HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H665
אֵ֫פֶר
e.pher — ashes
1) ashes 2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Ashes
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1880
דֶּ֫שֶׁן
de.shen — ashes
1) fat ashes, fatness 1a) fatness 1a1) of fertility 1a2) of blessing (fig.) 1b) fat ashes (ashes of victims, mixed with the fat)
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4700
σποδός
spodos — ashes
σποδός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אֵפֶר ;] ashes: Heb.9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σ. (Isa.58:5, Jhn.3:6, Dan LXX 9:3, al.), Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6083
עָפָר
a.phar — dust
1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore
99 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H211
אוֹפִיר
o.phir — Ophir
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.29; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Ophir = "reducing to ashes" 1) eleventh son of Joktan 2) a land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods 3) characteristic of fine gold 4) fine gold
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1878
דָּשֵׁן
da.shen — to prosper
1) to be fat, grow fat, become fat, become prosperous, anoint 1a) (Qal) of prosperity (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make fat, anoint 1b2) to find fat (of offering-acceptable) 1b3) to take away ashes (from altar) 1c) (Pual) to be made fat 1d) (Hothpael) to fatten oneself (of Jehovah's sword)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6428
פָּלַשׁ
pa.lash — to wallow
1) to roll 1a) (Hithpael) to roll in ashes or dust (as an act of mourning)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6368
פִּיחַ
pi.ach — soot
soot, ashes
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7196
קִשֻּׁרִים
qish.shur — sash
1) bands, sashes, headbands 1a) ornaments that are bound on
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4694
σπιλάς
spilas — reef
σπιλάς, -άδος, ἡ (on the gender in Ju, l.with, see Mayor, Ju., 41), 1. poët. in cl., a rock or reef over which the sea dashes (Polyb., FlJ, al.). Metaphorical, of men whose conduct causes danger to others, Ju 12, R, txt. (but see infr.). 2. In late writers = σπίλος (which see), a spot, stain; metaphorically, Ju, l.with, R, mg. (cf. Mayor, 41, but see supr.).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5077
τεφρόω
tephroō — to turn to ashes
τεφρόω, -ῶ (τέφρα, ashes; Wis.2:3, al.), to burn to ashes: 2Pe.2:6.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20652
μαδαρότης
madarotēs — falling off of the eyelashes
falling off of the eyelashes
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21119
σποδόομαι
spodoomai — with ashes
Pass. to be burnt to ashes , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21122
στέγος
stegos — brothel
a roof : then, like στέγη, a house, mansion , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.:—;of an urn containing ashes, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6098
καταπίμπρημι
katapimprēmi — burnt
burn to ashes, destroy by fire (2PE.2:6 - variant P72*)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7030
ἐγκρυφίας
egkruphias — cakes
cakes baked in hot ashes
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7183
ἕλιξ
helix — a fetter
1. anything which assumes a spiral shape : 2. an armlet or ear-ring , (Iliad by Homer) 3. a twist, whirl, convolution , ἕλικες στεροπῆς flashes of forked lightning, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 4. the tendril of the vine, (Euripides): of ivy, (Euripides) 5. a curl or lock of hair , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 6. the coil or spire of a serpent, (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8062
κονία
konia — lime
1. dust, a cloud of dust , stirred up by men's feet, (Iliad by Homer); also in plural, like Lat. arenae, (Homer), etc. 2. sand or soil (see. ὑπερέπτω); (Iliad by Homer) 3. ashes , in plural like Lat. cineres, (Odyssey by Homer) 4. a fine powder , sprinkled over wrestlers' bodies after being oiled, to make them more easily grasped by the opponent:—;this powder was also used in the bath, (Aristophanes Comicus) ι- in κονίῃσιν, in other cases ι- usually. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9142
σποδιά
spodia — a pile of ashes
1. a heap of ashes, ashes , (Odyssey by Homer) 2. metaphorically, = σποδός III, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
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The ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Num. 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean (Heb. 9:13). To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation (2 Sam. 13:19; Esther 4:3; Jer. 6:26, etc.). To feed on ashes (Isa. 44:20), means to seek that which will prove to be vain and unsatisfactory, and hence it denotes the unsatisfactory nature of idol-worship. (Comp. Hos. 12:1).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.