אֵ֫פֶרnoun [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׳כָּאPsalm 147:16; but also as filthy, loathsome
׳כעפר ואJob 30:19 (Di simile of mourning, grief), as worthless,
׳מִשְׁלֵי אJob 13:12proverbs of ashes; figurative of worthlessness
Isaiah 44:20; insignificance
׳עפר ואGenesis 18:27; ignominy
Ezekiel 28:18;
Malachi 3:21; distress & sorrow
כַּלָּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי׳אPsalm 102:10 (so Assyrian compare Zim
BP 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 Hebrew: 665. אֵ֫פֶר (epher) — 22 Occurrences
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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB:יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּתוֹךְ־ הָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: among the ashes.
KJV: among the ashes.
INT: was sitting among the ashes
Job 13:12
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: 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
HEB: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
HEB: 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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB:בְּצ֖וֹם וְשַׂ֥ק וָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
KJV: and sackcloth, and ashes:
INT: fasting sackcloth and ashes
Jonah 3:6
HEB:וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב עַל־ הָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: and sat on the ashes.
KJV: and sat in ashes.
INT: and sat on the ashes
Malachi 4:3
HEB: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
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