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Lexicon :: Strong's H665 - 'ēp̄er

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אֵפֶר
Transliteration
'ēp̄er
Pronunciation
ay'-fer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to bestrew
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TWOT Reference: 150a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵפֶר ʼêpher, ay'-fer; from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes:—ashes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H665 in the following manner: ashes (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H665 in the following manner: ashes (22x).

  1. ashes

  2. (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵפֶר ʼêpher, ay'-fer; from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes:—ashes.
STRONGS H665: Abbreviations
† אֵ֫פֶר noun [masculine] ashes (as light, flying?) — א׳ absolute Genesis 18:27 +; construct Numbers 19:9, 10 — ashes of red heifer, used in purifications Numbers 19:9, 10; on head, as sign of humiliation 2 Samuel 13:19; contrition Daniel 9:3 (|| צוֺם, שַׂק), Jonah 3:6 (|| שַׂק) compare Job 42:6 (עָפָר וא׳), Isaiah 58:5 (|| שַׂק); mourning Esther 4:1, 3(|| שַׂק) compare Job 2:8 (ישׁב בתוך הא׳), Jeremiah 6:26 (|| שַׂק), Ezekiel 27:30 (|| עפר); in simile scattereth hoarfrost כָּא׳ Psalm 147:16; but also as filthy, loathsome כעפר וא׳ Job 30:19 (Di simile of mourning, grief), as worthless, מִשְׁלֵי א׳ Job 13:12 proverbs of ashes; figurative of worthlessness Isaiah 44:20; insignificance עפר וא׳ Genesis 18:27; ignominy Ezekiel 28:18; Malachi 3:21; distress & sorrow כַּלָּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי א׳ Psalm 102:10 (so Assyrian compare ZimBP 42) compare Lamentations 3:16; Isaiah 61:3 (אֵפֶר תַּחַת פְּאֵר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:27; 18:27

Numbers

19:9; 19:9; 19:10; 19:10

2 Samuel

13:19

Esther

4:1; 4:3

Job

2:8; 13:12; 30:19; 42:6

Psalms

102:10; 147:16

Isaiah

44:20; 58:5; 61:3

Jeremiah

6:26

Lamentations

3:16

Ezekiel

27:30; 28:18

Daniel

9:3

Jonah

3:6

H665

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Strong's Number H665 matches the Hebrew אֵפֶר ('ēp̄er),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - Abraham answered, “Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Now a man who is [ceremonially] clean shall collect the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the Israelites shall keep it for [fn]water to remove impurity; it is [to be used for] purification from sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - ‘The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. This shall be a perpetual statute to the Israelites and to the stranger who lives as a resident alien among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - So [fn]Tamar put dust on her head [in grief] and tore the long-sleeved robe which she had on, and she put her hand on her head and went away crying out [for help].

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 -

Now when Mordecai learned of everything that had been done, he tore his clothes [in mourning], and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the center of the city and cried out loudly and bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each and every province that the decree and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 -

“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;

Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 -

“God has cast me into the mire [a swampland of crisis],

And I have become [worthless] like dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 -

“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]

And I repent in dust and ashes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 -

For I have eaten ashes like bread,

And have mingled my drink with tears

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 -

He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 -

“Is a fast such as this what I have chosen, a day for a man to humble himself [with sorrow in his soul]?

Is it only to bow down his head like a reed

And to make sackcloth and ashes as a bed [pretending to have a repentant heart]?

Do you call this a fast and a day pleasing to the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 -

To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following:

To give them a [fn]turban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning],

The oil of joy instead of mourning,

The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.

So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God],

The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah],

Clothe yourself in sackcloth and wallow in ashes;

Mourn [aloud] as for an only son,

A most bitter cry [of sorrow and regret],

For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us [on both prophet and people].

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 -

He has broken my teeth with gravel;

He has [covered me with ashes and] made me cower in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 -

And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you

And they will cry bitterly.

They will throw dust on their heads;

They will wallow in ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 -

“You profaned your sanctuaries

By the great quantity of your sins and the enormity of your guilt,

By the unrighteousness of your trade.

Therefore I have brought forth a fire from your midst;

It has consumed you,

And I have reduced you to ashes on the earth

In the sight of all who look at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I directed my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - “You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” says the LORD of hosts.
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