Difference between revisions of "Cloud"

<div> '''1: '''''Νέφος''''' ''' (Strong'S #3509 — Noun Neuter — nephos — nef'-os ) </div> <p> denotes "a cloudy, shapeless mass covering the heavens." Hence, metaphorically, of "a dense multitude, a throng," &nbsp;Hebrews 12:1 . </p> <div> '''2: '''''Νεφέλη''''' ''' (Strong'S #3507 — Noun [[Feminine]] — nephele — nef-el'-ay ) </div> <p> "a definitely shaped cloud, or masses of clouds possessing definite form," is used, besides the physical element, (a) of the "cloud" on the mount of transfiguration, &nbsp;Matthew 17:5; (b) of the "cloud" which covered Israel in the Red Sea, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:1,2; (c), of "clouds" seen in the [[Apocalyptic]] visions, &nbsp;Revelation 1:7; &nbsp;10:1; &nbsp;11:12; &nbsp;14:14-16; (d) metaphorically in &nbsp;2 Peter 2:17 , of the evil workers there mentioned; but RV, "and mists" (homichle), according to the most authentic mss. In &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 4:17 , the "clouds" referred to in connection with the rapture of the saints are probably the natural ones, as also in the case of those in connection with Christ's Second [[Advent]] to the earth. See &nbsp;Matthew 24:30; &nbsp;26:64 , and parallel passages. So at the Ascension, &nbsp;Acts 1:9 . </p>