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Lexicon :: Strong's H665 - 'ēp̄er

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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box Gen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham answered and said, “Now behold, I have [fn]ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes H665 of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and [fn]the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as water to remove impurity; it is [fn]purification from sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - ‘And the one who gathers the ashes H665 of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the sojourner who sojourns among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Then Tamar put [fn]ashes H665 on her head and tore her [fn]long-sleeved garment which was on her; and she put her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 -

Now Mordecai came to know of all that had been done. And [fn]he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes H665, and went out into the midst of the city and cried out loudly and bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - Now in each and every province where the word and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 -

“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes H665;

Your defenses are defenses of clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 -

“He has cast me into the mire,

And I have become like dust and ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 -

Therefore I reject myself,

And I repent in dust and ashes H665.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 -

For I have eaten ashes H665 like bread

And mixed my drinks with weeping

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 -

The One who gives snow like wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes H665,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He [fn]feeds on ashes H665; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, and he cannot say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 -

“Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to afflict himself?

Is it for bowing [fn]one’s head like a reed

And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes H665 as a bed?

Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to Yahweh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 -

To grant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a headdress instead of ashes H665,

The oil of rejoicing instead of mourning,

The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.

So they will be called [fn]oaks of righteousness,

The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth

And roll in ashes H665;

[fn]Mourn as for an only son,

A lamentation most bitter.

For suddenly the destroyer

Will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 -

Vav

He has broken my teeth with gravel;

He has made me cower in the dust H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 -

And they will make their voice heard over you

And will cry bitterly.

They will cast dust on their heads;

They will wallow in ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 -

“By the abundance of your iniquities,

In the unrighteousness of your trade

You profaned your sanctuaries.

Therefore I have brought out fire from the midst of you;

It has consumed you,

And I have turned you to ashes H665 on the earth

In the eyes of all who see you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I gave my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - Then the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his mantle from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the [fn]ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - “And you will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes H665 under the soles of your feet on the day [fn]which I am preparing,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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