Strong's Hebrew #653 - אֲפֵלָה aphelah (darkness)

dark, darkness, gloominess, thick

Feminine of 'aphel; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment -- dark, darkness, gloominess, X thick.

see HEBREW 'aphel

1) darkness, gloominess, calamity
2) wickedness (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H651
Same Word by TWOT Number: 145c

אֲפֵלָה noun feminine darkness, gloominess, calamity — ׳א Exodus 10:22 +; אֲפֵלָתְךָ Isaiah 58:10; plural אֲפֵלוֺת Isaiah 59:9 —

1 darkness Deuteronomy 28:29; Proverbs 7:9 ("" אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה); of supernatural darkness in Egypt Exodus 10:22; of day of .׳י (compare Amos 5:20 below אָפֵל) Joel 2:2; Zephaniah 1:15 (both "" חשׁך ענן, רְפל) simile of wickedness Jeremiah 23:18; Proverbs 4:19.

2 figurative of calamity Isaiah 8:22 ("" חֲשֵׁכָה), Isaiah 58:10 ("" חשׁך, opposed to צהרים ), Isaiah 59:9 ("" id., opposed to נגהות)

Strong's Hebrew: 653. אֲפֵלָה (aphelah) — 10 Occurrences

Exodus 10:22
HEB: וַיְהִ֧י חֹֽשֶׁךְ־ אֲפֵלָ֛ה בְּכָל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: the sky, and there was thick darkness
KJV: toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness
INT: become darkness thick all the land

Deuteronomy 28:29
HEB: יְמַשֵּׁ֤שׁ הָעִוֵּר֙ בָּאֲפֵלָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תַצְלִ֖יחַ
NAS: gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper
KJV: gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper
INT: gropes as the blind darkness and you will not prosper

Proverbs 4:19
HEB: דֶּ֣רֶךְ רְ֭שָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑ה לֹ֥א יָ֝דְע֗וּ
NAS: of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know
KJV: of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know
INT: the way of the wicked darkness not know

Proverbs 7:9
HEB: בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃
NAS: of the night and [in] the darkness.
KJV: in the black and dark night:
INT: the middle of the night and the darkness

Isaiah 8:22
HEB: מְע֣וּף צוּקָ֔ה וַאֲפֵלָ֖ה מְנֻדָּֽח׃
NAS: and [they will be] driven away into darkness.
KJV: and [they shall be] driven to darkness.
INT: the gloom of anguish darkness driven

Isaiah 58:10
HEB: בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ אוֹרֶ֔ךָ וַאֲפֵלָתְךָ֖ כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃
NAS: in darkness And your gloom [will become] like midday.
KJV: in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
INT: darkness your light and your gloom midday

Isaiah 59:9
HEB: חֹ֔שֶׁךְ לִנְגֹה֖וֹת בָּאֲפֵל֥וֹת נְהַלֵּֽךְ׃
NAS: For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
KJV: [but] we walk in darkness.
INT: darkness brightness gloom walk

Jeremiah 23:12
HEB: לָהֶ֗ם כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙ בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה יִדַּ֖חוּ וְנָ֣פְלוּ
NAS: away into the gloom and fall down
KJV: shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on,
INT: will be like slippery the gloom away and fall

Joel 2:2
HEB: י֧וֹם חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וַאֲפֵלָ֗ה י֤וֹם עָנָן֙
NAS: of darkness and gloom, A day
KJV: of darkness and of gloominess, a day
INT: A day of darkness and gloom A day of clouds

Zephaniah 1:15
HEB: י֥וֹם חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ וַאֲפֵלָ֔ה י֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן
NAS: of darkness and gloom, A day
KJV: of darkness and gloominess, a day
INT: A day of darkness and gloom A day of clouds