אֶפֶס
ʼepheç · eh'-fes
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
Lexicon
Derivation: from H656 (אָפֵס); (sometimes like H6466 (פָּעַל))
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
- cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth)
- often used adverb, no further
- also, the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › to support and uphold
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶפֶס 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
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- all the ends4 · 12%
- unto the ends3 · 9%
- and there is none2 · 6%
- without2 · 6%
- i am, and none else2 · 6%
- nevertheless1 · 3%
- but only1 · 3%
- but1 · 3%
- save1 · 3%
- to the ends1 · 3%
- with thee: notwithstanding1 · 3%
- the ends1 · 3%
- is there not1 · 3%
- howbeit1 · 3%
- for there was not1 · 3%
- and the uttermost parts1 · 3%
- us; and all the ends1 · 3%
- but in the want1 · 3%
- where no1 · 3%
- till there be no1 · 3%
- shall be nothing1 · 3%
- to him less than nothing1 · 3%
- against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought1 · 3%
- are nothing1 · 3%
- that there is none1 · 3%
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.