Word Study · Strong's H5890 · Hebrew

עֵיפָה

ephah

ay-faw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻêyphâh

“obscurity (as if from covering)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

obscurity (as if from covering)

Rendered in the KJV as

darkness.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

עֵיפָ֔ה1
עֵיפָ֨תָה׀1

How it is rendered · 1

darkness2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · feminine singular2

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HNcfsa · 2

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Where this word lives

Job1 of 2 · 50%
Amos1 of 2 · 50%

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Job1 occurrence

Job 10:22עֵיפָ֨תָה׀ʾeifatahnoun · feminine singularto a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”here: darkness

Amos1 occurrence

Amos 4:13עֵיפָ֔הʾeifahnoun · feminine singularFor behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”here: darkness

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled עֵיפָה

H5891 · 5×

עֵיפָה

ephah

“Ephah, the name of a son of Midian, and of the region settled by him”

Read Job 10:22 in context →