# עֲרָפֶל (arafel)

Israeli respelling: a-ra-fel. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6205. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

gloom (as of a lowering sky)

King James renderings: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/arafel-h6205

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 20:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/21) — And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
- [Deuteronomy 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/11) — And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick…
- [Deuteronomy 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/22) — These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with…
- [2 Samuel 22:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/10) — He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
- [1 Kings 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/12) — Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- [2 Chronicles 6:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/1) — Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- [Job 22:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/13) — And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- [Job 38:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/9) — When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
- [Psalms 18:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/9) — He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
- [Psalms 97:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/97/2) — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
- [Isaiah 60:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/2) — For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be…
- [Jeremiah 13:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/13/16) — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for lig…
- [Ezekiel 34:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/34/12) — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver…
- [Joel 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/2) — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a…
- [Zephaniah 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/1/15) — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of cl…