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Lexicon :: Strong's H657 - 'ep̄es

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אֶפֶס
Transliteration
'ep̄es
Pronunciation
eh'-fes
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - “But the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are [fn]fortified (walled) and very large; moreover, we saw there the descendants of Anak [people of great stature and courage].
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - The Angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 -

Balak said to him, “Come with me, I implore you, to another place from where you can see them, although you will see only the nearest and not all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4 - “However, there will be no poor among you, since the LORD will most certainly bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 -

“For the LORD will vindicate His people,

And will have compassion on His servants,

When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone,

And none remains, whether bond or free.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 -

“His majesty is like a firstborn young bull,

And his horns like the horns of the wild ox;

With them he will gore the peoples,

All of them together, to the ends of the earth.

And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - She said, “I will certainly go with you; nevertheless, [fn]the journey that you are about to take will not be for your honor and glory, because the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 -

“The adversaries of the LORD will be broken to pieces;

He will thunder against them in the heavens,

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth;

And He will give strength to His [fn]king,

And will exalt the horn (strength) of His anointed.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, “Is there no longer anyone left of the house (family) of Saul to whom I may show the goodness and graciousness of God?” Ziba replied to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan, [one] whose feet are crippled.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - “Nevertheless, because by this deed you have given [a great] opportunity to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme [Him], the son that is born to you shall certainly die.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw the affliction (suffering) of Israel as very bitter; there was no one left, bond or free, nor any helper for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 -

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,

And are spent without hope.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 -

‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,

And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 -

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,

And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 -

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they may be no more;

Let them know that God rules over Jacob (Israel)

To the ends of the earth. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7 -

God blesses us,

And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 -

May he also rule from sea to sea

And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 -

He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;

All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 -

In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,

But in a lack of people is a [pretentious] prince’s ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 -

For lack of wood the fire goes out,

And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 -

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?

Who has gathered the wind in His fists?

Who has bound the waters in His garment?

Who has established all the ends of the earth?

What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?

Certainly you know!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 -

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who join house to house and join field to field [to increase their holdings by depriving others],

Until there is no more room [for others],

So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 -

Its nobles—there is no one there

Whom they may proclaim king—

And all its princes will be nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 -

All the nations are as nothing before Him,

They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 -

“You shall search for those who quarrel with you, but will not find them;

They who war against you will be as nothing, as nothing at all.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 -

“In fact, all of these [pagan prophets and priests] are false;

Their works are worthless,

Their cast images are [merely] wind and emptiness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 -

That people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun [the world over]

That there is no one except Me.

I am the LORD, and there is no other,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 -

For this is what the LORD says,

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush (ancient Ethiopia)

And the Sabeans, men of stature,

Will come over to you and they will be yours;

They will walk behind you, in chains [of subjection to you] they will come over,

And they will bow down before you;

They will make supplication to you, [humbly and earnestly] saying,

[fn]‘Most certainly God is with you, and there is no other,

No other God [besides Him].’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 -

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;

For I am God, and there is no other.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 -

“Remember [carefully] the former things [which I did] from ages past;

For I am God, and there is no one else;

I am God, and there is no one like Me,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 -

“Now, then, hear this, you who live a luxuriant life,

You who dwell safely and securely,

Who say in your heart (mind),

‘I am [the queen], and there is no one besides me.

I shall not sit as a widow,

Nor know the loss of children.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 -

“For you [Babylon] have trusted and felt confident in your wickedness; you have said,

‘No one sees me.’

Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray,

And you have said in your heart (mind),

‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For the Lord GOD says this, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and [many years later Sennacherib] the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 -

The LORD has bared His holy arm (His infinite power)

Before the eyes of all the nations [revealing Himself as the One by Whom Israel is redeemed from captivity],

That all the ends of the earth may see

The salvation of our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 -

“If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me.

Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 -

[Then said Jeremiah] “O LORD, my Strength and my Stronghold,

And my Refuge in the day of distress and need,

The nations will come to You

From the ends of the earth and say,

‘Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies and illusion,

[Worthless] things in which there is no benefit!’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 -

When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water that was ankle-deep.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 -

“And through his shrewdness

He will cause deceit to succeed by his hand (influence);

He will magnify himself in his mind,

He will corrupt and destroy many who enjoy a false sense of security.

He will also stand up and oppose the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken, and that by no human hand [but by the hand of God].

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, shall come to bring the [disease-infected] body out of the house, [to cremate it], and he will say to another in the farthest part of the house, “Is there anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will respond, “Hush! Keep quiet! For the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned [even casually, for fear that we might invoke even more punishment].”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 -

“Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful [northern] kingdom [of Israel’s ten tribes]

And I shall destroy it from the face of the earth;

But I shall not totally destroy the house of Jacob [that is, the entire nation of Israel],”

Says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 -

And He shall stand and shepherd and guide His flock

In the strength of the LORD,

In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God;

And they shall dwell [secure in undisturbed peace],

Because at that time He shall be great [extending His authority]

[Even] to the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 -

This is the joyous city

Which dwells carelessly [feeling so secure],

Who says in her heart,

“I am, and there is no one besides me.”

What a desolation she has become,

A lair for [wild] animals!

Everyone who passes by her will hiss [in scorn]

And wave his hand in contempt.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 -

I will cut off the [war] chariot from Ephraim

And the [war] horse from Jerusalem,

And the bow of war will be cut off.

And He will speak [words of] peace to the nations,

And His dominion shall be from sea to sea [absolutely endless],

And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

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