עָפָר
ʻâphâr · aw-fawr'
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6080 (עָפַר);
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- dust (as powdered or gray)
- hence, clay, earth, mud
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to speak, the word › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָפָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
110 occurrences · 110 OT · 0 NT · 66 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the dust11 · 17%
- dust8 · 12%
- in the dust7 · 11%
- out of the dust5 · 8%
- of the dust4 · 6%
- as the dust3 · 5%
- and dust3 · 5%
- of the earth2 · 3%
- it with dust2 · 3%
- and the dust2 · 3%
- in dust2 · 3%
- as dust2 · 3%
- is in the dust2 · 3%
- to the dust2 · 3%
- of the ashes1 · 2%
- and of the dust1 · 2%
- morter1 · 2%
- out the dust1 · 2%
- all the dust1 · 2%
- shall be as the dust1 · 2%
- them with earth1 · 2%
- thereof, and all the morter1 · 2%
- am but dust1 · 2%
- art, and unto dust1 · 2%
- for dust1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.