אֵפֶר
ʼêpher · ay'-fer
ashes
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to bestrew;
ashes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ashes.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵפֶר 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ashes6 · 27%
- the ashes2 · 9%
- ashes2 · 9%
- up the ashes1 · 5%
- with ashes1 · 5%
- unto ashes1 · 5%
- like ashes1 · 5%
- on ashes1 · 5%
- for ashes1 · 5%
- thyself in ashes1 · 5%
- me with ashes1 · 5%
- themselves in the ashes1 · 5%
- thee to ashes1 · 5%
- in ashes1 · 5%
- for they shall be ashes1 · 5%
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.