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End

אֶ֫פֶסStrong’s H0657

ephes (e-phes)

Appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ephes is the Hebrew word usually translated “ends of”, “nevertheless” and “there not”. It appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament.

“And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.”
Daniel 8:25 KJV
Meaning
  1. Ceasing, end, finality
  2. Expressing non-existence
  3. The two extremities, i.e.
How it's translated
  • ends of 12
  • nevertheless 5
  • and there not 4
  • there not 3
  • nothing 3
  • and only i 3
  • with not 2
  • and only 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 14
  • Psalms 6
  • Numbers 3
  • Deuteronomy 3
  • Proverbs 3
  • 2 Samuel 2

17 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 43 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 3
15:432:3633:17
Judges 1
4:9
1 Samuel 1
2:10
2 Samuel 2
9:312:14
2 Kings 1
14:26
Job 1
7:6
Proverbs 3
14:2826:2030:4
Jeremiah 1
16:19
Ezekiel 1
47:3
Daniel 1
8:25
Amos 2
6:109:8
Micah 1
5:4
Zephaniah 1
2:15
Zechariah 1
9:10
Hebrew dictionary

אֶ֫פֶס ephes · end

1) ceasing, end, finality 2) expressing non-existence

אֹ֫פֶס ophes · soles

the two extremities, i.e. either the soles of the feet or the ankles

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “end” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

END, noun

  1. The extreme point of a line, or of anything that has more length than breadth; as the end of a house; the end of a table; the end of a finger; the end of a chain or rope.
  2. The extremity or last part, in general; the close or conclusion, applied to time.
  3. The conclusion or cessation of an action.“Of the increase of his government there shall be no end” Isaiah 9:7
  4. The close or conclusion; as the end of a chapter.
All definitions and other forms of “end”
  1. Ultimate state or condition; final doom.“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace” Psalms 37:37
  2. The point beyond which no progression can be made.“They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end” Psalms 107:27
  3. Final determination; conclusion of debate or deliberation.
  4. Close of life; death; decease.
  5. Cessation; period; close of a particular state of things; as the end of the world.
  6. Limit; termination.
  7. Destruction. Amos 8:2“The end of all flesh is come” Genesis 6:13
  8. Cause of death; a destroyer.
  9. Consequence; issue; result; conclusive event; conclusion.
  10. A fragment or broken piece.
  11. The ultimate point or thing at which one aims or directs his views; the object intended to be reached or accomplished by any action or scheme; purpose intended; scope; aim; drift; as private ends; public ends.
  12. An end for on end upright; erect; as, his hair stands an end
  13. The ends of the earth, in scripture, are the remotest parts of the earth, or the inhabitants of those parts.

END, verb transitive

To finish; to close; to conclude; to terminate; as, to end a controversy; to end a war.

  1. “On the seventh day God ended his work” Genesis 2:2
  2. To destroy; to put to death.

END, verb intransitive

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; as, a voyage ends by the return of a ship.

  1. To terminate; to close; to conclude.
  2. To cease; to come to a close.

END'-ALL, noun

Final close. [Not used.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.