Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6079
עַפְעַף
aphaphaf-af'
eyelid
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻaphʻaph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6079is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6079
an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
The King James renders it: dawning, eye-lid.
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
aphaph is rendered "eyelid". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 3:9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Job 3:9בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and eyelids its1
- and eyelids our1
- and eyelids your1
- eyelids his1
- eyelids my1
- like eyelids of1
- on eyelids of1
- to eyelids my1
- to eyelids your1
- with eyelids her1
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 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 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
- בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־1
- בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃1
- וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יו1
- וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ1
- וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ1
- כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־1
- לְֽעַפְעַפַּ֥י1
- לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃1
- עַפְעַפַּ֣י1
- עַפְעַפָּ֥יו1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp1bp
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncmpc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs
Job
three uses
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
- בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־beafapei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on eyelids of
My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
- עַפְעַפַּ֣יʾafapainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: eyelids my
His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
- כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־keafapei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like eyelids of
Psalms
two uses
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- עַפְעַפָּ֥יוʾafapavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: eyelids his
I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
- לְֽעַפְעַפַּ֥יleafapaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to eyelids my
Proverbs
four uses
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
- וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָveafapeikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and eyelids your
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
- לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃leafapeikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to eyelids your
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃beafapeihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: with eyelids her
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
- וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יוveafapavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and eyelids its
Jeremiah
one use
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
- וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּveafapeinuconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and eyelids our
The letters
Gematria 300· 1,020 mispar gadol
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.