Araphel עֲרָפֶל

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Araphel (Hebrew עֲרָפֶל, Strong's H6205) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “cloud”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness

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

KJV	darkness (13), cloud (1), dark (1)
BSB	thick darkness (5), dark clouds (2), thick cloud (2), darkness (2), blackness (2), deep (1), deep darkness (1)

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

Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

1 Kings 8:12
Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;

Job 22:13
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

Psalm 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

Isaiah 60:2
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Zephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

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.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).