What does νέφος (néphos) mean in the Bible?
νέφος (néphos): Dense multitude of people, evoking cloud imagery for overwhelming crowds surrounding believers.
Greek · G3509
νέφος
A cloud
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νέφοςG3509
Pronunciationnéphos
What does νέφος (néphos) mean in the Bible?
νέφος (néphos): Dense multitude of people, evoking cloud imagery for overwhelming crowds surrounding believers.
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How does the BSB render G3509?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include cloud (1).
Where does νέφος (néphos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 12:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itcloud1×Hebrews 12:1
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First aligned rowHebrews 12:1
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Hebrews1
Source forms
νέφος1xnephosHebrews 12:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xHebrews 12:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Dense multitude of people, evoking cloud imagery for overwhelming crowds surrounding believers.
Strong'sG3509
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a cloud
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 12:1Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
νέφοςnefov
a cloud, multitude, great company
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · NeuterHeb 12:11×
Word Origins
νέφος is a primary word - no further derivation.
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