עַפְעַף aphaph
Hebrew word for “eyelid” · Strong’s H6079 · used 10 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) eyelid; 1a) eyelid; 1b) of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)
How it is translated
Glosses given for aphaph in context, with how often each is used:
- eyelids 9
- like the eyelids 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 6 (2), Job 3 (1), Job 16 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 11 (1), Psalms 132 (1), Proverbs 4 (1), Proverbs 30 (1), Jeremiah 9 (1)
Forms
- בעפעפי 1
- עפעפי 1
- כעפעפי 1
- עפעפיו 1
- לעפעפי 1
- ועפעפיך 1
- לעפעפיך 1
- בעפעפיה 1
- ועפעפיו 1
- ועפעפינו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with aphaph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 7
- תְּנוּמָה tenumah “slumber” 2
- שַׁחַר shachar “dawn” 2
- אַל al “not” 3
- אוֹר or “light” 2
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 2
Key verses
The verses using aphaph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 3:9 — Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
- Job 16:16 — My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
- Job 41:18 — By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- Psalms 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Psalms 132:4 — I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
- Proverbs 4:25 — Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- Proverbs 6:4 — Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- Proverbs 6:25 — Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Proverbs 30:13 — There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
- Jeremiah 9:18 — And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.