νεφέλη

Matthew 17:5 νεφέλη νεφέλης a cloud, cloud

While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

Here: Not a weather cloud. To Jewish hearers it is the cloud of God's presence from Sinai and the tabernacle.

Matthew 24:30 νεφελῶν clouds

At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Here: In the Old Testament, clouds are God's chariot and the covering of his presence (Exodus 13:21; Psalm 104:3; Isaiah 19:1). Riding them claims divine prerogative. They are not just weather.

Matthew 26:64 νεφελῶν clouds

“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Here: In the Hebrew scriptures, clouds are God's chariot and the cover over his presence (Ps 104:3; Isa 19:1; Exod 13:21). To ride the clouds is something only God does.

Mark 9:7 νεφέλη νεφέλης a cloud, cloud

Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

Here: A real cloud. For a Jewish hearer on a mountain beside Moses, though, it is the cloud of God's presence from Sinai and the tabernacle (Exodus 24; 40).

Mark 13:26 νεφέλαις [the] clouds

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Here: Plural with no article: "in clouds". In Israel's scriptures clouds are what God appears in and rides on. Picturing a human figure in clouds puts him in God's own setting.

Mark 14:62 νεφελῶν clouds

“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Here: In Israel’s scriptures clouds are what God rides on and what surrounds his presence (Exod 19:9; Ps 104:3; Isa 19:1). Coming with clouds is a sign of divine glory and authority, not weather.

Luke 9:34 νεφέλη νεφέλην. a cloud, cloud.

While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

Here: Not mountain weather. This is the cloud of God's presence from Israel's story: the pillar of the exodus, the cloud on Sinai, the cloud that filled the tabernacle and temple.

Luke 9:35 νεφέλης cloud

And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”

Here: The cloud of God's presence, as at Sinai and over the tabernacle (Exod 19:9, 24:15–18, 40:34–35). For a Jewish hearer it meant God himself had come down. It was not weather.

Luke 12:54 νεφέλην a cloud

Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

Luke 21:27 νεφέλῃ a cloud

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Here: Singular. In Israel's scriptures the cloud is how God's own presence shows itself (Sinai, the tabernacle). In Luke it recalls the cloud at the transfiguration (9:34–35) and the cloud that takes Jesus up in Acts 1:9.

Acts 1:9 νεφέλη a cloud

After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

Here: There is no article ('a cloud'), but to Jewish ears a cloud at a moment like this meant God's presence: the cloud of Sinai and the tabernacle, the cloud at the Transfiguration, the clouds of Daniel 7:13.

1 Corinthians 10:1 νεφέλην cloud

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

Here: The cloud of God's presence that guided and protected Israel (Exod 13:21–22; 14:19–20). Being "under" it meant being under God's own guidance and protection.

1 Corinthians 10:2 νεφέλῃ cloud

They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 νεφέλαις [the] clouds

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

Here: No article: 'in clouds.' In Scripture clouds go with God's appearing (Sinai, the tabernacle, Daniel 7:13, Jesus' ascension in Acts 1:9). This is God's own setting, not just weather.

Jude 1:12 νεφέλαι clouds

These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

Here: Rain clouds, which in a dry land are a promise of rain for crops.

Revelation 1:7 νεφελῶν, clouds,

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

Here: In the Bible, clouds are what God himself rides on or appears in. Coming with them is a claim to God's own kind of appearing.

Revelation 10:1 νεφέλην, a cloud,

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Here: A single cloud worn as a robe. In Israel's Scriptures a cloud is the standard sign of God's presence and his way of travelling.

Revelation 11:12 νεφέλῃ, cloud,

And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.

Here: In Scripture the cloud goes with God's presence: the pillar of cloud in the Exodus, Sinai, the "one like a son of man" coming with the clouds in Daniel 7, Jesus taken up in a cloud in Acts 1:9.

Revelation 14:14 νεφέλη νεφέλην a cloud, cloud

And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

Here: A single cloud used as a seat. In biblical imagery a cloud is the vehicle and setting of divine presence, and this one recalls Daniel 7:13.

Revelation 14:15 νεφέλης· cloud;

Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.”

Here: The cloud of Daniel 7:13 and of God's appearing. It marks the seated figure as heavenly and sovereign.

Revelation 14:16 νεφέλης cloud

So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.