Greek noun (feminine) · G3507
νεφέλη
nephelenef-el'-ay
cloud
25 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nephélē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3507is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3507
properly, cloudiness, i.e. (concretely) a cloud
The King James renders it: cloud.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nephele is rendered "cloud". It stands 25 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
Matthew 17:5νεφέλη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-five uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- cloud10
- a cloud8
- clouds7
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- νεφέλη5
- νεφέλην5
- νεφέλης5
- νεφελῶν4
- νεφέλῃ3
- νεφέλαις2
- νεφέλαι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular5N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular5N-NSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural4N-GPF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural2N-DPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
four uses
While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- νεφέληnephelenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
- νεφέληςnephelesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
- νεφελῶνnephelonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: clouds
“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
- νεφελῶνnephelonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: clouds
Mark
four uses
Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
- νεφέληnephelenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
- νεφέληςnephelesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
- νεφέλαιςnephelaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: clouds
“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
- νεφελῶνnephelonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: clouds
Luke
five uses
While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
- νεφέληnephelenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
- νεφέληνnephelennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
- νεφέληςnephelesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
- νεφέληνnephelennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
- νεφέλῃnephelenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
Acts
one use
After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
- νεφέληnephelenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
1 Corinthians
two uses
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- νεφέληνnephelennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
- νεφέλῃnephelenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
1 Thessalonians
one use
After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
- νεφέλαιςnephelaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: clouds
Jude
one use
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
- νεφέλαιnephelainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: clouds
Revelation
seven uses
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- νεφελῶνnephelonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: clouds
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- νεφέληνnephelennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.
- νεφέλῃnephelenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
- νεφέληnephelenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a cloud
- νεφέληνnephelennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
- νεφέληςnephelesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
- νεφέληςnephelesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: cloud
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.