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Lexicon :: Strong's H6083 - ʿāp̄ār

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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 Box Job 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 - Iron is taken out of the earth, H6083 and brass is molten out of the stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6 - The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust H6083 of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6 - To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, H6083 and in the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - When the dust H6083 groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:13 - Hide them in the dust H6083 together; and bind their faces in secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:33 - Upon earth H6083 there is not his like, who is made without fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust H6083 and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. H6083 Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 - Then did I beat them small as the dust H6083 before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust H6083 of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29 - All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust H6083 shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust H6083 praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust: H6083 our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 - They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He rained flesh also upon them as dust, H6083 and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 - For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust H6083 thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 - For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, H6083 and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: H6083 quicken thou me according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust H6083 of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go unto one place; all are of the dust, H6083 and all turn to dust H6083 again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - Then shall the dust H6083 return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, H6083 for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, H6083 for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: H6083 for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, H6083 and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust H6083 made fat with fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust H6083 thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust H6083 of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust H6083 to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 - Come down, and sit in the dust, H6083 O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust H6083 of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Shake thyself from the dust; H6083 arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust H6083 shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust H6083 upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - He putteth his mouth in the dust; H6083 if so be there may be hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 - For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust H6083 from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust H6083 in the midst of the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust H6083 upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - And many of them that sleep in the dust H6083 of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - That pant after the dust H6083 of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 - Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They shall lick the dust H6083 like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

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