1) ashes 2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
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H665 — אֵ֫פֶר
e.pher · ashes · Hebrew/Aramaic
20 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 18:27 · וָאֵֽפֶר׃And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:Numbers 19:9 · אֵ֣פֶרAnd 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 for impurity: it is a sin-offering.Numbers 19:10 · אֵ֤פֶרAnd 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 · אֵ֙פֶר֙And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.Esther 4:1 · וָאֵ֑פֶרNow when Mordecai knew 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 4:3 · וָאֵ֔פֶרAnd 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 2:8 · הָאֵֽפֶר׃And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.Job 13:12 · אֵ֑פֶרYour memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.Job 30:19 · וָאֵֽפֶר׃He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.Job 42:6 · וָאֵֽפֶר׃ פWherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.Psalm 102:9 · אֵ֭פֶרFor I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,Psalm 147:16 · כָּאֵ֥פֶרHe giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.Isaiah 44:20 · אֵ֔פֶרHe feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?Isaiah 58:5 · וָאֵ֙פֶר֙Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?Isaiah 61:3 · אֵ֗פֶרto appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.Jeremiah 6:26 · בָאֵ֔פֶרO 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 destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.Lamentations 3:16 · בָּאֵֽפֶר׃He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.Daniel 9:3 · וָאֵֽפֶר׃And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.Jonah 3:6 · הָאֵֽפֶר׃And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.Malachi 4:3 · אֵ֔פֶרAnd ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.