Lexicon :: Strong's H6083 - ʿāp̄ār

עָפָר

Transliteration

ʿāp̄ār

Pronunciation

aw-fawr'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From עָפַר (H6080)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1664a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

עָפָר ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'; from H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud:—ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x

The KJV translates Strong's H6083 in the following manner: dust (93x), earth (7x), powder (3x), rubbish (2x), ashes (2x), morter (2x), ground (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x

The KJV translates Strong's H6083 in the following manner: dust (93x), earth (7x), powder (3x), rubbish (2x), ashes (2x), morter (2x), ground (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish
1. dry or loose earth
2. debris
3. mortar
4. ore

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

עָפָר ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'; from H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud:—ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6083: Abbreviations

† עָפָר noun masculine^{Leviticus 14:42} dry earth, dust; — absolute ע׳ Genesis 2:7 +, construct עֲפַר Genesis 13:16 +; suffix עֲפָרֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12, עֲפָרוֺ Deuteronomy 9:21, etc.; plural construct עַפְרֹת Job 28:6; Proverbs 8:26; —

1. literally:

a. dry, loose earth, thrown (in malice) 2 Samuel 16:13 (|| אֲבָנִים); עַלרֿאֹשׁ וַיַעֲלוּ ע׳ Joshua 7:6 (J E; sign of grief), so Ezekiel 27:30; Lamentations 2:10, and (with זָרַק) Job 2:12; loose earth (on surface of ground) 1 Kings 18:38; Amos 2:7; Micah 1:10; Isaiah 34:7, 9; Leviticus 17:13 (H) Ezekiel 24:7 (in figurative), Numbers 5:17; Job 14:19; Job 38:38; Job 39:14; Genesis 26:15 (R), made into siege works Habakkuk 1:10; of sand-storm Deuteronomy 28:24 (+ אָבָק); as serpent's food, token of punishment and humiliation, Genesis 3:14 (J) Isaiah 65:25 (compare Micah 7:17 2e below); זֹחֲלֵי ע׳ Deuteronomy 32:24 (poem; compare 2e).

b. specifically as material of human body Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19 (J), Ecclesiastes 3:20, compare Job 4:19; Job 8:19; Psalm 103:14, to which it returns (שׁוּב אֶלֿ) Genesis 3:19; Job 10:9; Psalm 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20; so (with עַל) Job 34:15; Ecclesiastes 12:7.

c. = surface of ground Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (twice in verse); (P; הָאָרַץ ע׳), Job 19:25; Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5 (both || אֶרֶץ), surface of (whole) earth Job 41:25, מְחִלוֺת ע׳ Isaiah 2:19 (for hiding), so ע׳ alone Isaiah 2:10, compare חֹרֵי ע׳ Job 30:6; = soil, Job 5:6; Job 14:8.

d. powder of anything pulverized Deuteronomy 9:21 (twice in verse) (compare דָּ֑ק || Exodus 32:20), 2 Kings 23:6 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 23:12, 15, so in simile 2 Samuel 22:43 = Psalm 18:43, hence = ashes Psalm 18:4; Numbers 19:17.

e. debris, of ruined city 1 Kings 20:10; Ezekiel 26:4, 12; Nehemiah 3:34; Nehemiah 4:4; Psalm 102:15. The following are late:

f. earth of the grave: אֶשְׁכַּב לֶע׳ Job 7:21, so (with עַל) Job 20:11; Job 21:26, compare Job 17:16; יוֺרְדֵי ע׳ Psalm 22:30, שֹׁכְנֵי ע׳ Isaiah 26:19, יְשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַתעֿ׳ Daniel 12:2; עֲפַרמָֿוֶת Psalm 22:16; ע׳ in figure Psalm 30:10.

g. mortar (i.e. dried mud) for plastering houses Leviticus 14:41, 42, 45 (P).

h. (iron-) ore Job 28:2; עַפְרֹת זָהָב Job 28:6 gold-dust (but see סַמִּיר).

i. material of earth Isaiah 40:12, compare ראֹשׁ עַפְרֹת תֵּבֵל Proverbs 8:26 the first of the earth particles of the world.

