Bandage
אֲפֵרStrong’s H0666apher (a-pher)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Apher is the Hebrew word usually translated “ashes” and “bandage”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.”
Meaning
- Covering, bandage
How it's translated
- with ashes 1
- the bandage 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
אֲפֵר apher · bandage
covering, bandage
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bandage” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BAND'AGE, noun
A fillet, roller, or swath, used in dressing and binding up wounds, restraining hemorrhages, and joining fractured and dislocated bones. Sometimes, the act or practice of applying bandages.
- Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over another
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.