nephelē · cloud

What it means

nephelē (νεφέλη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cloud”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Vapor floating in the sky; often a sign of God's presence.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• cloud ×18
• clouds ×7

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×4
• Luke×5
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×7

• Matthew 17:5

  While he was still speaking, look, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and look, a voice from the cloud was saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

• Matthew 24:30

  And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

• Matthew 26:64

  Jesus says to him, “You have said it. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

• Mark 9:7

  And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”

• Mark 13:26

  And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

• Mark 14:62

  And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

• Luke 9:34

  And while he was saying these things, a cloud came and was overshadowing them; and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

• Luke 9:35

  And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the Chosen One; listen to him.”

• Luke 12:54

  And he was also saying to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, at once you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and so it happens.

• Luke 21:27

  And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

• Acts 1:9

  And having said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

• 1 Corinthians 10:1

  For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

• 1 Corinthians 10:2

  and all were immersed into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

• 1 Thessalonians 4:17

  then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.

• Jude 1:12

  These are the stains in your love feasts, feasting together without fear, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

• Revelation 1:7

  Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, amen.

• Revelation 10:1

  And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and the rainbow was over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

• Revelation 11:12

  And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

• Revelation 14:14

  And I looked, and look, a white cloud, and on the cloud one who sat like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

• Revelation 14:15

  And another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Send in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

• Revelation 14:16

  And the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

And 4 more times.