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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

H6083

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Strong's Number H6083 matches the Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - Nothing had been left of the army of Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed the rest and made them like the dust at threshing time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - He pulled down the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts of the temple of the LORD. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - Even the altar at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin—even that altar and high place he demolished. He burned the high place and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole also.
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