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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 -

“Iron is taken from the dust H6083,

And copper is smelted from rock.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6 -

“Its rocks are the [fn]source of sapphires,

And its dust H6083 contains gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6 -

So that they dwell in the slopes of the [fn]valleys,

In holes of the dust H6083 and of the rocks.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 -

“He has cast me into the mire,

And I have become like dust H6083 and ashes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 -

All flesh would breathe its last together,

And man would return to dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 -

When the dust H6083 hardens into a mass

And the clods stick together?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 -

For she leaves her eggs to the earth

And warms them in the dust H6083,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:13 -

“Hide them in the dust H6083 together;

Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:33 -

“There is nothing upon the [fn]dust H6083 like it,

One made without terror.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 -

Therefore I reject myself,

And I repent in dust H6083 and ashes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 -

Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;

And let him trample my life down to the ground

And cause my glory to dwell in the dust H6083. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 -

Then I beat them fine as the dust H6083 before the wind;

I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 -

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And You lay me [fn]in the dust H6083 of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29 -

All the [fn]prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,

All those who go down to the dust H6083 will bow before Him,

Even he who [fn]cannot keep his soul alive.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 -

“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?

Will the dust H6083 praise You? Will it declare Your truth?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 -

For our soul has sunk down into the dust H6083;

Our [fn]body cleaves to the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 -

[fn]Let the desert creatures kneel before him,

And his enemies lick the dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -

Then He rained [fn]meat upon them like the dust H6083,

Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 -

For Your slaves [fn]find pleasure in its stones

And show grace to its dust H6083

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 -

For He Himself knows [fn]our form;

He remembers that we are but dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 -

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;

You take away their [fn]spirit, they breathe their last

And return to their dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 -

Who raises the poor from the dust H6083

And lifts high the needy from the ash heap H6083,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 -

Daleth

My soul clings to the dust H6083;

Revive me according to Your word.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 -

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields outside,

Nor the first dust H6083 of the world.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go to the same place. All came from the dust H6083, and all return to the dust H6083.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - then the dust H6083 will return to the earth as it was, and the [fn]spirit will return to God who gave it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 -

Enter the rock and hide in the dust H6083

From the dread of Yahweh and from the splendor of His majesty.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 -

Men will go into caves of the rocks

And into holes of the [fn]ground H6083

Before the dread of Yahweh

And the splendor of His majesty,

When He arises to make the earth tremble.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 -

The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,

Lay low, and cast to the ground, even to the dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 -

“For He has laid low those who settle on high, the [fn]exalted city;

He brings it low, He brings it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 -

Your dead will live;

[fn]Their corpses will rise.

You who dwell in the dust H6083, awake and shout for joy,

For your dew is as the dew of the [fn]dawn,

And the earth will [fn]give birth to the [fn]departed spirits.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 -

Then you will be brought low;

From the earth you will speak,

And from the dust H6083 where you are prostrate

Your words will come.

Your voice will also be like that of a [fn]spirit from the ground,

And your speech will whisper from the dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 -

And wild oxen will also [fn]fall with them,

And young bulls with strong ones;

Thus their land will be soaked with blood,

And their dust H6083 [fn]become greasy with fat.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 -

[fn]And its streams will be turned into pitch,

And its dust H6083 into brimstone,

And its land will become burning pitch.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 -

Who has measured the [fn]waters in the hollow of His hand,

And [fn]encompassed the heavens by the [fn]span,

And [fn]calculated the dust H6083 of the earth by the measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 -

“Who has awakened one from the east

Whom He calls in righteousness to His [fn]feet?

He gives up nations before him

And [fn]has dominion over kings.

He makes them like dust H6083 with his sword,

As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 -

“Come down and sit in the dust H6083,

O virgin daughter of Babylon;

Sit on the ground without a throne,

O daughter of the Chaldeans!

For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 -

“Kings will be your guardians,

And their princesses your nurses.

They will bow down to you with their [fn]faces to the earth

And lick the dust H6083 of your feet;

And you will know that I am Yahweh;

Those who hope in Me will not be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 -

Shake yourself from the dust H6083, rise up,

O captive Jerusalem;

Loose yourself from the chains around your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust H6083 will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 -

Yodh

The elders of the daughter of Zion

Sit on the ground; they are silent.

They have thrown dust H6083 up on their heads;

They have girded themselves with sackcloth.

The virgins of Jerusalem

Have bowed their heads down to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 -

Let him [fn]put his mouth in the dust H6083;

Perhaps there is hope.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 -

“For her blood is in her midst;

She placed it on the bare rock;

She did not pour it on the ground

To cover it with dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘They will make the walls of Tyre a ruin and pull down her towers; and I will scrape her dust H6083 from her and make her a bare rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your merchandise, and pull down your walls and tear down your desirable houses, and [fn]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris H6083 into the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 -

And they will make their voice heard over you

And will cry bitterly.

They will cast dust H6083 on their heads;

They will wallow in ashes.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - “And many of those who sleep in the dust H6083 of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to reproach and everlasting [fn]contempt.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 -

“These who [fn]pant after the very dust H6083 of the earth on the head of the poor

Also turn aside the way of the humble;

And a man and his father go to the same [fn]young woman

In order to profane My holy name.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 -

Tell it not in Gath,

Weep not at all.

At [fn]Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 -

They will lick the dust H6083 like a serpent,

Like crawling things of the earth.

They will come trembling out of their [fn]fortresses;

To Yahweh our God they will come in dread,

And they will be afraid before You.


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