# H6205 עֲרָפֶל

עֲרָפֶל (ʻărâphel), Strong’s H6205: gloom (as of a lowering sky) KJV: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).. Occurs 15 times.

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*ʻărâphel* — gloom (as of a lowering sky)

KJV: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

Derived from [עָרַף ʻâraph](https://besorah.bible/word/H6201) (to droop)

Occurs 15 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֲרָפֶל n.m. cloud, heavy cloud

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 20:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=21) — The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
- [Deuteronomy 4:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/4?v=11) — You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness…
- [Deuteronomy 5:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/5?v=22) — The LORD spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the…
- [2 Samuel 22:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=10) — He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
- [1 Kings 8:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=12) — Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- [Isaiah 60:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/60?v=2) — For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise on you, and his…
- [Jeremiah 13:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/13?v=16) — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and…
- [Ezekiel 34:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/34?v=12) — As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out…
- [Joel 2:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/2?v=2) — A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great…
- [Zephaniah 1:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/1?v=15) — That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a…