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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

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 Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - [Vulgate 13:29] sed cultores fortissimos habet et urbes grandes atque muratas stirpem Enach vidimus ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - ait angelus vade cum istis et cave ne aliud quam praecepero tibi loquaris ivit igitur cum principibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - dixit ergo Balac veni mecum in alterum locum unde partem Israhelis videas et totum videre non possis inde maledicito ei

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4 - et omnino indigens et mendicus non erit inter vos ut benedicat tibi Dominus in terra quam traditurus est tibi in possessionem

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - iudicabit Dominus populum suum et in servis suis miserebitur videbit quod infirmata sit manus et clausi quoque defecerint residuique consumpti sint

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - quasi primogeniti tauri pulchritudo eius cornua rinocerotis cornua illius in ipsis ventilabit gentes usque ad terminos terrae hae sunt multitudines Ephraim et haec milia Manasse

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - quae dixit ad eum ibo quidem tecum sed in hac vice tibi victoria non reputabitur quia in manu mulieris tradetur Sisara surrexit itaque Debbora et perrexit cum Barac in Cedes

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - Dominum formidabunt adversarii eius super ipsos in caelis tonabit Dominus iudicabit fines terrae et dabit imperium regi suo et sublimabit cornu christi sui

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - et ait rex num superest aliquis de domo Saul ut faciam cum eo misericordiam Dei dixitque Siba regi superest filius Ionathan debilis pedibus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - verumtamen quoniam blasphemare fecisti inimicos Domini propter verbum hoc filius qui natus est tibi morte morietur

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - vidit enim Dominus adflictionem Israhel amaram nimis et quod consumpti essent usque ad clausos carcere et extremos et non esset qui auxiliaretur Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - dies mei velocius transierunt quam a texente tela succiditur et consumpti sunt absque ulla spe

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - postula a me et dabo tibi gentes hereditatem tuam et possessionem tuam terminos terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - [Vulgate 21:28] recordabuntur et convertentur ad Dominum omnes fines terrae et adorabunt coram eo universae cognationes gentium

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - [Vulgate 58:14] consume in furore consume ut non subsistant et sciant quoniam Deus dominatur Iacob in finibus terrae semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 67:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7 - [Vulgate 66:8] benedicat nobis Deus et timeant eum omnes fines terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - [Vulgate 71:8] et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - [Vulgate 97:3] recordatus est misericordiae suae et veritatis suae domui Iacob viderunt omnes fines terrae salutare Dei nostri

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - in multitudine populi dignitas regis et in paucitate plebis ignominia principis

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - cum defecerint ligna extinguetur ignis et susurrone subtracto iurgia conquiescunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - quis ascendit in caelum atque descendit quis continuit spiritum manibus suis quis conligavit aquas quasi in vestimento quis suscitavit omnes terminos terrae quod nomen eius et quod nomen filii eius si nosti

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - vae qui coniungitis domum ad domum et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci numquid habitabitis soli vos in medio terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 - nobiles eius non erunt ibi regem potius invocabunt et omnes principes eius erunt in nihilum

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - omnes gentes quasi non sint sic sunt coram eo et quasi nihilum et inane reputatae sunt ei

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 - quaeres eos et non invenies viros rebelles tuos erunt quasi non sint et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - ecce omnes iniusti et vana opera eorum ventus et inane simulacra eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 - ut sciant hii qui ab ortu solis et qui ab occidente quoniam absque me non est ego Dominus et non est alter

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - haec dicit Dominus labor Aegypti et negotiatio Aethiopiae et Sabaim viri sublimes ad te transibunt et tui erunt post te ambulabunt vincti manicis pergent et te adorabunt teque deprecabuntur tantum in te est Deus et non est absque te deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 - convertimini ad me et salvi eritis omnes fines terrae quia ego Deus et non est alius

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - recordamini prioris saeculi quoniam ego sum Deus et non est ultra Deus nec est similis mei

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - et nunc audi haec delicata et habitans confidenter quae dicis in corde tuo ego sum et non est praeter me amplius non sedebo vidua et ignorabo sterilitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - et fiduciam habuisti in malitia tua et dixisti non est qui videat me sapientia tua et scientia tua haec decepit te et dixisti in corde tuo ego sum et praeter me non est altera

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - quia haec dicit Dominus Deus in Aegyptum descendit populus meus in principio ut colonus esset ibi et Assur absque ulla causa calumniatus est eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - paravit Dominus brachium sanctum suum in oculis omnium gentium et videbunt omnes fines terrae salutare Dei nostri

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 - ecce accola veniet qui non erat mecum advena quondam tuus adiungetur tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - Domine fortitudo mea et robur meum et refugium meum in die tribulationis ad te gentes venient ab extremis terrae et dicent vere mendacium possederunt patres nostri vanitatem quae eis non profuit

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - cum egrederetur vir ad orientem qui habebat funiculum in manu sua et mensus est mille cubitos et transduxit me per aquam usque ad talos

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - secundum voluntatem suam, et dirigetur dolus in manu eius: et cor suum magnificabit, et in copia rerum omnium occidet plurimos: et contra principem principum consurget, et sine manu conteretur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - et tollet eum propinquus suus et conburet eum ut efferat ossa de domo et dicet ei qui in penetrabilibus domus est numquid adhuc est apud te [Vulgate 6:11] et respondebit finis est et dicet ei tace et non recorderis nominis Domini

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - ecce oculi Domini Dei super regnum peccans et conteram illud a facie terrae verumtamen conterens non conteram domum Iacob dicit Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - et stabit et pascet in fortitudine Domini in sublimitate nominis Domini Dei sui et convertentur quia nunc magnificabitur usque ad terminos terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - haec est civitas gloriosa habitans in confidentia quae dicebat in corde suo ego sum et extra me non est alia amplius quomodo facta est in desertum cubile bestiae omnis qui transit per eam sibilabit et movebit manum suam

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - et disperdam quadrigam ex Ephraim et equum de Hierusalem et dissipabitur arcus belli et loquetur pacem gentibus et potestas eius a mari usque ad mare et a fluminibus usque ad fines terrae
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