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Lexicon :: Strong's H6083 - ʿāp̄ār

Aa
עָפָר
Transliteration
ʿāp̄ār
Pronunciation
aw-fawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1664a

Strong’s Definitions

עָפָר ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'; from H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud:—ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x

The KJV translates Strong's H6083 in the following manner: dust (93x), earth (7x), powder (3x), rubbish (2x), ashes (2x), morter (2x), ground (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x
The KJV translates Strong's H6083 in the following manner: dust (93x), earth (7x), powder (3x), rubbish (2x), ashes (2x), morter (2x), ground (1x).

  1. dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish

    1. dry or loose earth

    2. debris

    3. mortar

    4. ore

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָפָר ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'; from H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud:—ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
STRONGS H6083: Abbreviations
† עָפָר noun masculineLeviticus 14:42 dry earth, dust; — absolute ע׳ Genesis 2:7 +, construct עֲפַר Genesis 13:16 +; suffix עֲפָרֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12, עֲפָרוֺ Deuteronomy 9:21, etc.; plural construct עַפְרֹת Job 28:6; Proverbs 8:26; —
1. literally:
a. dry, loose earth, thrown (in malice) 2 Samuel 16:13 (|| אֲבָנִים); עַלרֿאֹשׁ וַיַעֲלוּ ע׳ Joshua 7:6 (J E; sign of grief), so Ezekiel 27:30; Lamentations 2:10, and (with זָרַק) Job 2:12; loose earth (on surface of ground) 1 Kings 18:38; Amos 2:7; Micah 1:10; Isaiah 34:7, 9; Leviticus 17:13 (H) Ezekiel 24:7 (in figurative), Numbers 5:17; Job 14:19; Job 38:38; Job 39:14; Genesis 26:15 (R), made into siege works Habakkuk 1:10; of sand-storm Deuteronomy 28:24 (+ אָבָק); as serpent's food, token of punishment and humiliation, Genesis 3:14 (J) Isaiah 65:25 (compare Micah 7:17 2e below); זֹחֲלֵי ע׳ Deuteronomy 32:24 (poem; compare 2e).
b. specifically as material of human body Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19 (J), Ecclesiastes 3:20, compare Job 4:19; Job 8:19; Psalm 103:14, to which it returns (שׁוּב אֶלֿ) Genesis 3:19; Job 10:9; Psalm 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20; so (with עַל) Job 34:15; Ecclesiastes 12:7.
c. = surface of ground Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (twice in verse); (P; הָאָרַץ ע׳), Job 19:25; Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5 (both || אֶרֶץ), surface of (whole) earth Job 41:25, מְחִלוֺת ע׳ Isaiah 2:19 (for hiding), so ע׳ alone Isaiah 2:10, compare חֹרֵי ע׳ Job 30:6; = soil, Job 5:6; Job 14:8.
d. powder of anything pulverized Deuteronomy 9:21 (twice in verse) (compare דָּ֑ק || Exodus 32:20), 2 Kings 23:6 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 23:12, 15, so in simile 2 Samuel 22:43 = Psalm 18:43, hence = ashes Psalm 18:4; Numbers 19:17.
e. debris, of ruined city 1 Kings 20:10; Ezekiel 26:4, 12; Nehemiah 3:34; Nehemiah 4:4; Psalm 102:15. The following are late:
f. earth of the grave: אֶשְׁכַּב לֶע׳ Job 7:21, so (with עַל) Job 20:11; Job 21:26, compare Job 17:16; יוֺרְדֵי ע׳ Psalm 22:30, שֹׁכְנֵי ע׳ Isaiah 26:19, יְשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַתעֿ׳ Daniel 12:2; עֲפַרמָֿוֶת Psalm 22:16; ע׳ in figure Psalm 30:10.
g. mortar (i.e. dried mud) for plastering houses Leviticus 14:41, 42, 45 (P).
h. (iron-) ore Job 28:2; עַפְרֹת זָהָב Job 28:6 gold-dust (but see סַמִּיר).
i. material of earth Isaiah 40:12, compare ראֹשׁ עַפְרֹת תֵּבֵל Proverbs 8:26 the first of the earth particles of the world.
2. figurative:
a. of abundance Genesis 13:16 (twice in verse); Genesis 28:14 (all J) 2 Chronicles 1:9; Job 27:16; Psalm 78:27 (|| חוֺל יַמִּים), compare עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב Numbers 23:10 (JE); with added idea of commonness, worthlessness Zephaniah 1:7; Zechariah 9:3.
b. of worthlessness (alone) Job 22:24.
c. simile of the scattered, dispersed 2 Kings 13:7; כֶּע׳ Isaiah 41:2 (so van d. H. Ginsb; Baer כֵּע׳; on meaning see Du Che, reading תְּשִׂימֵם for יִתֵּן).
d. of self-abasement Genesis 18:27 (+ אֵפַר), וְנִחַמְתִּי עַלעֿ׳ וָאֵפֶר Job 42:6, מִּיהוּ יִתֵּן בֶּע׳ Lamentations 3:29.
e. of humiliation (sitting or lying in dust) Isaiah 47:1; compare Isaiah 29:4 (twice in verse), Job 16:15; Job 40:13; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 119:25, simile Job 30:19; licking dust Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23; Micah 7:17, compare Tel Amarna tikalu ipra (of enemies, see WklAltor. Forsch. iii. 291; also of serpent 1a above); of י׳ raising from the dust 1 Samuel 2:8 = Psalm 113:7, 1 Kings 16:2; of lifting oneself Isaiah 52:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:7; 2:7; 3:14; 3:19; 3:19; 13:16; 13:16; 18:27; 26:15; 28:14

