H657 אֶפֶס (ʼepheç) eh'-fes

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: from H656 (אָפֵס); (sometimes like H6466 (פָּעַל))

KJV Usage: 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).

TWOT Reference: 147a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) ceasing, end, finality

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G206 G684 G859 G970 G2078 G2756 G3641 G3765 G4009 G4133

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֶ֫פֶס (e.phes) — end. 1) ceasing, end, finality 2) expressing non-existence

אֹ֫פֶס (o.phes) — soles. the two extremities, i.e. either the soles of the feet or the ankles

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֶפֶס (H0657a)

noun m · אפס

Non-Exist

there is not, it is not, without = state of non-existence of a person, place or event

DEU 32:36 · 2SA 9:3 · 2KI 14:26 · 2KI 14:26 · JOB 7:6 · PRO 14:28 · PRO 26:20 · ISA 5:8 · ISA 45:6 · ISA 45:14 · ISA 46:9 · ISA 47:8 · ISA 47:10 · ISA 52:4 · ISA 54:15 · DAN 8:25 · AMO 6:10 · ZEP 2:15

Location

Collocation: אפְסֵי־אֶרֶץ

ends of the earth > everywhere literally: ends of the earth; hence: = the entire earth including its farthest corners

PSA 72:8 · PRO 30:4 · ZEC 9:10

People

Collocation: אפְסֵי־אֶרֶץ

ends of the earth > all people on earth literally: ends of the earth; hence: = all people on earth, including those living in its remotest corners

DEU 33:17 · 1SA 2:10 · PSA 2:8 · PSA 22:28 · PSA 59:14 · PSA 67:8 · PSA 98:3 · ISA 45:22 · ISA 52:10 · JER 16:19 · MIC 5:3

Non-Exist | ≈ אָוֶן · אַיִן · רוּחַ · תֹּהוּ

nothing = state of being non-existent, implying that an existing object has been destroyed, or that an object exists in people's imagination only; ≈ regarded therefore as totally insignificant

ISA 34:12 · ISA 40:17 · ISA 41:12 · ISA 41:29

Restrictors

however, yet particle connecting two propositions and denoting that Y limits the expectations that were evoked by X

NUM 13:28 · NUM 22:35 · NUM 23:13 · DEU 15:4 · JDG 4:9 · 1SA 1:5 · 2SA 12:14 · AMO 9:8

¹ 1SA 1:5 LXX RSV NJPS NJB REB GNT | MT HOTTP-B NIV NRSV CEV אַפַּיִם = אַף

Reinier de Blois

אֹפֶס (H0657b) — אָפְסַיִם

noun m · אפס

ankle = joint connecting the foot to the leg

EZK 47:3

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֶ֫פֶס, אָ֑פֶס n.m. prop. ceasing, hence end, extremity

Expressing non-existence

base

[אֹ֫פֶס] n.[m.] only in the du. lit. the two extremities, i.e. either the soles of the feet, or the ankles base

Bible Occurrences (43)

13:28 22:35 23:13

15:4 32:36 33:17

4:9

2:10

9:3 12:14

14:26

7:6

2:8 22:27 59:13 67:7 72:8 98:3

14:28 26:20 30:4

5:8 34:12 40:17 41:12 41:29 45:6 45:14 45:22 46:9 47:8 47:10 52:4 52:10 54:15

16:19

47:3

8:25

6:10 9:8

5:4

2:15

9:10

Numbers 13:28

Nevertheless..., the people living in the land are strong, and the cities... are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

Numbers 22:35

But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men, but you are to speak... only what I tell you. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Numbers 23:13

Then Balak said to him, Please come... with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp — not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.

Deuteronomy 15:4

There will be no poor among you, however..., because the LORD will surely bless you... in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one [remains], slave or free.

Deuteronomy 33:17

His majesty [is like] a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore... the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.

Judges 4:9

I will certainly go... with you, Deborah replied, but... the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,

1 Samuel 2:10

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.