νέφος — cloud · Greek word G3509

νέφοςnephos

cloud

Greek · G3509 · 25 occurrences

Dictionary

νέφος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for עָב, שַׁחַק, עָנַן ;]
a mass of clouds, a cloud (cf. νεφέλη); metaphorically as in Hom., Hdt., al.), of a dense throng: Heb.12:1.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Liddell–Scott–Jones

νέφος, εος, τό,

A cloud, mass of clouds, Il. 4.275, al.; σμικροῦ νέφους ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών S. Aj. 1148; ν. ὄμβριον Ar. Nu. 288 (lyr.); ν. καὶ ὁμίχλη Pl. Ti. 49c; τὸν κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ὥσπερ ν. D. 18.188.

2 metaph. (cf. νεφέλη 1.2 ), θανάτου δὲ μέλαν ν. ἀμφεκάλυψεν Il. 16.350, cf. Od. 4.180, B. 12.64; λάθας ν. Pi. O. 7.45; σκότου ν., of blindness, S. OT 1314 (lyr.); ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν, E. Med. 107 (anap.), HF 1140; ὀφρύων ν. a cloud upon the brow, Id. Hipp. 172 (anap.); ὑπὸ τοῦ μετώπου οἷον ν. ἐπανεστηκός Arist. Phgn. 809b22; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν ν. ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου Anaxandr. 58.

II metaph., also, a cloud of men, etc., ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων, Il. 4.274, 16.66; ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν, 17.755; ν. τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων Hdt. 8.109; πενεστάων ν. Timo 39; μαρτύρων Ep.Hebr. 12.1; πολέμοιο ν. the cloud of battle, thick of the fight, Il. 17.243, cf. Ar. Pax 1090: applied by Pi. N. 10.9 to a single hero: used by Prose writers for poet. νεφέλη (q. v.). (Cf. Skt. nábhas ‘fog’, ‘cloud’, Slav. nebo ‘heaven’, Lat. nebula.)

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Where it occurs

Septuagint 23

Psalms (LXX) 103:3

Proverbs (LXX) 3:20 8:28 16:15 25:14 25:23

Job (LXX) 7:9 20:6 26:8 26:9 30:15 35:5 36:28 37:11 37:16 37:21 37:22 38:1 38:9 38:34 38:37 40:1

Isaiah (LXX) 14:14

Intertestamental 1

Wisdom of Solomon 5:21

New Testament 1

Hebrews 12:1

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