2. figurative:

a. of abundance Genesis 13:16 (twice in verse); Genesis 28:14 (all J) 2 Chronicles 1:9; Job 27:16; Psalm 78:27 (|| חוֺל יַמִּים), compare עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב Numbers 23:10 (JE); with added idea of commonness, worthlessness Zephaniah 1:7; Zechariah 9:3.

b. of worthlessness (alone) Job 22:24.

c. simile of the scattered, dispersed 2 Kings 13:7; כֶּע׳ Isaiah 41:2 (so van d. H. Ginsb; Baer כֵּע׳; on meaning see Du Che, reading תְּשִׂימֵם for יִתֵּן).

d. of self-abasement Genesis 18:27 (+ אֵפַר), וְנִחַמְתִּי עַלעֿ׳ וָאֵפֶר Job 42:6, מִּיהוּ יִתֵּן בֶּע׳ Lamentations 3:29.

e. of humiliation (sitting or lying in dust) Isaiah 47:1; compare Isaiah 29:4 (twice in verse), Job 16:15; Job 40:13; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 119:25, simile Job 30:19; licking dust Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23; Micah 7:17, compare Tel Amarna tikalu ipra (of enemies, see Wkl^{Altor. Forsch. iii. 291}; also of serpent 1a above); of י׳ raising from the dust 1 Samuel 2:8 = Psalm 113:7, 1 Kings 16:2; of lifting oneself Isaiah 52:2.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:7; 2:7; 3:14; 3:19; 3:19; 13:16; 13:16; 18:27; 26:15; 28:14

Exodus

8:12; 8:13; 32:20

Leviticus

14:41; 14:42; 14:42; 14:45; 17:13

Numbers

5:17; 19:17; 23:10

Deuteronomy

9:21; 9:21; 28:24; 32:24

Joshua

7:6

1 Samuel

2:8

2 Samuel

16:13; 22:43

1 Kings

16:2; 18:38; 20:10

2 Kings

13:7; 23:6; 23:12; 23:15

2 Chronicles

1:9

Nehemiah

4:4

Job

2:12; 4:19; 5:6; 7:21; 8:19; 10:9; 14:8; 14:19; 16:15; 17:16; 19:25; 20:11; 21:26; 22:24; 27:16; 28:2; 28:6; 28:6; 30:6; 30:19; 34:15; 38:38; 39:14; 40:13; 41:25; 42:6

Psalms

7:6; 18:4; 18:43; 22:16; 22:30; 30:10; 44:26; 72:9; 78:27; 102:15; 103:14; 104:29; 113:7; 119:25

Proverbs

8:26; 8:26

Ecclesiastes

3:20; 3:20; 12:7

Isaiah

2:10; 2:19; 25:12; 26:5; 26:19; 29:4; 34:7; 34:9; 40:12; 41:2; 47:1; 49:23; 52:2; 65:25

Lamentations

2:10; 3:29

Ezekiel

24:7; 26:4; 26:12; 26:12; 27:30

Daniel

12:2

Amos

2:7

Micah

1:10; 7:17; 7:17

Habakkuk

1:10

Zephaniah

1:7

Zechariah

9:3

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H6083 matches the Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār),
which occurs 110 times in 103 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:7–Job 27:16)

Gen 2:7

Gen 2:7 - And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335 man^H120 of the dust^H6083 of^H4480 the ground,^H127 and breathed^H5301 into his nostrils^H639 the breath^H5397 of life;^H2416 and man^H120 became a living^H2416 soul.^H5315

Gen 3:14

Gen 3:14 - And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 said^H559 unto the serpent,^H5175 Because thou^H859 hast done^H6213 this, thou art cursed^H779 above all cattle,^H929 and above every beast^H2416 of the field;^H7704 upon thy belly^H1512 shalt thou go,^H3212 and dust^H6083 shalt thou eat^H398 all the days^H3117 of thy life:^H2416

Gen 3:19

Gen 3:19 - In the sweat^H2188 of thy face^H639 shalt thou eat^H398 bread,^H3899 till^H5704 thou return^H7725 unto the ground;^H127 for out of it wast thou taken:^H3947 for dust^H6083 thou^H859 art, and unto dust^H6083 shalt thou return.^H7725

Gen 13:16

Gen 13:16 - And I will make^H7760 thy seed^H2233 as the dust^H6083 of the earth:^H776 so that^H834 if a man^H376 can^H3201 number^H4487 the dust^H6083 of the earth,^H776 then shall thy seed^H2233 also be numbered.^H4487

Gen 18:27

Gen 18:27 - And Abraham^H85 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 Behold now, I have taken upon me^H2974 to speak^H1696 unto the Lord,^H136 which^H595 am but dust^H6083 and ashes:^H665

Gen 26:15

Gen 26:15 - For all the wells^H875 which his father's^H1 servants^H5650 had digged^H2658 in the days^H3117 of Abraham^H85 his father,^H1 the Philistines^H6430 had stopped^H5640 them, and filled^H4390 them with earth.^H6083

