפֵלָ֔הA day of wrath is that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.