Words the Bible translates as cloud
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- nephelēνεφέληa cloud: in the New Testament, almost always the visible sign that God is present and on the move
- ananעָנָןa cloud: a mass of water vapor in the sky, and above all the cloud in which the LORD shows and hides his presence.
- avעָבa dense, dark cloud, especially a heavy storm or rain cloud
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- a thicket: dense undergrowth or brushwood that offers cover
- nephosνέφοςa cloud, used figuratively for a vast, dense throng of people
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקclouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
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- fine dust: the thin film of powder left when something is ground down
- araphelעֲרָפֶלthe dense, dark storm-cloud in which God draws near, present yet hidden from sight
- ananעֲנָןcloudnot studied yet
- ananahעֲנָנָהcloudnot studied yet
- ariphעָרִיףcloudnot studied yet
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