אֵ֫פֶר
e.pher
“ashes”
Definition
ashes
from an unused root meaning to bestrew;
- ashes 2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אֵ֫פֶר appears 20 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.
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Is this the fast I have chosen:a day for a man to deny himself,to bow his head like a reed,and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?Will you call this a fastand a day acceptable to the LORD?
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
He has ground my teeth with graveland trampled me in the dust.
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