Strong's Lexicon

H665

H665 — אֵפֶר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewephernoun mascOccurrences: 22TWOT: 150a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H665
Word:	אֵפֶר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to bestrew
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	22
Transliteration:	epher
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ay'-fer
Meaning:	1. ashes
KJV Renderings:	ashes.

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אֵ֫פֶר noun [masculine] ashes (as light, flying?) — ׳ א absolute Gen 18:27 +; construct Num 19:9; Num 19:10 — ashes of red heifer, used in purifications Num 19:9 ; Num 19:10 on head, as sign of humiliation 2Sam 13:19 contrition Dan 9:3 (|| צוֺם, שַׂק), Jonah 3:6 (|| שַׂק) compare Job 42:6 (׳ עָפָר וא), Isa 58:5 (|| שַׂק); mourning Esth 4:1; Esth 4:3 (|| שַׂק) compare Job 2:8 (׳ ישׁב בתוך הא), Jer 6:26 (|| שַׂק), Ezek 27:30 (|| עפר); in simile scattereth hoarfrost ׳ כָּא Ps 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 Isa 44:20 insignificance ׳ עפר וא Gen 18:27 ignominy Ezek 28:18 ; Mal 3:21 distress & sorrow כַּלָּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי ׳ א Ps 102:10 (so Assyrian compare Zim^{BP 42}) compare Lam 3:16; Isa 61:3 (פְּאֵר תַּחַת אֵפֶר).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אפר (h-phohd’)

Leviticus 8:7

KJV: And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

EHCC: put the ephod upon him,

Judges 8:27

KJV: And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

EHCC: Gideon made an ephod thereo!

Judges 17:5

KJV: And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.consecrated: Heb. filled the hand

EHCC: made אם ephod, and teraphim,

Judges 18:14

KJV: Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

EHCC: there is in these houses an ephod,

Judges 14:8

KJV: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

EHCC: priest in Shiloh, wreering om ephod.

Judges 21:9

KJV: For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.

EHCC: 10( . wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod:

Judges 22:18

EHCC: that did wear a linen 1

Judges 28:6

EHCC: came down (with) an ephod

Judges 30:7

EHCC: bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar

2 Samuel 6:14

KJV: And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

EHCC: David (was) girded with a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 15:27

KJV: And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.song: or, carriage

EHCC: David also (had) upon him ux ephod of

Hosea 3:4

KJV: For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar

EHCC: without ax. [, and ( without ) teraphim: