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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 - “Nevertheless H657, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And indeed, we saw the [fn]descendants of Anak there!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only H657 the word that I [fn]tell you.” So Balaam went along with the representatives of Balak.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 -

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only H657 see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and put a curse on them for me from there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4 - “However H657, there will be no poor among you, since the LORD will 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 [fn]strength is gone,

And there H657 is H657 none H657 remaining, bond or free.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 -

As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his,

And his horns are the horns of the wild ox;

With them he will gore the peoples

All [fn]at once, to the ends H657 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; however H657, the fame shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for 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 -

“Those who contend with the LORD will be terrified;

Against them He will thunder in the heavens,

The LORD will judge the ends H657 of the earth;

And He will give strength to His king,

And will exalt the [fn]horn of His anointed.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - Then the king said, “Is there no H657 one remaining of the house of Saul to whom I could show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan, one who is disabled in both feet.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - “However H657, since by this deed you have shown utter disrespect for the [fn]LORD, the child himself who is born to you shall certainly die.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw the misery of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither H657 [fn]bond nor H657 free spared, nor was there any helper for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 -

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

And they come to an end without H657 hope.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 -

‘Ask it of Me, and I will certainly give the [fn]nations as Your inheritance,

And the ends H657 of the earth as Your possession.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 -

All the ends H657 of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,

And all the families of the nations will worship before [fn]You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 -

[fn]Destroy them in wrath, [fn]destroy them so that they will no longer exist;

So that people may know that God [fn]rules in Jacob,

To the ends H657 of the earth. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7 -

God blesses us,

[fn]So that all the ends H657 of the earth may fear Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 -

May he also rule from sea to sea,

And from the Euphrates River to the ends H657 of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 -

He has remembered His graciousness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;

All the ends H657 of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 -

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

But in the scarcity H657 of people is a prince’s ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 -

For lack H657 of wood the fire goes out,

And where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 -

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?

Who has gathered the wind in His fists?

Who has wrapped the waters in [fn]His garment?

Who has established all the ends H657 of the earth?

What is His name or His [fn]Son’s name?

Surely you know!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 -

Woe to those who attach house to house and join field to field,

Until there is no H657 more H657 room,

And you alone are a landowner 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 officials will be nothing H657.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 -

All the nations are as nothing before Him,

They are regarded by Him as less than nothing H657 and [fn]meaningless.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 -

“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,

Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent H657.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 -

“Behold, all of them are [fn]false;

Their works are nothing H657,

Their cast metal images are wind and emptiness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 -

So that people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun

That there is no H657 one H657 besides Me.

I am the LORD, and there is no one else,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 -

This is what the LORD says:

“The [fn]products of Egypt and the merchandise of [fn]Cush

And the Sabeans, men of stature,

Will come over to you and will be yours;

They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains

And will bow down to you;

They will plead with you:

[fn]God certainly is [fn]with you, and there is no one else,

No H657 other H657 God.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 -

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends H657 of the earth;

For I am God, and there is no other.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 -

“Remember the former things long past,

For I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is no H657 one H657 like Me,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 -

“Now, then, hear this, you luxuriant one,

Who lives securely,

Who says in her heart,

‘I am, and there H657 is H657 no H657 one H657 besides me.

I will not sit as a widow,

Nor know the loss of children.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 -

“You felt secure in your wickedness and said,

‘No one sees me,’

Your wisdom and your knowledge, [fn]they have led you astray;

For you have said in your heart,

‘I am, and there H657 is H657 no H657 one H657 besides me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: “My people went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without H657 reason H657.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 -

The LORD has bared His holy arm

In the sight of all the nations,

[fn]So that all the ends H657 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 -

LORD, my strength and my stronghold,

And my refuge in the day of distress,

To You the nations will come

From the ends H657 of the earth and say,

“Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood,

Futility, and [fn]things of no benefit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 -

When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand [fn]cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles H657.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 -

“And through his shrewdness

He will make deceit a success by his [fn]influence;

And he will make himself great in his [fn]own mind,

And he will [fn]destroy many while they are [fn]at ease.

He will even [fn]oppose the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken without H657 [fn]human agency.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - Then one’s [fn]uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No H657 one H657.” Then he will [fn]answer, “Keep quiet! For [fn]the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 -

“Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom,

And I will eliminate it from the face of the earth;

Nevertheless H657, I will not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”

Declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 -

And He will arise and shepherd His flock

In the strength of the LORD,

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

And they will [fn]remain,

Because [fn]at that time He will be great

To the ends H657 of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 -

This is the presumptuous city

That dwells securely,

Who says in her heart,

“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides me.”

How she has become a desolation,

A resting place for animals!

Everyone who passes by her will [fn]hiss

And wave his hand in contempt.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 -

And I will eliminate the chariot from Ephraim

And the horse from Jerusalem;

And the bow of war will be eliminated.

And He will speak peace to the nations;

And His dominion will be from sea to sea,

And from the Euphrates River to the ends H657 of the earth.

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