UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ὁμίχλη; -ης

Sense 1: fog, mist

Semantic entry: 1.35

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Atmospheric Objects

Definition: a cloud-like mass of moisture close to the earth's surface

Notes: In the NT ὁμίχλη is used only figuratively: οὗτοί εἰσιν πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι καὶ ὁμίχλαι ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι ‘these men are dried up springs or mists blown along by a storm’ RV PE2 2:17 · LV PE2 2:17 · Read together PE2 2:17. The metaphorical usage in RV PE2 2:17 · LV PE2 2:17 · Read together PE2 2:17 must be marked in a number of languages as a simile, for example, ‘these men are like springs that have dried up and are like mists which the storm blows along.’

PE2 2:17: RV PE2 2:17 · LV PE2 2:17 · Read together PE2 2:17

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OET-RV PE2 2:17

17 These men are like waterless fountains and like mists driven by storms, and the gloomy darkness is reserved for them

OET-LV PE2 2:17

17 These are waterless springs, and mists being _driven by storm, for _whom the darkness of_ the _darkness has _been _kept.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὁμίχλη

Form 1

Sense 1: fog, mist