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Lexicon :: Strong's H665 - 'ēp̄er

Aa
אֵפֶר
Transliteration
'ēp̄er
Pronunciation
ay'-fer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to bestrew
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 150a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵפֶר ʼêpher, ay'-fer; from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes:—ashes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H665 in the following manner: ashes (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H665 in the following manner: ashes (22x).

  1. ashes

  2. (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵפֶר ʼêpher, ay'-fer; from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes:—ashes.
STRONGS H665: Abbreviations
† אֵ֫פֶר noun [masculine] ashes (as light, flying?) — א׳ absolute Genesis 18:27 +; construct Numbers 19:9, 10 — ashes of red heifer, used in purifications Numbers 19:9, 10; on head, as sign of humiliation 2 Samuel 13:19; contrition Daniel 9:3 (|| צוֺם, שַׂק), Jonah 3:6 (|| שַׂק) compare Job 42:6 (עָפָר וא׳), Isaiah 58:5 (|| שַׂק); mourning Esther 4:1, 3(|| שַׂק) compare Job 2:8 (ישׁב בתוך הא׳), Jeremiah 6:26 (|| שַׂק), Ezekiel 27:30 (|| עפר); in simile scattereth hoarfrost כָּא׳ Psalm 147:16; but also as filthy, loathsome כעפר וא׳ Job 30:19 (Di simile of mourning, grief), as worthless, מִשְׁלֵי א׳ Job 13:12 proverbs of ashes; figurative of worthlessness Isaiah 44:20; insignificance עפר וא׳ Genesis 18:27; ignominy Ezekiel 28:18; Malachi 3:21; distress & sorrow כַּלָּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי א׳ Psalm 102:10 (so Assyrian compare ZimBP 42) compare Lamentations 3:16; Isaiah 61:3 (אֵפֶר תַּחַת פְּאֵר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:27; 18:27

Numbers

19:9; 19:9; 19:10; 19:10

2 Samuel

13:19

Esther

4:1; 4:3

Job

2:8; 13:12; 30:19; 42:6

Psalms

102:10; 147:16

Isaiah

44:20; 58:5; 61:3

Jeremiah

6:26

Lamentations

3:16

Ezekiel

27:30; 28:18

Daniel

9:3

Jonah

3:6

H665

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Strong's Number H665 matches the Hebrew אֵפֶר ('ēp̄er),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And H6030➔ Abraham H85 answered ➔H6030 and said, H559 Behold H2009 now, H4994 I have taken upon me H2974 to speak H1696 unto H413 the Lord, H136 which H595 am but dust H6083 and ashes: H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - And H622➔ a man H376 that is clean H2889 shall gather up ➔H622 the ashes H665 of the heifer, H6510 and lay H3240➔ them up ➔H3240 without H2351 the camp H4264 in a H4725➔ clean H2889 place, ➔H4725 and it shall be H1961 kept H4931 for the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 for a water H4325 of separation: H5079 it H1931 is a purification for sin. H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And H3526➔ he that gathereth H622 the ashes H665 of the heifer H6510 shall wash ➔H3526 his clothes, H899 and be unclean H2930 until H5704 the even: H6153 and it shall be H1961 unto the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and unto the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among them, H8432 for a statute H2708 for ever. H5769

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - And H3947➔ Tamar H8559 put ➔H3947 ashes H665 on H5921 her head, H7218 and H3801➔ rent H7167 her garment ➔H3801 of divers colours H6446 that H834 was on her, H5921 and laid H7760 her hand H3027 on her H5921 head, H7218 and went H3212 on H1980 crying. H2199

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai H4782 perceived H3045 all H3605 that H834 was done, H6213 Mordecai H4782 rent H7167 his clothes, H899 and put on H3847 sackcloth H8242 with ashes, H665 and went out H3318 into the midst H8432 of the city, H5892 and cried H2199 with a H2201➔ loud H1419 and a bitter H4751 cry; ➔H2201

