Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H665
אֵ֫פֶר
e.pher · “ashes”
Used 22 times across 13 books
Definition
1) ashes
2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
Where it appears
Genesis1
Numbers2
2 Samuel1
Esther2
Job4
Psalms2
Isaiah3
Jeremiah1
Lamentations1
Ezekiel2
Daniel1
Jonah1
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:Numbers 19:9And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.Numbers 19:10And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.2 Samuel 13:19And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.Esther 4:1When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;Esther 4:3And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.Job 2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.Job 13:12Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.Job 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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