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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 - However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you.” So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - And Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4 - But there will be no poor among you; for the LORD will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the LORD will vindicate[fn] his people
and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, bond or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - A firstborn bull[fn]—he has majesty,
and his horns are the horns of a wild ox;
with them he shall gore the peoples,
all of them, to the ends of the earth;
they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces;
against them he will thunder in heaven.
The LORD will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD,[fn] the child who is born to you shall die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - All the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the LORD,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may know that God rules over Jacob
to the ends of the earth. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 67:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:7 - God shall bless us;
let all the ends of the earth fear him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River[fn] to the ends of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - In a multitude of people is the glory of a king,
but without people a prince is ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is his son’s name?
Surely you know!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 - Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes shall be nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 - You shall seek those who contend with you,
but you shall not find them;
those who war against you
shall be as nothing at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - Behold, they are all a delusion;
their works are nothing;
their metal images are empty wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 - that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus says the LORD:
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours;
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 - “Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,
who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus says the Lord GOD: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD has bared his holy arm
before the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall see
the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 - If anyone stirs up strife,
it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
shall fall because of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits,[fn] and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but by no human hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Silence! We must not mention the name of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the exultant city
that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!
Everyone who passes by her
hisses and shakes his fist.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River[fn] to the ends of the earth.
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