- Original: מאפל - Transliteration: Ma'aphel - Phonetic: mah-af-ale' - Definition: 1. darkness - Origin: from the same as H651 - TWOT entry: 145e - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From the same as H651 ; something opaque: - darkness. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • darkness, 1 Joshua 24:7