Lexical Definition

‎אֵפֶר‎ ʼêpher (ay'-fer) ashes ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to bestrew

ashes.

• ashes

1) ashes
2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)

See Greek: κοπρία · σποδός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵ֫פֶר‎ noun [masculine] ashes (as light, flying?) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Gen 18:27 +; construct Num 19:9; Num 19:10 — ashes of red heifer, used in purifications Num 19:9; Num 19:10 on head, as sign of humiliation 2Sam 13:19 contrition Dan 9:3 (|| ‎צוֺם‎, ‎שַׂק‎), Jonah 3:6 (|| ‎שַׂק‎) compare Job 42:6 (‎׳‎‎עָפָר וא‎), Isa 58:5 (|| ‎שַׂק‎); mourning Esth 4:1; Esth 4:3 (|| ‎שַׂק‎) compare Job 2:8 (‎׳‎‎ישׁב בתוך הא‎), Jer 6:26 (|| ‎שַׂק‎), Ezek 27:30 (|| ‎עפר‎); in simile scattereth hoarfrost ‎׳‎‎כָּא‎ Ps 147:16 but also as filthy, loathsome ‎׳‎‎כעפר וא‎ Job 30:19 (Di simile of mourning, grief), as worthless, ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁלֵי א‎ Job 13:12 proverbs of ashes; figurative of worthlessness Isa 44:20 insignificance ‎׳‎‎עפר וא‎ Gen 18:27 ignominy Ezek 28:18; Mal 3:21* distress & sorrow ‎כַּלָּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 102:10* (so Assyrian compare Zim^{BP 42}) compare Lam 3:16; Isa 61:3 (‎פְּאֵר תַּחַת אֵפֶר‎).

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