And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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קָדַר
H6937 · qâdar · kaw-dar' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
KJV usage
be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), × heavily, (cause to) mourn.
KJV renderings in this mapping
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Mapped occurrences
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.