- Original: עב - Transliteration: `ab - Phonetic: awb - Definition: 1. darkness, cloud, thicket a. dark cloud b. cloud mass c. thicket (as refuge) - Origin: from H5743 - TWOT entry: 1574a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Masculine and feminine; from H5743 ; properly an envelope that is darkness (or density 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically a (scud) cloud; also a copse: - clay (thick) cloud X thick thicket. Compare H5672 . Total KJV Occurrences: 32 • cloud, 9 1 Kings 18:44; Job 30:15; Job 37:11; Proverbs 16:15; Isaiah 18:4; Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 25:5; Isaiah 44:22; Isaiah 60:8 • clouds, 20 Judges 5:4; 2 Samuel 22:12; 2 Samuel 23:4; 1 Kings 18:45; Job 20:6; Job 22:14; Job 26:8; Job 36:29; Job 37:16; Job 38:34; Psalm 18:11; Psalm 18:12; Psalm 77:17; Psalm 104:3; Psalm 147:8; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Ecclesiastes 11:4; Ecclesiastes 12:2; Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 14:14 • thick, 2 Exodus 19:9; Ezekiel 41:25 • thickets, 1 Jeremiah 4:29