Av עָב

Av (Hebrew עָב, Strong's H5645) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “cloud”. It occurs 31 times in 31 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Av, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• 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 ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

Judges

• 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 also dropped water.O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:12
  And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
• 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 earth by clear shining after rain.is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

1 Kings

• 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, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
• 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 to Jezreel.Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

Job

• Job 20:6
  Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
• Job 22:14
  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
• Job 26:8
  He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
• Job 30:15
  Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
• Job 36:29
  Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
• Job 37:11
  Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
• Job 37:16
  Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
• Job 38:34
  Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

Psalms

• Psalm 18:11
  He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
• Psalm 18:12
  At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalm 77:17
  The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
• Psalm 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:laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
• Psalm 147:8
  Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 16:15
  In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Ecclesiastes

• 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 place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
• Ecclesiastes 11:4
  He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
• 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:before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

Isaiah

• 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 they rain no rain upon it.I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
• Isaiah 14:14
  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
• 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 of dew in the heat of harvest.For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
• 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 presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
• 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 terrible ones shall be brought low.like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.
• 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.I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
• Isaiah 60:8
  Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?

Jeremiah

• 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 shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).