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ΝΕΦΕΛΗΣ, νεφελης
NEPHELĒS, nephelēs
Sounds Like: NEH-feh-lees
Translations: of cloud, of a cloud
From the root: ΝΕΦΕΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a cloud, a visible mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. It is often used metaphorically to describe a large, dense group of people or things, or to represent something that obscures or overshadows. In biblical contexts, it can signify God's presence or guidance, as seen in the pillar of cloud that led the Israelites.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3507 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:29
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 19:12, 19:19
- Psalms — 98:7
- Job — 36:29
- Wisdom — 2:4
- Sirach — 24:4
- Isaiah — 19:1
- Joel — 2:2
- Zephaniah — 1:15
- Matthew — 17:5
- Mark — 9:7
- Luke — 9:35
- Revelation — 14:15, 14:16
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 4:106
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 13:21, 13:22, 14:19, 14:24, 19:9, 24:16, 24:18, 33:9, 33:10
- Numbers — 9:22, 12:5, 14:14
- Deuteronomy — 31:15
- 1 Kings — 8:11
- 2 Chronicles — 5:13, 5:14
- Nehemiah — 9:12, 9:19
- Psalms — 98:7
- Job — 36:29
- Wisdom — 2:4
- Sirach — 24:4, 50:6
- Isaiah — 19:1
- Ezekiel — 34:12
- Joel — 2:2
- Zephaniah — 1:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΕΦΕΛΗ.
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.
- ΝΕΦΕΛΑΙ — clouds
- ΝΕΦΕΛΑΙΣ — to clouds, in clouds, with clouds, by clouds
- ΝΕΦΕΛΑΣ — of a cloud, of clouds, cloud, a cloud, clouds
- ΝΕΦΕΛΕ — cloud, a cloud
- ΝΕΦΕΛΗ — cloud, a cloud
- ΝΕΦΕΛΗΝ — cloud, a cloud
- ΝΕΦΕΛΩ — to a cloud, in a cloud, with a cloud
- ΝΕΦΕΛΩΝ — of clouds, clouds
- ΦΕΛΩΝ — of clouds, clouds
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