Strong's Concordance epher: ashes Original Word: אֵ֫פֶרPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: epher Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-fer) Short Definition: ashes Brown-Driver-Briggs 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) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance ashes From an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes -- ashes. Forms and Transliterations אֵ֑פֶר אֵ֔פֶר אֵ֗פֶר אֵ֙פֶר֙ אֵ֣פֶר אֵ֤פֶר אֵ֭פֶר אפר בָּאֵ֖פֶר בָּאֵֽפֶר׃ בָאֵ֔פֶר באפר באפר׃ הָאֵֽפֶר׃ האפר׃ וָאֵ֑פֶר וָאֵ֔פֶר וָאֵ֙פֶר֙ וָאֵֽפֶר׃ ואפר ואפר׃ כָּאֵ֥פֶר כאפר לְאֵ֙פֶר֙ לאפר ’ê·p̄er ’êp̄er bā’êp̄er ḇā’êp̄er bā·’ê·p̄er ḇā·’ê·p̄er baEfer Efer hā’êp̄er hā·’ê·p̄er haEfer kā’êp̄er kā·’ê·p̄er kaEfer lə’êp̄er lə·’ê·p̄er leEfer vaEfer wā’êp̄er wā·’ê·p̄erLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 66522 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 HEB: וְאָנֹכִ֖י עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ NAS: although I am [but] dust and ashes. KJV: which [am but] dust and ashes: INT: which I am dust and ashes Numbers 19:9 Numbers 19:10 2 Samuel 13:19 Esther 4:1 Esther 4:3 Job 2:8 Job 13:12 Job 30:19 Job 42:6 Psalm 102:9 Psalm 147:16 Isaiah 44:20 Isaiah 58:5 Isaiah 61:3 Jeremiah 6:26 Lamentations 3:16 Ezekiel 27:30 Ezekiel 28:18 Daniel 9:3 Jonah 3:6 Malachi 4:3 |