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עָפָר

aphar

aw-fawr'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâphâr

dust (as powdered or gray)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

Rendered in the KJV as

ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

  • 110
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 66
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 110 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 66

  • עָפָ֥ר11
  • עֲפַ֣ר7
  • עָפָ֣ר5
  • עָפָ֖ר5
  • עָפָ֑ר4
  • עָפָֽר׃4
  • לֶעָפָ֣ר3
  • מֵעָפָ֣ר3
  • עָפָר֙3
  • וְעָפָ֥ר2
  • כֶּעָפָ֣ר2
  • כֶּֽעָפָ֔ר2

and 54 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 34

  • dust20
  • [the] dust10
  • [the] dust of10
  • like the dust7
  • the dust7
  • from [the] dust5
  • dust its4
  • in the dust4
  • like [the] dust of4
  • to the dust4
  • and dust3
  • and from [the] dust3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 20

  • noun · masculine singular38
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular18
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular9
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular8
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular3
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcmsa · 38
  • HRd/Ncmsa · 18
  • HNcmsc · 10
  • HR/Ncmsa · 9
  • HTd/Ncmsa · 8
  • HR/Ncmsc · 5
  • HC/Ncmsa · 3
  • HC/R/Ncmsa · 3
  • HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 3
  • HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 3
  • HC/Ncfpc · 1
  • HC/Ncmsc · 1

All 110, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis9 occurrences
Exodus3 occurrences
Leviticus4 occurrences
Numbers3 occurrences
Deuteronomy4 occurrences
Joshua1 occurrence
1 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Samuel2 occurrences
1 Kings3 occurrences
2 Kings6 occurrences
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah2 occurrences
Job26 occurrences
Psalms13 occurrences
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
Isaiah15 occurrences
Lamentations2 occurrences
Ezekiel4 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence
Amos1 occurrence
Micah2 occurrences
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Zephaniah1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).