Joel 2:2

Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data

"A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations."

Word-by-Word Analysis

A

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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and of

אֲפֵלָה

ʼăphêlâh

H653

duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment

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a

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of

עָב

ʻâb

H5645

properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

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and of

עָבֹת

ʻâbôth

H5687

intwined, i.e. dense

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חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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as the

בֹּקֶר

bôqer

H1242

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

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פָּרַשׂ

pâras

H6566

to break apart, disperse, etc.

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upon the

הַר

har

H2022

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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a

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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and a

חָזָק

châzâq

H2389

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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there hath not been

עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm

H5769

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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the

דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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לֹא

lôʼ

H3808

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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shall be

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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more

אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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it

עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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to the

שָׁנֶה

shâneh

H8141

a year (as a revolution of time)

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of

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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דּוֹר

dôwr

H1755

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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Key Terms in This Verse

gloominess H653

אֲפֵלָה ʼăphêlâh

duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment

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thick H5687

עָבֹת ʻâbôth

intwined, i.e. dense

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clouds H5645

עָב ʻâb

properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

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spread H6566

פָּרַשׂ pâras

to break apart, disperse, etc.

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generations H1755

דּוֹר dôwr

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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mountains H2022

הַר har

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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morning H1242

בֹּקֶר bôqer

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

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strong H2389

חָזָק châzâq

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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Cross References

Joel 1:6 cross-reference

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

Joel 2:5 cross-reference

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Joel 2:25 cross-reference

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Daniel 12:1 cross-reference

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that s...

Isaiah 5:30 cross-reference

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Isaiah 8:22 cross-reference

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Joel 2:31 cross-reference

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Psalm 10:6 cross-reference

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

Exodus 10:14 cross-reference

And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

Mark 13:19 cross-reference

For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

Exodus 10:6 cross-reference

And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upo...

Daniel 9:12 cross-reference

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upo...

Exodus 20:21 cross-reference

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Deuteronomy 32:7 cross-reference

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Hebrews 12:18 cross-reference

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Amos 4:13 cross-reference

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, T...

Jeremiah 13:16 cross-reference

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da...

Jude 1:13 cross-reference

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Psalm 97:2 cross-reference

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

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