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every H3605 province, H4082 whithersoever H4725 H834 the king's H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 came, H5060 there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews, H3064 and fasting, H6685 and weeping, H1065 and wailing; H4553 and many H7227 lay H3331 in sackcloth H8242 and ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And he took H3947 him a potsherd H2789 to scrape himself H1623 withal; and he H1931 sat down H3427 among H8432 the ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 - Your remembrances H2146 are like H4912 unto ashes, H665 your bodies H1354 to bodies H1354 of clay. H2563

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 - He hath cast me H3384 into the mire, H2563 and I am become H4911 like dust H6083 and ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Wherefore H5921 H3651 I abhor H3988 myself, and repent H5162 in H5921 dust H6083 and ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 - For H3588 I have eaten H398 ashes H665 like bread, H3899 and H8249➔ mingled H4537 my drink ➔H8249 with weeping, H1065

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - He giveth H5414 snow H7950 like wool: H6785 he scattereth H6340 the hoarfrost H3713 like ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He feedeth H7462 on ashes: H665 a H3820➔ deceived H2048 heart ➔H3820 hath turned him aside, H5186 that H3808➔ he H5337➔ cannot ➔H3808 deliver ➔H5337 his soul, H5315 nor H3808 say, H559 Is there not H3808 a lie H8267 in my right hand? H3225

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Is it H1961 such H2088 a fast H6685 that I have chosen? H977 a day H3117 for a man H120 to afflict H6031 his soul? H5315 is it to bow down H3721 his head H7218 as a bulrush, H100 and H8242➔ to spread H3331 sackcloth ➔H8242 and ashes H665 under him? wilt thou call H7121 this H2088 a fast, H6685 and an H3117➔ acceptable H7522 day ➔H3117 to the LORD? H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - To appoint H7760 unto them that mourn H57 in Zion, H6726 to give H5414 unto them beauty H6287 for H8478 ashes, H665 the oil H8081 of joy H8342 for H8478 mourning, H60 the garment H4594 of praise H8416 for H8478 the spirit H7307 of heaviness; H3544 that H7121➔ they might be called ➔H7121 trees H352 of righteousness, H6664 the planting H4302 of the LORD, H3068 that he might be glorified. H6286

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter H1323 of my people, H5971 gird H2296 thee with sackcloth, H8242 and wallow thyself H6428 in ashes: H665 make H6213 thee mourning, H60 as for an only son, H3173 most bitter H8563 lamentation: H4553 for H3588 the spoiler H7703 shall H935➔ suddenly H6597 come ➔H935 upon us. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 - He hath also broken H1638 my teeth H8127 with gravel stones, H2687 he hath covered me H3728 with ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - And shall cause H8085➔ their voice H6963 to be heard ➔H8085 against thee, H5921 and shall cry H2199 bitterly, H4751 and shall cast up H5927 dust H6083 upon H5921 their heads, H7218 they shall wallow themselves H6428 in the ashes: H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - Thou hast defiled H2490 thy sanctuaries H4720 by the multitude H7230 of thine iniquities, H5771 by the iniquity H5766 of thy traffick; H7404 therefore will I bring forth H3318 a fire H784 from the midst of thee, H8432 it H1931 shall devour thee, H398 and I will bring thee H5414 to ashes H665 upon H5921 the earth H776 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 them that behold thee. H7200

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - And I set H5414 my face H6440 unto H413 the Lord H136 God, H430 to seek H1245 by prayer H8605 and supplications, H8469 with fasting, H6685 and sackcloth, H8242 and ashes: H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - For H5060➔ word H1697 came ➔H5060 unto H413 the king H4428 of Nineveh, H5210 and he arose H6965 from his throne, H3678 and he laid H5674 his robe H155 from him, H5921 and covered H3680 him with sackcloth, H8242 and sat H3427 in H5921 ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - And ye shall tread down H6072 the wicked; H7563 for H3588 they shall be H1961 ashes H665 under H8478 the soles H3709 of your feet H7272 in the day H3117 that H834 I H589 shall do H6213 this, saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635
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