Strong's Hebrew · H665

אֵפֶר

ʼêpher · ay'-fer

Definitionashes
Derivationfrom an unused root meaning to bestrew;
KJV usageashes.
Occurrences22 in the KJV · 22 verses

אֵפֶר in Scripture

Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: Numbers 19:9 And 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 19:10 And 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 forever. 2 Samuel 13:19 And 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 4:1 When 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 4:3 And 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. Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. Job 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. Job 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Psalms 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, Psalms 147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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