108 occurrences

'Cloud' in the Bible

And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud,

Verse ConceptsVisibilityThe RainbowRainbow

And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, God's with NoahImmortality, In OtThe Eternal CovenantGod Seeing All The EarthGod Remembering His CovenantPromises concerningThe RainbowRainbow

And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitGod's Action TomorrowThose Who Deceived

And the Lord did as Moses said, and took away the cloud of flies from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people; not one was to be seen.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronFliesResidueTaking AnimalsGod Answered Prayerbugs

The pillar of cloud went ever before them by day, and the pillar of fire by night.

Verse ConceptsObelisksDuring The Day

Then the angel of God, who had been before the tents of Israel, took his place at their back; and the pillar of cloud, moving from before them, came to rest at their back:

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordGuardiansDivine ManifestationsHeaven And AngelsAngels Helping UsThe Angel Of GodObelisksGod Going BeforeCamping During The ExodusAngelic Guardianshipmovement

And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalDivine Protection, Examples OfStanding At A DistanceComing BetweenLight In The WorldCamping During The Exodus

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfNightObelisksGod Appearing In FireGod Seeing The WickedPuzzlementcloudsarmy

And while Aaron was talking to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of the waste land, and they saw the glory of the Lord shining in the cloud.

Verse ConceptsAppearances Of God In OtClouds, Miraculous UsesClouds, God's PresenceTheophanyDivine ManifestationsGod, Presence OfJudgement In The Wilderness

And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyEternal LoyaltyHearing God's VoiceBelieving ProphetsTelling What People Said

And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

Verse ConceptsStanding At A Distancedistance

And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.

Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountainsclouds

And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysGod's VoiceDay 7Cloud of glory

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthGoing Up Mountains

And whenever Moses went into the Tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and took its place by the door of the Tent, as long as the Lord was talking with Moses.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLonelinessPillarsDivine ManifestationsTent Of MeetingTheophanySolitudeObelisksGod Appearing At The DoorwayEntering The TabernacleGod Speaking

And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent, and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his tent.

Verse ConceptsStandingTent Of MeetingWorship, Places OfWorship, Reasons ForObelisksGod Appearing At The DoorwayWorshipping God

And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyGod Going DownProclaiming God’s Name

Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudAurasFilling The SanctuaryCovering The TabernacleCloud of gloryThe Presence Of Godcloudssmoking

So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsWorship, Results OfFilling The SanctuaryEntering The TabernacleUnable To Do Other ThingsCloud of glory

And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsThings Lifted UpMoving To A New Place

But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.

Verse ConceptsThings Lifted UpMoving On

For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.

Verse ConceptsHousesGod Appearing In FireDuring The Day

And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.

Verse ConceptsSmokeCovering The ArkDeath Due To God's PresencePropitiatory [Mercy Seat]smoking

And on the day when the House was put up, the cloud came down on it, on the Tent of witness; and in the evening there was a light like fire over the House till the morning.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCovering The TabernacleThe Tabernacle

And so it was at all times: it was covered by the cloud, and by a light as of fire by night.

And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsSetting OutCamping During The ExodusMoving OnMoving To A New Placeuncertaintycloudsmovement

At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place.

Verse ConceptsSetting OutCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the order of the Lord, did not go on.

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on.

Verse ConceptsSeveral DaysCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward.

Verse ConceptsMorningOne DaySetting Out

Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.

Verse ConceptsTwo DaysOne MonthSetting Out

Now in the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was taken up from over the Tent of witness.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsMonth 2

And the children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran.

Verse ConceptsParticular Journeys

And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

Verse ConceptsDuring The Day

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRevelation, In OtProphesyingOnceOnly Onceelders

And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsRevelation, In OtGod Appearing At The Doorway

And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.

Verse ConceptsBodydiseasesMiracles, Nature OfSnowAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Bringing God's JudgmentWhite HairDisease

And they will give the news to the people of this land: they have had word that you, Lord, are present with this people, letting yourself be seen face to face, and that your cloud is resting over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyProtection Day And NightBeing Face To Face With GodObelisksGod Going BeforeGod Appearing In FireHearing About GodGiving InformationGod Is Among You

Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudClouds, God's PresenceDivine Manifestations

Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansJourneyDivine ManifestationsGod Going BeforeGod Appearing In FireLearning The Right WayCamping During The Exodus

These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.

