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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.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H657 matches the Hebrew אֶפֶס ('ep̄es),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:12 - Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, all her princes will vanish away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:12 - Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[fn] and those tall Sabeans— they will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you, coming over to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you, saying, ‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other; there is no other god.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 - If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
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