H6083 עָפָר (ʻâphâr) aw-fawr'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dust

Strong's Definition

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

Derivation: from H6080 (עָפַר);

KJV Usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

TWOT Reference: 1664a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish

1a) dry or loose earth

1b) debris

1c) mortar

1d) ore

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G285 G1093 G1475 G2868 G4081 G5529

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָפָר (a.phar) — dust. 1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָפָר (H6083)

noun m · עפר

Dust

dirt, dust, powder = the loose natural substance of the earth's surface

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָפָר n.m. dry earth, dust base

Bible Occurrences (103)

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

8:16 8:17

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

5:17 19:17 23:10

9:21 28:24 32:24

7:6

2:8

16:13 22:43

16:2 18:38 20:10

13:7 23:4 23:6 23:12 23:15

1:9

4:2 4:10

2:12 4:19 5:6 7:5 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 30:6 30:19 34:15 38:38 39:14 40:13 41:33 42:6

7:5 18:42 22:15 22:29 30:9 44:25 72:9 78:27 102:14 103:14 104:29 113:7 119:25

8:26

3:20 12:7

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

2:10 3:29

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

12:2

2:7

1:10 7:17

1:10

1:17

9:3

Genesis 2:7

Then the LORD God formed man [from] the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 3:14

So the LORD God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly {will} you go, and dust you {will} eat, all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you will eat [your] bread, until you return to the ground — because out of it were you taken. For dust you [are], and to dust you {shall} return.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham answered, Now that... I have ventured to speak to the Lord— though I am but dust and ashes—

Genesis 26:15

So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Exodus 8:16

Then the LORD said to Moses, Tell... Aaron, Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.