Gen 28:14

Gen 28:14 - And thy seed^H2233 shall be as the dust^H6083 of the earth,^H776 and thou shalt spread abroad^H6555 to the west,^H3220 and to the east,^H6924 and to the north,^H6828 and to the south:^H5045 and in thee and in thy seed^H2233 shall all the families^H4940 of the earth^H127 be blessed.^H1288

Exo 8:16

Exo 8:16 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 Say^H559 unto Aaron,^H175 Stretch out^H5186 thy rod,^H4294 and smite^H5221 the dust^H6083 of the land,^H776 that it may become lice^H3654 throughout all the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714

Exo 8:17

Exo 8:17 - And they did^H6213 so; for Aaron^H175 stretched out^H5186 his hand^H3027 with his rod,^H4294 and smote^H5221 the dust^H6083 of the earth,^H776 and it became lice^H3654 in man,^H120 and in beast;^H929 all the dust^H6083 of the land^H776 became lice^H3654 throughout all the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714

Lev 14:41

Lev 14:41 - And he shall cause the house^H1004 to be scraped^H7106 within^H1004 round about,^H5439 and they shall pour^H8210 out the dust^H6083 that they scrape^H7096 off without^H2351 the city^H5892 into an unclean^H2931 place:^H4725

Lev 14:42

Lev 14:42 - And they shall take^H3947 other^H312 stones,^H68 and put^H935 them in the place^H8478 of those stones;^H68 and he shall take^H3947 other^H312 morter,^H6083 and shall plaister^H2902 the house.^H1004

Lev 14:45

Lev 14:45 - And he shall break down^H5422 the house,^H1004 the stones^H68 of it, and the timber^H6086 thereof, and all the morter^H6083 of the house;^H1004 and he shall carry them forth^H3318 out^H2351 of the city^H5892 into an unclean^H2931 place.^H4725

Lev 17:13

Lev 17:13 - And whatsoever man^H376 there be of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 or of the strangers^H1616 that sojourn^H1481 among^H8432 you, which hunteth^H6679 and catcheth^H6718 any beast^H2416 or fowl^H5775 that may be eaten;^H398 he shall even pour^H8210 out the blood^H1818 thereof, and cover^H3680 it with dust.^H6083

Num 5:17

Num 5:17 - And the priest^H3548 shall take^H3947 holy^H6918 water^H4325 in an earthen^H2789 vessel;^H3627 and of the dust^H6083 that is in the floor^H7172 of the tabernacle^H4908 the priest^H3548 shall take,^H3947 and put^H5414 it into the water:^H4325

Num 19:17

Num 19:17 - And for an unclean^H2931 person they shall take^H3947 of the ashes^H6083 of the burnt heifer^H8316 of purification for sin,^H2403 and running^H2416 water^H4325 shall be put^H5414 thereto in a vessel:^H3627

Num 23:10

Num 23:10 - Who can count^H4487 the dust^H6083 of Jacob,^H3290 and the number^H4557 of the fourth^H7255 part of Israel?^H3478 Let me die^H4191^H5315 the death^H4194 of the righteous,^H3477 and let my last^H319 end be like his!

Deu 9:21

Deu 9:21 - And I took^H3947 your sin,^H2403 the calf^H5695 which ye had made,^H6213 and burnt^H8313 it with fire,^H784 and stamped^H3807 it, and ground^H2912 it very small,^H3190 even until it was as small^H1854 as dust:^H6083 and I cast^H7993 the dust^H6083 thereof into the brook^H5158 that descended out^H3381 of the mount.^H2022

Deu 28:24

Deu 28:24 - The LORD^H3068 shall make^H5414 the rain^H4306 of thy land^H776 powder^H80 and dust:^H6083 from heaven^H8064 shall it come down^H3381 upon thee, until thou be destroyed.^H8045

Deu 32:24

Deu 32:24 - They shall be burnt^H4198 with hunger,^H7458 and devoured^H3898 with burning heat,^H7565 and with bitter^H4815 destruction:^H6986 I will also send^H7971 the teeth^H8127 of beasts^H929 upon them, with the poison^H2534 of serpents^H2119 of the dust.^H6083

Jos 7:6

Jos 7:6 - And Joshua^H3091 rent^H7167 his clothes,^H8071 and fell^H5307 to the earth^H776 upon his face^H6440 before^H6440 the ark^H727 of the LORD^H3068 until the eventide,^H6153 he and the elders^H2205 of Israel,^H3478 and put^H5927 dust^H6083 upon their heads.^H7218

1Sa 2:8

1Sa 2:8 - He raiseth up^H6965 the poor^H1800 out of the dust,^H6083 and lifteth up^H7311 the beggar^H34 from the dunghill,^H830 to set^H3427 them among princes,^H5081 and to make them inherit^H5157 the throne^H3678 of glory:^H3519 for the pillars^H4690 of the earth^H776 are the LORD'S,^H3068 and he hath set^H7896 the world^H8398 upon them.

