Definition

duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment

Etymology

feminine of H651 (אָפֵל);

Word family

• אָפֵל ʼâphêl

How the KJV renders it

• dark
• darkness
• gloominess
• thick

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.