עָפָר

Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:7

• עָפָר֙ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:14

• וְעָפָ֥רveafarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and dust

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 3:19

• עָפָ֣רafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust
• עָפָ֖רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 13:16

• כַּעֲפַ֣רkaafarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like dust of
• עֲפַ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

Genesis 18:27

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

Genesis 26:15

• עָפָֽר׃ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: earth

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Genesis 28:14

• כַּעֲפַ֣רkaafarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like dust of

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

Exodus 8:16

• עֲפַ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:17

• עֲפַ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of
• עֲפַ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.

Leviticus 14:41

• הֶֽעָפָר֙heafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dust

So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.

Leviticus 14:42

• וְעָפָ֥רveafarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and dust

It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.

Leviticus 14:45

• עֲפַ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

Leviticus 17:13

• בֶּעָפָֽר׃beafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the dust

Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

Numbers 5:17

• הֶֽעָפָ֗רheafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dust

For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

Numbers 19:17

• מֵעֲפַ֖רmeafarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: some of dust of

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

Numbers 23:10

• עֲפַ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

Deuteronomy 9:21

• לְעָפָ֑רleafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into dust
• עֲפָר֔וֹafaronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dust its

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 28:24

• וְעָפָ֑רveafarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and dust

They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

Deuteronomy 32:24

• עָפָֽר׃ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

Joshua 7:6

• עָפָ֖רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:8

• מֵעָפָ֜רmeafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from dust

So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

2 Samuel 16:13

• בֶּעָפָֽר׃ פbeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the dust

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

2 Samuel 22:43

• כַּעֲפַר־kaafar-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like dust of

“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.

1 Kings 16:2

• הֶ֣עָפָ֔רheafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dust

Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

1 Kings 18:38

• הֶעָפָ֑רheafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dust

Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”

1 Kings 20:10

• עֲפַ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

2 Kings 13:7

• כֶּֽעָפָ֖רkeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dust

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

2 Kings 23:4

• עֲפָרָ֖םʾafaramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: dust their

He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

2 Kings 23:6

• לְעָפָ֑רleafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to dust
• עֲפָרָ֔הּʾafarahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: dust its

He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

2 Kings 23:12

• עֲפָרָ֖םʾafaramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: dust their

He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

2 Kings 23:15

• לְעָפָ֖רleafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to dust

Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 1:9

• כַּעֲפַ֥רkaafarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like dust of

before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

Nehemiah 4:2

• הֶעָפָ֖רheafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the debris

Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

Nehemiah 4:10

• וְהֶעָפָ֖רveheafarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the debris

When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

Job 2:12

• עָפָ֛רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

Job 4:19

• בֶּעָפָ֥רbeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the dust

For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Job 5:6

• מֵעָפָ֣רmeafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from dust

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Job 7:5

• עָפָ֑רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

Job 7:21

• לֶעָפָ֣רleafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the dust

Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

Job 8:19

• וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗רumeafarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and from dust

Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

Job 10:9

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

Job 14:8

• וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗רuveafarconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and in the dust

as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

Job 14:19

• עֲפַר־ʾafar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.

Job 16:15

• בֶעָפָ֣רveafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the dust

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

Job 17:16

• עָפָ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

Job 19:25

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 20:11

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

Job 21:26

• עָפָ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

Job 22:24

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Job 27:16

• כֶּעָפָ֣רkeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dust

Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

Job 28:2

• מֵעָפָ֣רmeafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from dust

Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

Job 28:6

• וְעַפְרֹ֖תveafrotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and dusts of

so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Job 30:6

• עָפָ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: ground

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Job 30:19

• כֶּעָפָ֥רkeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dust

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Job 34:15

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

Job 38:38

• עָ֭פָרʾafornoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

Job 39:14

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.

Job 40:13

• בֶּעָפָ֣רbeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the dust

Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!

Job 41:33

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:6

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Psalms 7:5

• לֶעָפָ֖רleafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the dust

I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

Psalms 18:42

• כְּעָפָ֥רkeafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like dust

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

Psalms 22:15

• וְֽלַעֲפַר־velaafar-conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to dust of

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

Psalms 22:29

• עָפָ֑רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

Psalms 30:9

• עָפָ֑רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

Psalms 44:25

• לֶעָפָ֣רleafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the dust

May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

Psalms 72:9

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.

Psalms 78:27

• כֶּעָפָ֣רkeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dust

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

Psalms 102:14

• עֲפָרָ֥הּʾafarahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: dust its

For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

Psalms 103:14

• עָפָ֥רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

Psalms 104:29

• עֲפָרָ֥םʾafaramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: dust their

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

Psalms 113:7

• מֵעָפָ֣רmeafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from dust

My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

Psalms 119:25

• לֶעָפָ֣רleafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the dust

before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.

Proverbs 8:26

• עָפְר֥וֹתaferotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dusts of

All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

• הֶֽעָפָ֔רheafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dust
• הֶעָפָֽר׃heafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dust

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

• הֶעָפָ֛רheafarthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dust

Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

Isaiah 2:10

• בֶּֽעָפָ֑רbeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the dust

Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Isaiah 2:19

• עָפָ֑רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: ground

The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

Isaiah 25:12

• עָפָֽר׃ סʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.

Isaiah 26:5

• עָפָֽר׃ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

Isaiah 26:19

• עָפָ֗רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.

Isaiah 29:4

• וּמֵֽעָפָ֖רumeafarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and from dust
• וּמֵעָפָ֖רumeafarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and from dust

And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.

Isaiah 34:7

• וַעֲפָרָ֖םvaafaramconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and dust their

Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.

Isaiah 34:9

• וַעֲפָרָ֖הּvaafarahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and dust its

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Isaiah 40:12

• עֲפַ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

Isaiah 41:2

• כֶּֽעָפָר֙keafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dust

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

Isaiah 47:1

• עָפָ֗רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Isaiah 49:23

• וַעֲפַ֥רvaafarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and dust of

Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 52:2

• מֵעָפָ֛רmeafarpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from dust

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 65:25

• עָפָ֣רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:10

• עָפָר֙ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

Lamentations 3:29

• בֶּֽעָפָר֙beafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the dust

For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

Ezekiel 24:7

• עָפָֽר׃ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

Ezekiel 26:4

• עֲפָרָ֖הּʾafarahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: dust its

They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

Ezekiel 26:12

• וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְvaafarekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and dust your

They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

Ezekiel 27:30

• עָֽפָר֙ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2

• עָפָ֖רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Amos 2:7

• עֲפַר־ʾafar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dust of

Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

Micah 1:10

• עָפָ֖רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

Micah 7:17

• עָפָר֙ʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: dust

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Habakkuk 1:10

• עָפָ֖רʾafarnoun · masculine singulartagged: earth

I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

Zephaniah 1:17

• כֶּֽעָפָ֔רkeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dust

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Zechariah 9:3

• כֶּֽעָפָ֔רkeafarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dust