2Sa 16:13

2Sa 16:13 - And as David^H1732 and his men^H582 went^H3212 by the way,^H1870 Shimei^H8096 went along^H1980 on the hill's^H2022 side^H6763 over against^H5980 him, and cursed^H7043 as he went,^H1980 and threw^H5619 stones^H68 at^H5980 him, and cast^H6080 dust.^H6083

2Sa 22:43

2Sa 22:43 - Then did I beat^H7833 them as small as the dust^H6083 of the earth,^H776 I did stamp^H1854 them as the mire^H2916 of the street,^H2351 and did spread them abroad.^H7554

1Ki 16:2

1Ki 16:2 - Forasmuch as I exalted^H7311 thee out of the dust,^H6083 and made^H5414 thee prince^H5057 over my people^H5971 Israel;^H3478 and thou hast walked^H3212 in the way^H1870 of Jeroboam,^H3379 and hast made my people^H5971 Israel^H3478 to sin,^H2398 to provoke me to anger^H3707 with their sins;^H2403

1Ki 18:38

1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire^H784 of the LORD^H3068 fell,^H5307 and consumed^H398 the burnt sacrifice,^H5930 and the wood,^H6086 and the stones,^H68 and the dust,^H6083 and licked up^H3897 the water^H4325 that was in the trench.^H8585

1Ki 20:10

1Ki 20:10 - And Benhadad^H1130 sent^H7971 unto him, and said,^H559 The gods^H430 do so^H6213 unto me, and more also,^H3254 if the dust^H6083 of Samaria^H8111 shall suffice^H5606 for handfuls^H8168 for all the people^H5971 that follow^H7272 me.

2Ki 13:7

2Ki 13:7 - Neither did he leave^H7604 of the people^H5971 to Jehoahaz^H3059 but fifty^H2572 horsemen,^H6571 and ten^H6235 chariots,^H7393 and ten^H6235 thousand^H505 footmen;^H7273 for the king^H4428 of Syria^H758 had destroyed^H6 them, and had made^H7760 them like the dust^H6083 by threshing.^H1758

2Ki 23:4

2Ki 23:4 - And the king^H4428 commanded^H6680 Hilkiah^H2518 the high^H1419 priest,^H3548 and the priests^H3548 of the second order,^H4932 and the keepers^H8104 of the door,^H5592 to bring forth^H3318 out of the temple^H1964 of the LORD^H3068 all the vessels^H3627 that were made^H6213 for Baal,^H1168 and for the grove,^H842 and for all the host^H6635 of heaven:^H8064 and he burned^H8313 them without^H2351 Jerusalem^H3389 in the fields^H7709 of Kidron,^H6939 and carried^H5375 the ashes^H6083 of them unto Bethel.^H1008

2Ki 23:6

2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out^H3318 the grove^H842 from the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 without^H2351 Jerusalem,^H3389 unto the brook^H5158 Kidron,^H6939 and burned^H8313 it at the brook^H5158 Kidron,^H6939 and stamped it small^H1854 to powder,^H6083 and cast^H7993 the powder^H6083 thereof upon the graves^H6913 of the children^H1121 of the people.^H5971

2Ki 23:12

2Ki 23:12 - And the altars^H4196 that were on the top^H1406 of the upper chamber^H5944 of Ahaz,^H271 which the kings^H4428 of Judah^H3063 had made,^H6213 and the altars^H4196 which Manasseh^H4519 had made^H6213 in the two^H8147 courts^H2691 of the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 did the king^H4428 beat down,^H5422 and brake them down^H7323 from thence, and cast^H7993 the dust^H6083 of them into the brook^H5158 Kidron.^H6939

2Ki 23:15

2Ki 23:15 - Moreover the altar^H4196 that was at Bethel,^H1008 and the high place^H1116 which Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat,^H5028 who made Israel^H3478 to sin,^H2398 had made,^H6213 both that altar^H4196 and the high place^H1116 he brake down,^H5422 and burned^H8313 the high place,^H1116 and stamped^H1854 it small to powder,^H6083 and burned^H8313 the grove.^H842

