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Lexicon :: Strong's H657 - 'ep̄es

Aa
אֶפֶס
Transliteration
'ep̄es
Pronunciation
eh'-fes
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 147a

Strong’s Definitions

אֶפֶס ʼepheç, eh'-fes; from H656; (sometimes like H6466) cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot:—ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H657 in the following manner: ends (13x), no (4x), none (3x), not (3x), nothing (2x), without (2x), else (2x), beside (1x), but (1x), cause (1x), howbeit (1x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H657 in the following manner: ends (13x), no (4x), none (3x), not (3x), nothing (2x), without (2x), else (2x), beside (1x), but (1x), cause (1x), howbeit (1x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. ceasing, end, finality

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶפֶס ʼepheç, eh'-fes; from H656; (sometimes like H6466) cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot:—ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).
STRONGS H657: Abbreviations
† אָ֑פֶס אֶ֫פֶס noun masculine properly ceasing, hence
1. end, extremity, only in the poetic phrase אַפְסֵי אֶרֶץ (Psalm 59:14 הארץ א׳) ends, extreme limits, of the earth, used especially hyperbolically: Deuteronomy 33:17; 1 Samuel 2:10; Micah 5:3; Jeremiah 16:19; Psalm 2:8; Psalm 59:14; Psalm 72:8 (= Zechariah 9:10); + כָּל־ Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 52:10b (= Psalm 98:3b) Psalm 22:28; Psalm 67:8; Proverbs 30:4.
2. Expressing non-existence:
a. as substantive. (mostly a rare poetic synonym of אַיִן): Isaiah 34:12 and all his princes יִהְיוּ אָ֑פֶס shall become nought, (Isaiah 41:29, 12 יִהְיוּ כְאַיִן וּכְאֶפֶס; Isaiah 40:17 מֵאֶפֶס וָתֹהוּ (|| כְּאַיִן) as made of nought and worthlessness are they accounted by him, [H659 Isaiah 41:24] (read פָּעָלְכָם מֵאָ֑פֶס, || מֵאַיִן see אֶפַע); Isaiah 52:4 and Asshur oppressed him בְּאֶפֶס for nought.
b. as particle of negation, prop. cessation of...! (compare ⬩⬩⬩אֵין nought of...), very rare in prose (2 Samuel 9:3), chiefly a poetic synonym of ׃אֵין Isaiah 5:8 עַד אֶפֶס מָקוֺם till there is an end of place = till there is no place (compare עַָד אֵין Psalm 40:13), Amos 6:10 (compare אָֽיִן Judges 4:20), Deuteronomy 32:36 (hence, in prose, 2 Kings 14:26), Isaiah 45:6 (compare אָין Isaiah 43:11) Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 46:9; Isaiah 54:15; אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֺד Zephaniah 2:15; Isaiah 47:8, 10 is probably to be rendered, 'I am, and there is none besides (so Ges Ew Di etc.), the י being 'paragogic' as in זוּלָתי etc. (Ges§ 90, 3 a Ew§ 211 b), compare וְאֵין עוֺד Isaiah 45:5, 6, 18, 21; but according to De the י is suffix of 1st person singular 'I am, and I am nought besides' (i.e. and I am nought besides my all-sufficient self). — בְּאֶפֶס (like בְּאֵין, which see) without: Proverbs 14:28; Proverbs 26:20; Job 7:6; Daniel 8:25.
c. as adverb of limitation:
(a) only: Numbers 22:35 (compare אַח Numbers 22:20) Numbers 23:13.
(b) אֶפֶס כִּי save that, howbeit (qualifying a preceding statement): Numbers 13:28; Deuteronomy 1:5; Judges 4:9; Amos 9:8 (+ 1 Samuel 1:5 Greek Version of the LXX We Sta Dr). So אֶפֶס alone 2 Samuel 12:14 (the following כִּי signifying because).

† [אֹ֫פֶס] noun [masculine] only in the dual אָפְסָ֑ים (not א׳; see Baer), literally the two extremities, i.e. either the soles of the feet (so AW Ges; compare Aramaic פִּיסְּתָא, aXtsfp, or the ankles (so Syriac Version Targum Vulgate, & most): only Ezekiel 47:2 מֵי א׳ water of (i.e. reaching to) the soles (or ankles); compare Ezekiel 47:4 מֵי מָתְנָ֑יִם water reaching to the loins.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:28; 22:20; 22:35; 23:13

Deuteronomy

1:5; 32:36; 33:17

Judges

4:9; 4:20

1 Samuel

1:5; 2:10

2 Samuel

9:3; 12:14

2 Kings

14:26

Job

7:6

Psalms

2:8; 22:28; 40:13; 59:14; 59:14; 72:8; 98:3

Proverbs

14:28; 26:20; 30:4

Isaiah

5:8; 34:12; 40:17; 41:12; 41:29; 43:11; 43:14; 45:5; 45:6; 45:6; 45:18; 45:21; 45:22; 46:9; 47:8; 47:10; 52:4; 52:10; 54:15

Jeremiah

16:19

Ezekiel

47:2; 47:4

Daniel

8:25

Amos

6:10; 9:8

Micah

5:3

Zephaniah

2:15

Zechariah

9:10

H657

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Strong's Number H657 matches the Hebrew אֶפֶס ('ep̄es),
which occurs 44 times in 43 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men; but say only what I give you to say. Then Balaam went on with the chiefs of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4 - But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, I will certainly go with you: though you will get no honour in your undertaking, for the Lord will give Sisera into the hands of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the Lord saw how bitter was the trouble of Israel, and that everyone was cut off, he who was shut up and he who went free, and that Israel had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7 - God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 - The jackals will be there, and her great ones will be gone; they will say, There is no longer a kingdom there, and all her chiefs will have come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 - You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 - So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and will make prayer to you, saying, Truly, God is among you; and there is no other God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 - Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 - See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - And the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, and after measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters, which came over my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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