- Original: אפל - Transliteration: 'ophel - Phonetic: o'fel - Definition: 1. darkness, gloom 2. spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.) - Origin: from the same as H651 - TWOT entry: 145a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From the same as H651 ; dusk: - darkness obscurity privily. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • darkness, 7 Job 3:6; Job 10:22(2); Job 23:17; Job 28:3; Job 30:26; Psalm 91:6 • obscurity, 1 Isaiah 29:18 • privily, 1 Psalm 11:2