עַפְעַף ʻaphʻaph

Meaning

an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray

In the King James Version: dawning, eye-lid.

Derivation: from H5774 (עוּף);

Where it is used

• Job 3:9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
• Job 16:16 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
• Job 41:18 His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
• Psalms 11:4 The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
• Psalms 132:4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
• Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
• Proverbs 6:4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
• Proverbs 6:25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
• Proverbs 30:13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
• Jeremiah 9:18 Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.