Verse ConceptsCongregationStonesTabletsVoicesAdding To GodGod Appearing In FireTwo Stone Tablets

And the Lord was seen in the Tent in a pillar of cloud resting by the door of the Tent.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsTheophanyGod Appearing At The Doorway

And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

Verse ConceptsWingsCherubim, Functions OfGod RidingGod In The WindThose Flying

Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsFilling The Sanctuary

So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsecstasyTheophanyPeople's Inability To Serve GodCloud of glory

And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

Verse ConceptsChariotsSmallnessSmall Things God UsesSmall ThingsAvoid Being Hindered

And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfDivine ManifestationsGod, The EternalPraise, Manner And Methods OfSongsVoicesCloud of gloryinstruments

So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsCloud of gloryMinistryThe Presence Of Godpriestsministering

And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsLight, NaturalPillarsObelisksGod Appearing In FireLight In The WorldDuring The DayGod Has GuidedNavigation

Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentGuidance, Receiving God'sObelisksGod Appearing In FireLight In The WorldGod Not ForsakingDuring The DayGod Has Guided

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseGrave, TheSheolWeather, As God's JudgmentThe Finality Of DeathDisappearanceDeath Is Final

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDivision Of WatersOut Of The NorthGod Sending RainWaters DividingWork Ethiccloudsweight

By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceAstronomyThe Moon

Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

Verse ConceptsBlackShadowsHiding From God

The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

Verse ConceptsThe RainbowGod Controls Storms

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

Verse ConceptsWrapping A Baby

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

Verse ConceptsWingsCherubim, Functions OfGod RidingGod In The WindThose FlyingCherubimsoaring

His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them.

Verse ConceptsGod SpeakingOld Testament Claims Inspiration

A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.

Verse ConceptsCoveringDivine ManifestationsLight, NaturalGod Appearing In Fireclouds

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

Verse ConceptsRainSpringWeather, As God's JudgmentFavorSmilingcloudsspringtime

And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfDivine ManifestationsSmokeGod Appearing In FireCloud of glorysmokingzion

The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.

Verse ConceptsChariotsMeltingGod RidingGroups TremblingLosing Courage

As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSilenceHot WeatherForeigners SubduedAliensrelentless

And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfThunderWeather, As God's JudgmentArm Of GodFire Of God's AngerPaying Attention To GodLightning Used MetaphoricallyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseMistMorningOffenceRepentance, Importance OfSin, Deliverance From GodSin BearerWeather, As God's JudgmentRepentanceGod Has Forgivenredeemed

Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?

Verse ConceptsThose Flyingflying

How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsZion, As A SymbolGod ForgettingLosing HonourThe Coming Day Of God's WrathFeelings Of Alienation

Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.

Verse ConceptsBeing Yourselfclouds

And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfClouds, God's PresenceProstrationRainbowsRainSymbolsGod's Glory In IsraelGod Is LightAppearancesGod's VoiceAppearances ofCloud of gloryThe RainbowColorRainbowcloudsadorationepiphany

And before them seventy of the responsible men of the children of Israel had taken their places, every man with a vessel for burning perfumes in his hand, and in the middle of them was Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan; and a cloud of smoke went up from the burning perfume.

Verse ConceptsCensersIncense Offered AmissSeventies

Now the winged ones were stationed on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the inner square was full of the cloud.

Verse ConceptsFilling The SanctuaryCourts Of The Temple

And the glory of the Lord went up from the winged ones and came to rest over the doorstep of the house; and the house was full of the cloud and the open square was full of the shining of the Lord's glory.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfTheophanyThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchFilling The SanctuaryGod Appearing At The DoorwayGod Is LightCourts Of The TempleCherubimCloud of glory

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseLast DaysThe Fact Of That DayNear The Time GenerallyDespairclouds

And at Tehaphnehes the day will become dark, when the yoke of Egypt is broken there, and the pride of her power comes to an end: as for her, she will be covered with a cloud, and her daughters will be taken away prisoners.

Verse ConceptsendYokesCessationDarkness During DaytimeGod Freeing CaptivesThings StoppingHer Strength

And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.

Verse ConceptsMoonEclipsesDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesLuciferThe Moon

And you will go up, you will come like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your forces, and a great number of peoples with you.

Verse ConceptsStormsCovering The EarthHer StrengthThe Storms Of Life

And you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land; and it will come about, in the last days, that I will make you come against my land, so that the nations may have knowledge of me when I make myself holy in you, O Gog, before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelEnd Of The WorldCovering The EarthNations Attacking Israel

O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.

Verse ConceptsdewLoyaltyMistMorningUnreliabilityWeather, As God's JudgmentLukewarmnessInstabilityWhat Does God Do?

So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.

Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsBlackLargenessDark DaysUnique EventsLarge Armies

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

Verse ConceptsBlackSorrowGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That DayThe Ungodly SufferingThe Coming Day Of God's WrathAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbancescloudswrath

And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfClouds, Miraculous UsesClouds And Jesus ChristSpeech, DivineFear, Of UnknownShadow Of GodThose Frightened Of God

Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseRainWestShowersWeather ForecastsOut Of The WestWeather In The Last Dayscloudsweather

For it is my desire, my brothers, that you may keep in mind how all our fathers were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea;

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UsePassing ThroughA Way Through The Red Seaignorance

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Definition
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חזיז 
Chaziyz 
Usage: 3

כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

נשׂא נשׂיא 
Nasiy' 
Usage: 134

עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

עוּב 
`uwb 
cover with a cloud
Usage: 1

ענן 
`anan (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

ענן 
`anan 
Usage: 87

עננה 
`ananah 
Usage: 1

ערפל 
`araphel 
Usage: 16

שׁחק 
Shachaq 
Usage: 21

νεφέλη 
Nephele 
Usage: 20

νέφος 
Nephos 
Usage: 1

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