Mist
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"a mist," especially a dimness of the eyes, is used in Acts 13:11 . "In the single place of its Nt use it attests the accuracy in the selection of words, and not least of medical words, which 'the beloved physician' so often displays. For him it expresses the mist of darkness ... which fell on the sorcerer Elymas, being the outward and visible sign of the inward spiritual darkness which would be his portion for a while in punishment for his resistance to the truth" (Trench, Syn., c).
"a mist" (not so thick as nephos and nephele, "a cloud"), occurs in 2 Peter 2:17 (1st part), Rv, "mists;" some mss. have nephelai, "clouds" (Av).
is rendered "mist" in the Av of 2 Peter 2:17 (2nd part), Rv, "blackness;" "murkiness" would be a suitable rendering. For this and other synonymous terms see Blackness , Darkness.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
(2): ( v. t.) To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.
(3): ( v. i.) To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.
(4): ( n.) Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
(5): ( n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.
King James Dictionary [3]
Mist, n. L. mixtus, mistus, from misceo, to mix.
1. Water falling in very numerous, but fine and almost imperceptible drops.
A mist is a multitude of small but solid globules, which therefore descend.
2. That which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Mist, To cloud to cover with vapor.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Genesis 2:6 Job 36:27 Isaiah 44:22 Hosea 13:3 James 4:14 2 Peter 2:17
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
( אד , 'ēdh ; ἀχλύς , achlús , ὁμίχλη , homı́chlē ): Mist is caused by particles of water vapor filling the air until it is only partially transparent. Mist and haze produce much the same effect, the one being due to moisture in the atmosphere and the other to dust particles. Mist or fog is not common on the plains of Palestine and Syria at sea-level, but is of almost daily occurrence in the mountain valleys, coming up at night and disappearing with the morning sun (The Wisdom of Song of Solomon 2:4 ). It is nothing else than a cloud touching the land. In the account of creation, "there went up a mist from the earth," giving a description of the warm humid atmosphere of the carboniferous ages which agrees remarkably with the teaching of modern science ( Genesis 2:6 ). The word is used figuratively in Acts 13:11 to describe the shutting out of light. Those who bring confusion and uncertainty are compared to "mists driven by a storm" ( 2 Peter 2:17 ). See Vapor .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(אֵד, ed, Genesis 2:6) signifies a rising vapor, a fog, or cloud, which again distils upon the ground ( Job 36:27). The Chaldee paraphrase renders it עננא, the cloud.
