Ashes
אֵ֫פֶרStrong’s H0665epher (e-pher)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Epher is the Hebrew word usually translated “ash”, “ash of” and “like ash”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:”
Meaning
- Ashes
- (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
How it's translated
- and ash 7
- ash 7
- in ash 3
- ash of 2
- the ash 1
- like ash 1
- into ash 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 4
- Isaiah 3
- Numbers 2
- Esther 2
- Psalms 2
- Ezekiel 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
- Numbers 19:9And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
- Numbers 19:10And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
- 2 Samuel 13:19And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
- Esther 4:1When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
- Esther 4:3And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Hebrew dictionary
אֵ֫פֶר epher · ashes
1) ashes 2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ashes” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASH'ES, noun
plural Without the singular number.
- The earthy particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion; as of wood or coal.
- The remains of the human body when burnt.
- In scripture, ashes is used to denote vileness, meanness, frailty, or humiliation.“I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes” Job 42:6
All definitions and other forms of “ashes”
ASH'-FIRE, noun
A low fire used in chimical operations.
ASH'-HOLE, noun
A repository for ashes; the lower part of a furnace.
ASH'-LAR, noun
Common or free stones, as they come from the quarry, of different lengths, breadths and thicknesses.
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.