89 occurrences

'Cloud' in the Bible

He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

Verse ConceptsObelisksDuring The Day

The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

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

It came between the Egyptian camp and the Israelite camp; it was a dark cloud and it lit up the night so that one camp did not come near the other the whole night.

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

In the morning watch the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian army into a panic.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfNightObelisksGod Appearing In FireGod Seeing The WickedPuzzlementcloudsarmy

As Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites and they looked toward the desert, there the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud,

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

The Lord said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you." And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyEternal LoyaltyHearing God's VoiceBelieving ProphetsTelling What People Said

On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

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

Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountainsclouds

The glory of the Lord resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

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

Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthGoing Up Mountains

And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses.

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

When all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people, each one at the entrance of his own tent, would rise and worship.

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

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyGod Going DownProclaiming God’s Name

Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

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

But when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys;

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsThings Lifted UpMoving To A New Place

but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up.

Verse ConceptsThings Lifted UpMoving On

For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be on it at night, in plain view of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Verse ConceptsHousesGod Appearing In FireDuring The Day

He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, so that he will not die.

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

On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle -- the tent of the testimony -- and from evening until morning there was a fiery appearance over the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCovering The TabernacleThe Tabernacle

This is the way it used to be continually: The cloud would cover it by day, and there was a fiery appearance by night.

Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the Israelites would begin their journey; and in whatever place the cloud settled, there the Israelites would make camp.

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

At the commandment of the Lord the Israelites would begin their journey, and at the commandment of the Lord they would make camp; as long as the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp.

Verse ConceptsSetting OutCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days, then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the Lord and did not journey.

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, they remained camped according to the Lord's commandment, and according to the Lord's commandment they would journey.

Verse ConceptsSeveral DaysCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

And when the cloud remained only from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled.

Verse ConceptsMorningOne DaySetting Out

Whether it was for two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud prolonged its stay over the tabernacle, the Israelites remained camped without traveling; but when it was taken up, they traveled on.

Verse ConceptsTwo DaysOne MonthSetting Out

On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsMonth 2

So the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.

Verse ConceptsParticular Journeys

And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled from the camp.

Verse ConceptsDuring The Day

And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRevelation, In OtProphesyingOnceOnly Onceelders

And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsRevelation, In OtGod Appearing At The Doorway

When the cloud departed from above the tent, Miriam became leprous as snow. Then Aaron looked at Miriam, and she was leprous!

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

then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud 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

When the community assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting -- and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudClouds, God's PresenceDivine Manifestations

the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go.

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

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceBlackFire Emanating From God

The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Verse ConceptsCongregationStonesTabletsVoicesAdding To GodGod Appearing In FireTwo Stone Tablets

The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the door of the tent.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsTheophanyGod Appearing At The Doorway

But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.

Verse ConceptsLooking Back

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Down

Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord's temple.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsFilling The Sanctuary

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's glory filled his temple.

Verse ConceptsecstasyTheophanyPeople's Inability To Serve GodCloud of glory

The seventh time the servant said, "Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man's hand, is rising up from the sea." Elijah then said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won't overtake you.'"

Verse ConceptsChariotsSmallnessSmall Things God UsesSmall ThingsAvoid Being Hindered

The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple.

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

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's splendor filled God's temple.

Verse ConceptsCloud of gloryMinistryThe Presence Of Godpriestsministering

You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

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

"Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

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

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

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

Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

Verse ConceptsThe RainbowGod Controls Storms

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Downclouds

He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.

Verse ConceptsGod SpeakingOld Testament Claims Inspiration

He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.

Verse ConceptsCoveringDivine ManifestationsLight, NaturalGod Appearing In Fireclouds

Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord's glorious presence.

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

Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Verse ConceptsNorthSmokeOut Of The NorthOrderly ArmysmokingSmoke Used Poetically

For this is what the Lord has told me: "I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."

Verse ConceptsdewHeatHoly Spirit, Types OfHot WeatherGod Seeing All The EarthHerbsSunshine

Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.

Verse ConceptsChariotsMeltingGod RidingGroups TremblingLosing Courage

like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSilenceHot WeatherForeigners SubduedAliensrelentless

I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you."

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

Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

Verse ConceptsThose Flyingflying

You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

Verse ConceptsBeing Yourselfclouds

As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north -- an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.

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

Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

Verse ConceptsCensersIncense Offered AmissSeventies

(The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

Verse ConceptsFilling The SanctuaryCourts Of The Temple

Then the glory of the Lord arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness 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

In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Verse ConceptsendYokesCessationDarkness During DaytimeGod Freeing CaptivesThings StoppingHer Strength

When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

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

You will advance; you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Verse ConceptsStormsCovering The EarthHer StrengthThe Storms Of Life

You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.

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

As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

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

Jesus also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and it does.

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

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

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UsePassing ThroughA Way Through The Red Seaignorance

Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Verse ConceptsLegsPillarsRainbowsStrength Of AngelsObelisksHeavenly FacesTypes Of FeetAngels Doing God's WorkOthers Going DownDistinctive ClothingThe RainbowRainbow

Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: "Come up here!" So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them.

Verse ConceptsHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityGoing Up To HeavenGod Speaks From HeavenTaken To HeavenThe Two Witnesses

Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceGoldHead coveringChrist GlorifiedSharp ToolsGold OrnamentsAngelsLike MenGreat White Throne JudgmentThe Rainbowclouds

Then another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, "Use your sickle and start to reap, because the time to reap has come, since the earth's harvest is ripe!"

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentMaturity, PhysicalThe Day Of JudgementAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In HeavenAngels Activities In The End Times

So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Verse ConceptsReaping

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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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