epher: ashes Original Word: אֵ֫פֶר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: epher
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-fer)
Short Definition: ashes
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
ashes
NASB Word Usage
ashes (21), dust (1).
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 (מְּאֵר תַּחַת אֵפֶר). II. אפר (enclose, envelope, Assyrian apâru, attire DlPr 54; Thes compare Arabic  , cover; MV compare Aramaic  , מעפרא, mantle, turban; but connection of √ ( )ע ׳מּ with אפר is dubious)
ashes From an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes -- ashes.
’ă·p̄ê·qāh — 4 Occ.
’ă·p̄îq — 1 Occ.
ba·’ă·p̄êq — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·p̄êq — 2 Occ.
wa·’ă·p̄ê·qāh — 1 Occ.
bā·’ê·p̄er — 2 Occ.
’ê·p̄er — 8 Occ.
hā·’ê·p̄er — 2 Occ.
kā·’ê·p̄er — 1 Occ.
lə·’ê·p̄er — 1 Occ.
bā·’ă·p̄êr — 1 Occ.
hā·’ă·p̄êr — 1 Occ.
’ep̄·rō·ḥe·hā — 1 Occ.
’ep̄·rō·ḥîm — 1 Occ.
hā·’ep̄·rō·ḥîm — 1 Occ.
wə·’ep̄·rō·ḥāw — 1 Occ.
’ap·pir·yō·wn — 1 Occ.
’ep̄·rā·yim — 149 Occ.
kə·’ep̄·ra·yim — 1 Occ.
lə·’ep̄·ra·yim — 10 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 665
22 Occurrences
bā·’ê·p̄er — 2 Occ.
’ê·p̄er — 8 Occ.
hā·’ê·p̄er — 2 Occ.
kā·’ê·p̄er — 1 Occ.
lə·’ê·p̄er — 1 Occ.
wā·’ê·p̄er — 8 Occ.
Genesis 18:27
BIB: וְאָנֹכִ֖י עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: although I am [but] dust and ashes.
KJV: which [am but] dust and ashes:
INT: which I am dust and ashesNumbers 19:9
BIB: טָה֗וֹר אֵ֚ת אֵ֣פֶר הַפָּרָ֔ה וְהִנִּ֛יחַ
NAS: shall gather up the ashes of the heifer
KJV: shall gather up the ashes of the heifer,
INT: man is clean the ashes of the heifer and lay up Numbers 19:10
BIB: הָאֹסֵ֨ף אֶת־ אֵ֤פֶר הַפָּרָה֙ אֶת־
NAS: The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer
KJV: And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer
INT: shall wash gathers the ashes of the heifer his clothes 2 Samuel 13:19
BIB: וַתִּקַּ֨ח תָּמָ֥ר אֵ֙פֶר֙ עַל־ רֹאשָׁ֔הּ
NAS: Tamar put ashes on her head and tore
KJV: put ashes on her head,
INT: put Tamar ashes on her head Esther 4:1
BIB: וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ שַׂ֖ק וָאֵ֑פֶר וַיֵּצֵא֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ
NAS: on sackcloth and ashes, and went
KJV: sackcloth with ashes, and went out
INT: put sackcloth and ashes and went the midst Esther 4:3
BIB: וּמִסְפֵּ֑ד שַׂ֣ק וָאֵ֔פֶר יֻצַּ֖ע לָֽרַבִּֽים׃
NAS: lay on sackcloth and ashes.
KJV: lay in sackcloth and ashes.
INT: and wailing sackcloth and ashes lay and many Job 2:8
BIB: יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּתוֹךְ־ הָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: among the ashes.
KJV: among the ashes.
INT: was sitting among the ashes Job 13:12
BIB: זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־ אֵ֑פֶר לְגַבֵּי־ חֹ֝֗מֶר
NAS: are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses
KJV: [are] like unto ashes, your bodies
INT: your memorable be like of ashes your defenses of clay Job 30:19
BIB: וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: And I have become like dust and ashes.
KJV: and I am become like dust and ashes.
INT: have become dust and ashes Job 42:6
BIB: עַל־ עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ פ
NAS: And I repent in dust and ashes.
KJV: in dust and ashes.
INT: in dust and ashes Psalm 102:9
BIB: כִּי־ אֵ֭פֶר כַּלֶּ֣חֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי
NAS: For I have eaten ashes like bread
KJV: For I have eaten ashes like bread,
INT: for ashes bread have eaten Psalm 147:16
BIB: כַּצָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּאֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר׃
NAS: He scatters the frost like ashes.
KJV: the hoarfrost like ashes.
INT: wool the frost ashes scatters Isaiah 44:20
BIB: רֹעֶ֣ה אֵ֔פֶר לֵ֥ב הוּתַ֖ל
NAS: He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart
KJV: He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart
INT: feeds ashes heart A deceived Isaiah 58:5
BIB: רֹאשׁ֗וֹ וְשַׂ֤ק וָאֵ֙פֶר֙ יַצִּ֔יעַ הֲלָזֶה֙
NAS: out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call
KJV: sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call
INT: head sackcloth and ashes spreading this Isaiah 61:3
BIB: פְּאֵ֜ר תַּ֣חַת אֵ֗פֶר שֶׁ֤מֶן שָׂשׂוֹן֙
NAS: instead of ashes, The oil
KJV: unto them beauty for ashes, the oil
INT: A garland instead of ashes the oil of gladness Jeremiah 6:26
BIB: שָׂק֙ וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָאֵ֔פֶר אֵ֤בֶל יָחִיד֙
NAS: And roll in ashes; Mourn
KJV: and wallow thyself in ashes: make
INT: sackcloth and roll ashes Mourn an only Lamentations 3:16
BIB: שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: He has made me cower in the dust.
KJV: he hath covered me with ashes.
INT: my teeth cower the dust Ezekiel 27:30
BIB: עַל־ רָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם בָּאֵ֖פֶר יִתְפַּלָּֽשׁוּ׃
NAS: They will wallow in ashes.
KJV: they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
INT: over their heads ashes will wallow Ezekiel 28:18
BIB: אֲכָלַ֔תְךָ וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֤ לְאֵ֙פֶר֙ עַל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ
NAS: you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth
KJV: thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth
INT: has consumed have turned to ashes on the earth Daniel 9:3
BIB: בְּצ֖וֹם וְשַׂ֥ק וָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
KJV: and sackcloth, and ashes:
INT: fasting sackcloth and ashes Jonah 3:6
BIB: וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב עַל־ הָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: and sat on the ashes.
KJV: and sat in ashes.
INT: and sat on the ashes Malachi 4:3
BIB: כִּֽי־ יִהְי֣וּ אֵ֔פֶר תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֣וֹת
NAS: the wicked, for they will be ashes under
KJV: the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles
INT: for become will be ashes under the soles 22 Occurrences
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