cloud
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
νέφος, -ους, τό [in LXX for עָב, שַׁחַק, עָנַן;] a mass of clouds, a cloud (cf. νεφέλη); metaph. as in Hom, Hdt, al.), of a dense throng: Heb.12:1. (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
νέφος, εος, τό,
cloud, mass of clouds, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκότου ν, of blindness, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀφρύων ν.
a cloud upon the brow, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically, also,
a cloud of men, etc, ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πενεστάων ν.[
NT]; πολέμοιο ν.
the cloud of battle,
thick of the fight, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit
nábhas 'fog', 'cloud', Slavonic
nebo 'heaven', Latin
nebula.)
Definition:
a cloud; cloud; apparently a primary word;