Definition

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

Etymology

(masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב);

Where the KJV renders it

• clay
• (thick) cloud
• thick
• thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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