Exodus

8:12; 8:13; 32:20

Leviticus

14:41; 14:42; 14:42; 14:45; 17:13

Numbers

5:17; 19:17; 23:10

Deuteronomy

9:21; 9:21; 28:24; 32:24

Joshua

7:6

1 Samuel

2:8

2 Samuel

16:13; 22:43

1 Kings

16:2; 18:38; 20:10

2 Kings

13:7; 23:6; 23:12; 23:15

2 Chronicles

1:9

Nehemiah

4:4

Job

2:12; 4:19; 5:6; 7:21; 8:19; 10:9; 14:8; 14:19; 16:15; 17:16; 19:25; 20:11; 21:26; 22:24; 27:16; 28:2; 28:6; 28:6; 30:6; 30:19; 34:15; 38:38; 39:14; 40:13; 41:25; 42:6

Psalms

7:6; 18:4; 18:43; 22:16; 22:30; 30:10; 44:26; 72:9; 78:27; 102:15; 103:14; 104:29; 113:7; 119:25

Proverbs

8:26; 8:26

Ecclesiastes

3:20; 3:20; 12:7

Isaiah

2:10; 2:19; 25:12; 26:5; 26:19; 29:4; 34:7; 34:9; 40:12; 41:2; 47:1; 49:23; 52:2; 65:25

Lamentations

2:10; 3:29

Ezekiel

24:7; 26:4; 26:12; 26:12; 27:30

Daniel

12:2

Amos

2:7

Micah

1:10; 7:17; 7:17

Habakkuk

1:10

Zephaniah

1:7

Zechariah

9:3

H6083

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Strong's Number H6083 matches the Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār),
which occurs 110 times in 103 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 28:2–Mic 7:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 - Iron is taken from the earth,
And copper is smelted from ore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6 - Its stones are the source of sapphires,
And it contains gold dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6 - They had to live in the clefts of the valleys,
In caves of the earth and the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 - He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - When the dust hardens in clumps,
And the clods cling together?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 - For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:13 - Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:33 - On earth there is nothing like him,
Which is made without fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 - Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29 - All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - “What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 - Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him,
And His enemies will lick the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He also rained meat on them like the dust,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 - For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And show favor to her dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 - For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - You hide Your face, they are troubled;
You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 - He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - DALETH
My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
Or the primal dust of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust,
From the terror of the LORD
And the glory of His majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - They shall go into the holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the earth,
From the terror of the LORD
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - The fortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
And bring to the ground, down to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For He brings down those who dwell on high,
The lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Your dead shall live;
Together with my dead body[fn] they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, out of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - The wild oxen shall come down with them,
And the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
And their dust saturated with fatness.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who has measured the waters[fn] in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - “Who raised up one from the east?
Who in righteousness called him to His feet?
Who gave the nations before him,
And made him rule over kings?
Who gave them as the dust to his sword,
As driven stubble to his bow?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 - “Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no more be called
Tender and delicate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the LORD,
For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Shake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground and keep silence;
They throw dust on their heads
And gird themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Bow their heads to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 - For her blood is in her midst;
She set it on top of a rock;
She did not pour it on the ground,
To cover it with dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - ‘They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads;
They will roll about in ashes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - They pant after[fn] the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And pervert the way of the humble.
A man and his father go in to the same girl,
To defile My holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 - Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all;
In Beth Aphrah[fn]
Roll yourself in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They shall lick the dust like a serpent;
They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth.
They shall be afraid of the LORD our God,
And shall fear because of You.

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