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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, 10ashes 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham H85 replied H6030, “Now H4994 behold H2009, I have [fn]ventured H2974 to speak H1696 to the Lord H136, although I am only dust H6083 and ashes H665.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Now a man H376 who is clean H2889 shall gather H622 up H622 the ashes H665 of the heifer H6510 and put H5117 them outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264 in a clean H2889 place H4725, and [fn]the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall keep H4931 them for water H4325 to remove impurity H5079; it is [fn]purification H2403 from H2403 sin H2403.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - ‘And the one who gathers H622 the ashes H665 of the heifer H6510 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and will be H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153; and it shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and for the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Tamar H8559 took H3947 ashes H665 and put them on her head H7218, and tore H7167 her [fn]long-sleeved H6446 garment H3801 which H834 was on her; and she put H7760 her hand H3027 on her head H7218 and went H1980 on her way, crying H2199 out H2199 as she went H1980.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 -

When Mordecai H4782 learned H3045 of everything H3605 that had been done H6213, [fn]he tore H7167 his clothes H899, put H3847 on H3847 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665, and went H3318 out H3318 into the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and wailed H2199 H2201 loudly H1419 and bitterly H4751.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 where H4725 H834 the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 came H5060, there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews H3064, with fasting H6685, weeping H1065, and mourning H4553 rites H4553; and many H7227 had H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 spread H3331 out H3331 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And Job took H3947 a piece H2789 of H2789 pottery H2789 to scrape H1623 himself while he was sitting H3427 in H8432 the ashes H665.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 -

“Your memorable H2146 sayings H2146 are proverbs H4912 of ashes H665,

Your defenses H1354 are defenses H1354 of clay H2563.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 -

“He has thrown H3384 me into the mire H2563,

And I have become H4911 like H4911 dust H6083 and ashes H665.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 -

Therefore H5921 H3651 I retract H3988,

And I repent H5162, sitting on dust H6083 and ashes H665.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 -

For I have eaten H398 ashes H665 like bread H3899,

And mixed H4537 my drink H8250 with weeping H1065

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 -

He [fn]showers H5414 snow H7950 like wool H6785;

He scatters H6340 the frost H3713 like ashes H665.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He [fn]feeds H7462 on ashes H665; a deceived H8524 heart H3820 has misled H5186 him. And he cannot H3808 save H5337 [fn]himself H5315, nor H3808 say H559, “Is there not a lie H8267 in my right H3225 hand H3225?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 -

“Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 that I choose H977, a day H3117 for a person H120 to humble H6031 himself H5315?

Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one’s head H7218 like a reed H100

And for spreading H3331 out H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331?

Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast H6685, even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD H3068?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 -

To grant H7760 those who mourn H57 in Zion H6726,

Giving H5414 them a garland H6287 instead H8478 of H8478 ashes H665,

The oil H8081 of gladness H8342 instead H8478 of H8478 mourning H60,

The cloak H4594 of praise H8416 instead H8478 of H8478 a disheartened H3544 spirit H7307.

So they will be called H7121 [fn]oaks H352 of righteousness H6664,

The planting H4302 of the LORD H3068, that He may be glorified H6286.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

Daughter H1323 of my people H5971, put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242

And roll H6428 in ashes H665;

[fn]Mourn H60 as for an only H3173 son H3173,

A most H8563 bitter H8563 mourning H4553.

For suddenly H6597 the destroyer H7703

Will come H935 against H935 us.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 -

He has also made my teeth H8127 grind H1638 with gravel H2687;

He has made me cower H3728 in the dust H665.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 -

And they will make H8085 their voice H6963 heard H8085 over H5921 you

And cry H2199 out H2199 bitterly H4751.

They will throw H5927 dust H6083 on their heads H7218,

They will wallow H6428 in ashes H665.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 -

“By the multitude H7230 of your wrongdoings H5771,

In the unrighteousness H5766 of your trade H7404

You profaned H2490 your sanctuaries H4720.

Therefore I have brought H3318 fire H784 from the midst H8432 of you;

It has consumed H398 you,

And I have turned H5414 you to ashes H665 on the earth H776

In the eyes H5869 of all H3605 who see H7200 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I gave H5414 my [fn]attention H6440 to the Lord H136 God H430, to seek H1245 Him by prayer H8605 and pleading H8469, with fasting H6685, sackcloth H8242, and ashes H665.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the word H1697 reached H5060 the king H4428 of Nineveh H5210, he got H6965 up H6965 from his throne H3678, removed H5674 his robe H155 from himself, covered H3680 himself with sackcloth H8242, and sat H3427 on the [fn]dust H665.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - “And you will crush H6072 the wicked H7563 underfoot H6072, for they will be ashes H665 under H8478 the soles H3709 of your feet H7272 on the day H3117 [fn]that I am preparing H6213,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.
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