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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 BoxGen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of sprinkling, a purification.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And he that gathers up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute for the children of Israel and for the strangers joined to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - And Themar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she rent the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - But Mardochæus having perceived what was done, rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 - And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body like a body of clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 - And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion is in dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 - (LXX 101:10) For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - (LXX 147:5) He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the [fn]oil of joy to the mourners, [fn]the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle thyself with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, as the mourning for a beloved son: for misery will come suddenly upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 - And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - And they shall wail over thee with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - Because of the multitude of thy sins and the iniquities of thy merchandise, I have profaned thy sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of thee, this shall devour thee; and I will make thee to be ashes upon thy land before all that see thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek him diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - (LXX 3:21) And ye shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty.
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