2Ch 1:9

2Ch 1:9 - Now, O LORD^H3068 God,^H430 let thy promise^H1697 unto David^H1732 my father^H1 be established:^H539 for thou hast made me king^H4427 over a people^H5971 like the dust^H6083 of the earth^H776 in multitude.^H7227

Neh 4:2

Neh 4:2 - And he spake^H559 before^H6440 his brethren^H251 and the army^H2428 of Samaria,^H8111 and said,^H559 What do^H6213 these feeble^H537 Jews?^H3064 will they fortify^H5800 themselves? will they sacrifice?^H2076 will they make an end^H3615 in a day?^H3117 will they revive^H2421 the stones^H68 out of the heaps^H6194 of the rubbish^H6083 which are burned?^H8313

Neh 4:10

Neh 4:10 - And Judah^H3063 said,^H559 The strength^H3581 of the bearers of burdens^H5449 is decayed,^H3782 and there is much^H7235 rubbish;^H6083 so that we are not able^H3201 to build^H1129 the wall.^H2346

Job 2:12

Job 2:12 - And when they lifted up^H5375 their eyes^H5869 afar off,^H7350 and knew^H5234 him not, they lifted up^H5375 their voice,^H6963 and wept;^H1058 and they rent^H7167 every one^H376 his mantle,^H4598 and sprinkled^H2236 dust^H6083 upon their heads^H7218 toward heaven.^H8064

Job 4:19

Job 4:19 - How much less^H637 in them that dwell^H7931 in houses^H1004 of clay,^H2563 whose foundation^H3247 is in the dust,^H6083 which are crushed^H1792 before^H6440 the moth?^H6211

Job 5:6

Job 5:6 - Although affliction^H205 cometh not forth^H3318 of the dust,^H6083 neither doth trouble^H5999 spring out^H6779 of the ground;^H127

Job 7:5

Job 7:5 - My flesh^H1320 is clothed^H3847 with worms^H7415 and clods^H1487 of dust;^H6083 my skin^H5785 is broken,^H7280 and become loathsome.^H3988

Job 7:21

Job 7:21 - And why dost thou not pardon^H5375 my transgression,^H6588 and take away^H5674 mine iniquity?^H5771 for now shall I sleep^H7901 in the dust;^H6083 and thou shalt seek me in the morning,^H7836 but I shall not be.

Job 8:19

Job 8:19 - Behold, this is the joy^H4885 of his way,^H1870 and out of the earth^H6083 shall others^H312 grow.^H6779

Job 10:9

Job 10:9 - Remember,^H2142 I beseech thee, that thou hast made^H6213 me as the clay;^H2563 and wilt thou bring^H7725 ➔ me into dust^H6083 again?^H7725

Job 14:8

Job 14:8 - Though the root^H8328 thereof wax old^H2204 in the earth,^H776 and the stock^H1503 thereof die^H4191 in the ground;^H6083

Job 14:19

Job 14:19 - The waters^H4325 wear^H7833 the stones:^H68 thou washest away^H7857 the things which grow^H5599 out of the dust^H6083 of the earth;^H776 and thou destroyest^H6 the hope^H8615 of man.^H582

Job 16:15

Job 16:15 - I have sewed^H8609 sackcloth^H8242 upon my skin,^H1539 and defiled^H5953 my horn^H7161 in the dust.^H6083

Job 17:16

Job 17:16 - They shall go down^H3381 to the bars^H905 of the pit,^H7585 when our rest^H5183 together^H3162 is in the dust.^H6083

Job 19:25

Job 19:25 - For I know^H3045 that my redeemer^H1350 liveth,^H2416 and that he shall stand^H6965 at the latter^H314 day upon the earth:^H6083

Job 20:11

Job 20:11 - His bones^H6106 are full^H4390 of the sin of his youth,^H5934 which shall lie down^H7901 with him in the dust.^H6083

Job 21:26

Job 21:26 - They shall lie down^H7901 alike^H3162 in the dust,^H6083 and the worms^H7415 shall cover^H3680 them.

Job 22:24

Job 22:24 - Then shalt thou lay up^H7896 gold^H1220 as^H5921 dust,^H6083 and the gold of Ophir^H211 as the stones^H6697 of the brooks.^H5158

Job 27:16

Job 27:16 - Though he heap up^H6651 silver^H3701 as the dust,^H6083 and prepare^H3559 raiment^H4403 as the clay;^H2563

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