עָפָר
a.phar
“dust”
Definition
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
from H6080 (עָפַר);
- dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עָפָר appears 91 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“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.
All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
You will be brought low,you will speak from the ground,and out of the dustyour words will be muffled.Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground;your speech will whisper out of the dust.
and consign your gold to the dustand the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.