# עָב (av)

Israeli respelling: av. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5645. 32 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

King James renderings: clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/av-h5645

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/9) — And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for…
- [Judges 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/4) — LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds…
- [2 Samuel 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/12) — And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- [2 Samuel 23:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/4) — And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the e…
- [1 Kings 18:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/44) — And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said,…
- [1 Kings 18:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/45) — And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went…
- [2 Chronicles 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/17) — In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
- [Job 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/6) — Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
- [Job 22:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/14) — Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
- [Job 26:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/26/8) — He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
- [Job 30:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/15) — Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
- [Job 36:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/29) — Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
- [Job 37:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/11) — Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
- [Job 37:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/16) — Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
- [Job 38:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/34) — Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
- [Psalms 18:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/11) — He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- [Psalms 18:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/12) — At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
- [Psalms 77:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/17) — The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
- [Psalms 104:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/104/3) — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- [Psalms 147:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/147/8) — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- [Proverbs 16:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/15) — In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
- [Ecclesiastes 11:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/11/3) — If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the pla…
- [Ecclesiastes 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/11/4) — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- [Ecclesiastes 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/2) — While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
- [Isaiah 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/6) — And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that…
- [Isaiah 14:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/14) — I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
- [Isaiah 18:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/18/4) — For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud…
- [Isaiah 19:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/1) — The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his pr…
- [Isaiah 25:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/5) — Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terri…
- [Isaiah 44:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/22) — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
- [Isaiah 60:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/8) — Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
- [Jeremiah 4:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/29) — The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city sh…