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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.
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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

H657

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men: nevertheless the word which I shall speak to thee, that thou shalt take heed to speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see [fn]the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4 - For thus there shall not be a poor person in the midst of thee, for the Lord thy God will surely bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee by inheritance, that thou shouldest inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the Lord shall judge his people, and shall be comforted over his servants; for he saw that they were [fn]utterly weakened, and failed in the hostile invasion, and were become feeble:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - His beauty is as the firstling of his bull, his horns are the horns of a unicorn; with them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: these are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, I will surely go with thee; but know that thy honour shall not attend on the expedition on which thou goest, for the Lord shall sell Sisara into the hands of a woman: and Debbora arose, and went with Barac out of Cades.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - The Lord will weaken his adversary; the Lord is holy. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; but let him that boasts boast in this, to understand and know the Lord, [fn]and to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: he will judge the extremities of the earth, and he gives strength to our kings, and will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, Is there yet a man left of the house of Saul, that I may act towards him with the mercy of God? and Siba said to the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - Only because thou hast given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, thy son also [fn]that is born to thee shall surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and [fn]destitute, and Israel had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - (LXX 21:28) All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - (LXX 58:14) And for their cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: they shall fall by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7 - (LXX 66:8) Let God bless us; and let all the ends of the earth fear him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - (LXX 71:8) And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - (LXX 97:3) He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his [fn] bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbour's: will ye dwell alone upon the land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 - Her princes shall be no more; for her kings and her great men shall be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 - Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall [fn]insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - For these are your makers, as ye think, and they that cause you to err in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 - That they that come from the east and they that come from the west may know that there is no God but me. I am the Lord God, and there is none beside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured for thee; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to thee, and shall be thy servants; and they shall follow after thee bound in fetters, and shall pass over to thee, and shall do obeisance to thee, and make supplication to thee: because God is in thee; and there is no God beside thee, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 - Turn ye to me, and ye shall be saved, ye that come from the end of the earth: I am God, and there is none other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - and remember the former things that were of old: for I am God, and there is none other beside me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - But now hear these words, thou luxurious one, who art the one that sits at ease, that is secure, that says in her heart, I am, and there is not another; I shall not sit a widow, neither shall I know bereavement.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - for thy [fn]trusting in wickedness: for thou saidst, I am, and there is not another: know thou, the understanding of these things and thy harlotry shall be thy shame; for thou saidst in thy heart, I am, and there is not another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - And the Lord shall reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that comes from our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 - Behold, strangers shall come to thee by me, and shall sojourn with thee, and shall run to thee for refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O Lord, thou art my strength, and mine help, and my refuge in days of evil: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the end of the earth, and shall say, How vain were the idols which our fathers procured to themselves, and there is no help in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - in the direction in which a man went forth opposite; and there was a measuring line in his hand, and he measured a thousand cubits with the measure;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: there is craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavour to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet any one else with thee? And he shall say, No one else. And the other shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - (LXX 5:3) And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any to be after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! every one that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - And he shall destroy the chariots out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be utterly destroyed; and there shall be abundance and peace out of the nations; and he shall rule over the waters as far as the sea, and the rivers to the ends of the earth.
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