2001 Translation

NEPHELŌ, nephelō

Sounds Like: NEH-feh-loh

Translations: to a cloud, in a cloud, with a cloud

From the root: ΝΕΦΕΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a cloud, often in a literal sense as a visible mass of water droplets in the atmosphere. In a figurative sense, clouds can symbolize divine presence, glory, or a large multitude. The dative case indicates the recipient or location of an action, so it often translates as 'to a cloud' or 'in a cloud'.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3507 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Sirach — 50:6
• Revelation — 1:7

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
• ΝΕΦΕΛΗΣ — of cloud, of a cloud
• ΝΕΦΕΛΩΝ — of clouds, clouds
• ΦΕΛΩΝ — of clouds, clouds

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