Word Study · Strong's H665 · Hebrew
אֵפֶר
epher
ay'-fer
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼêpher
“ashes”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
ashes
Rendered in the KJV as
ashes.
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 13 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- וָאֵֽפֶר׃3
- אֵ֔פֶר2
- הָאֵֽפֶר׃2
- אֵ֭פֶר1
- אֵ֣פֶר1
- אֵ֤פֶר1
- אֵ֙פֶר֙1
- אֵ֑פֶר1
- אֵ֗פֶר1
- בָאֵ֔פֶר1
- בָּאֵ֖פֶר1
- בָּאֵֽפֶר׃1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- and ash[es]7
- ash[es]6
- in the ash[es]3
- [the] ash[es] of2
- the ash[es]2
- into ash[es]1
- like the ash[es]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular7
- noun · masculine singular6
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 7
- HNcmsa · 6
- HRd/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmsc · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 19:9אֵ֣פֶרʾefernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] ash[es] of
- Numbers 19:10אֵ֤פֶרʾefernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] ash[es] of
2 Samuel1 occurrence
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 4:1וָאֵ֑פֶרvaeferconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularWhen 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.here: and ash[es]
- Esther 4:3וָאֵ֔פֶרvaeferconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIn 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.here: and ash[es]
Job4 occurrences
- Job 2:8הָאֵֽפֶר׃haeferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.here: the ash[es]
- Job 13:12אֵ֑פֶרʾefernoun · masculine singularYour maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.here: ash[es]
- Job 30:19וָאֵֽפֶר׃vaeferconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularHe throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.here: and ash[es]
- Job 42:6וָאֵֽפֶר׃ פvaeferconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularTherefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”here: and ash[es]
Psalms2 occurrences
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 44:20אֵ֔פֶרʾefernoun · masculine singularHe 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?”here: ash[es]
- Isaiah 58:5וָאֵ֙פֶר֙vaeferconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIs 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?here: and ash[es]
- Isaiah 61:3אֵ֗פֶרʾefernoun · masculine singularto 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.here: ash[es]
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 27:30בָּאֵ֖פֶרbaeferpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThey will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.here: in the ash[es]
- Ezekiel 28:18לְאֵ֙פֶר֙leeferpreposition + noun · masculine singularBy 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.here: into ash[es]