Word Summary
nephelē: a cloud
Original Word: νεφέληTransliteration: nephelē
Phonetic Spelling: (nef-el'-ay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a cloud
Meaning: a cloud
Strong's Concordance
cloud.
From nephos; properly, cloudiness, i.e. (concretely) a cloud -- cloud.
see GREEK nephos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3507: νεφέληνεφέλη,
νεφέλης,
ἡ (
νέφος) (from
Homer down), the
Sept. especially for
עָנָן, but also for
עָב and
שַׁחַק;
a cloud: (
νεφέλη φωτεινή,
Matthew 17:5);
Matthew 24:30;
Matthew 26:64;
Mark 9:7;
Mark 13:26;
Mark 14:62;
Luke 9:34;
Luke 12:54;
Luke 21:27;
Acts 1:9;
1 Thessalonians 4:17;
2 Peter 2:17 (
Rec.);
Jude 1:12;
Revelation 1:7;
Revelation 10:1;
Revelation 11:12;
Revelation 14:14ff; of that cloud in which Jehovah is said (
Exodus 13:21f, etc.) to have gone before the Israelites on their march through the wilderness, and which Paul represents as spread over them (
ὑπό τῇ νεφέλην ἦσαν, cf.
Psalm 104:39 (); Wis. 10:17): 1 Corinthians 10:1f. (Synonym: see νέφος.)