TBESH · H0665
אֵ֫פֶר · e.pher · ashes
1) ashes 2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
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e.pher H665
אֵ֫פֶר (e.pher) means “ashes” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אֵ֫פֶר Hebrew · H665 22 tagged occurrences in 22 verses
Pronunciation guide: ay'-fer Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes
KJV glosses: ashes.
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How translators render H665
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and ashes | 7 |
| ashes | 6 |
| the ashes | 3 |
| in ashes | 2 |
| in the dust | 1 |
| like ashes | 1 |
| of ashes | 1 |
| you to ashes | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and ashes | 6 |
| ashes | 2 |
| the ashes | 2 |
| for ashes | 1 |
| for they shall be ashes | 1 |
| in ashes | 1 |
| like ashes | 1 |
| me with ashes | 1 |
| on ashes | 1 |
| thee to ashes | 1 |
| themselves in the ashes | 1 |
| thyself in ashes | 1 |
| unto ashes | 1 |
| up the ashes | 1 |
| with ashes | 1 |
Verses containing H665
Page 1 of 1. 22 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 18:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
Read word by word - Numbers 19:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.
Read word by word - Numbers 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 13:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.
Read word by word - Esther 4:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
Read word by word - Esther 4:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Read word by word - Job 2:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
Read word by word - Job 13:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
Read word by word - Job 30:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Read word by word - Job 42:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Read word by word - Psalms 102:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.10
- Psalms 147:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Read word by word - Isaiah 61:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 6:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Read word by word - Lamentations 3:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 27:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 28:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
Read word by word - Daniel 9:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Read word by word - Jonah 3:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Read word by word - Malachi 4:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.21