noun · neuter

nefem

Greekνέφος (nefos)

Strong’sG3509

a cloud, multitude, great company

stem nef-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

cloud1×

What it means

νέφος, -ους, τό,

[in LXX for עָב, שַׁחַק, עָנָן;]

a mass of clouds, a cloud (cf. νεφέλη); metaph. (as in Hom., Hdt., al.), of a dense throng: He 12:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3509 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnef'-os

a cloud

Fromapparently a primary word;

King Jamescloud.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	nefem	nefeim
of, belonging to genitive	nefeu	nefeiu
to, for dative	nefe	nefei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

nefstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

nefe is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

nefem1×

Hebrews 12:1“cloud”Toigaroun kai nis, tosoutem echarōtois perikeierōtem ni nefem marturoiu, onkon apotitheratois panton kai tan euperistatan hamartan, dia hupomonau trechaneiō ton prokeierōton ni agōnon,Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.