Words the Bible translates as thick darkness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- araphelעֲרָפֶלthe dense, dark storm-cloud in which God draws near, present yet hidden from sight
- aphelahאֲפֵלָהthick darkness: dark heavy enough that a person cannot see the way, and the disaster that such dark stands for
- ophelאֹפֶלgloom: darkness, in a rare word Hebrew poets use for the dark of the grave, of hidden violence, and of disaster
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