King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6079
Transliteration: aphaph
Phonetic Spelling: (af-af')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: eyelid
Meaning: an eyelash, morning ray
Word Summary
aphaph: eyelid
Original Word: עַפְעַףTransliteration: aphaph
Phonetic Spelling: (af-af')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: eyelid
Meaning: an eyelash, morning ray
Strong's Concordance
dawning, eye-lid From uwph; an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray -- dawning, eye-lid.
see HEBREW uwph
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6079. aphaph
[עַפְעַף] noun masculineJeremiah 9:17 eyelid (Late Hebrew id.; from fluttering ?); — only dual construct (see below) and suffix עַפְעַמַּי Job 16:16; Psalm 132:4, עַפְעַמֶּיךָ Proverbs 4:25; 6:4, etc.; — eyelids, usually nearly = eyes (6 t. "" עֵינַיִם), as weeping, עַפְעַמֵּינוּ Jeremiah 9:17; closed in sleep Psalm 132:4; Proverbs 6:4, compare of צַלְמָוֶת Job 16:16; looking Proverbs 4:25 compare Psalm 11:4 (of ׳י, testing men); used seductively by wanton women Proverbs 6:25; raised, in arrogance (' superciliousness ' 30:13; figurative עַפְעַמֵּישָֿׁ֑חַר Job 3:9 eyelids of dawn, break of dawn, 41:10 (simile).