2001 Translation

NEPHŌN, nephōn

Sounds Like: NEH-fohn

Translations: of clouds

From the root: ΝΕΦΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: ΝΕΦΩΝ is the genitive plural form of the noun ΝΕΦΟΣ (nephos), meaning 'cloud'. It is used to indicate possession or origin, so it translates to 'of clouds'. For example, one might speak of 'the rain of clouds' or 'something coming from the clouds'.

Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Neuter

Strong’s number: G3507 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:47

Codex Sinaiticus

• Job — 20:6, 37:16, 37:21

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 16:43
• Book Six — 5:28

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Job — 20:6, 37:16, 37:21, 38:1
• Wisdom — 5:21
• Isaiah — 14:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΕΦΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΝΕΦΕΙ — cloud, a cloud
• ΝΕΦΕΣΙ — (to) clouds, (for) clouds, (with) clouds, (by) clouds, cloud, a cloud
• ΝΕΦΗ — clouds, the clouds
• ΝΕΦΟΣ — cloud, a cloud
• ΝΕΦΟΥΣ — of a cloud, of cloud, a cloud, cloud
• ΝΕΦΩ — I am clouded, I am covered with clouds, I am obscured

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