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אֵפֶר H665

H665 is the Hebrew word אֵפֶר, transliterated ʼêpher and said ay'-fer. The King James Version most often renders it ashes.

Word: אֵפֶרTransliteration: ʼêpherSaid: ay'-ferLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

ashes.

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to bestrew.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

ashes 10×up the ashes 1×thyself in ashes 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: ashes.

Verses using אֵפֶר

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 19:9 · KJV

And 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 19:10 · KJV

And 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 13:19 · KJV

And 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 4:1 · KJV

When 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;

Job 13:12 · KJV

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

Psalm 102:9 · KJV

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Isaiah 44:20 · KJV

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isaiah 58:5 · KJV

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

Isaiah 61:3 · KJV

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Jeremiah 6:26 · KJV

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Ezekiel 28:18 · KJV

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Malachi 4:3 · KJV

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

Common questions

What does Strong's H665 mean?

H665 is the Hebrew word אֵפֶר (ʼêpher), meaning ashes.

How is H665 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it ashes (10 times), up the ashes (1 time), thyself in ashes (1 time).

How many times does H665 appear in the Bible?

אֵפֶר (ʼêpher) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H665 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to bestrew.

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