Occurrences
ʻâb occurs 32 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), Job (8), Psalms (5), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)
- Exodus 19:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick (בְּעַ֣ב) 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.
- 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 (עָבִ֖ים) also dropped water.
- 2 Samuel 22:12 — And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds (עָבֵ֥י) of the skies.
- 2 Samuel 23:4 — And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds (עָב֔וֹת); as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
- 1 Kings 18:44 — And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud (עָ֛ב) 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.
- 1 Kings 18:45 — And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds (עָבִ֣ים) and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- Job 20:6 — Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds (לָעָ֥ב);
- Job 22:14 — Thick clouds (עָבִ֣ים) are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
- Job 26:8 — He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds (בְּעָבָ֑יו); and the cloud is not rent under them.
- Job 30:15 — Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud (וּ֝כְעָ֗ב).
- Job 36:29 — Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds (עָ֑ב), or the noise of his tabernacle?
- Job 37:11 — Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud (עָ֑ב): he scattereth his bright cloud:
- Job 37:16 — Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds (עָ֑ב), the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
- Job 38:34 — Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds (לָעָ֣ב), that abundance of waters may cover thee?
- Psalms 18:11 — He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds (עָבֵ֥י) of the skies.
- Psalms 18:12 — At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds (עָבָ֥יו) passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
- Psalms 77:17 — The clouds (עָב֗וֹת) poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
- Psalms 104:3 — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds (עָבִ֥ים) his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- Psalms 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds (בְּעָבִ֗ים), who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- Proverbs 16:15 — In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud (כְּעָ֣ב) of the latter rain.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3 — If the clouds (הֶעָבִ֥ים) 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.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4 — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds (בֶעָבִ֖ים) shall not reap.
- Ecclesiastes 12:2 — While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds (הֶעָבִ֖ים) return after the rain:
- 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 (הֶעָבִים֙) that they rain no rain upon it.
- Isaiah 14:14 — I will ascend above the heights of the clouds (עָ֑ב); I will be 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 (כְּעָ֥ב) of dew in the heat of harvest.
- Isaiah 19:1 — The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud (עָ֥ב), 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.
- 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 (עָ֔ב): the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
- Isaiah 44:22 — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud (כָעָב֙), thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
- Isaiah 60:8 — Who are these that fly as a cloud (כָּעָ֣ב), and as the doves to their windows?
- Jeremiah 4:29 — The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets (בֶּעָבִ֔ים), and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
- Ezekiel 41:25 — And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.