Quick Definition
ashes
Strong's Definition
ashes
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to bestrew;
KJV Usage: ashes.
TWOT Reference: 150a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֵ֫פֶר (e.pher) — ashes. 1) ashes 2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Dust | ≈ אֵבֶל · בְּכִי · חָצָץ · עָפָר · צֹום · שַׂק · תַּחֲנוּן · תְּפִלָּה
ashes = powdery residue left after the burning of a substance; normally deposited outside of a village or city; ► used by mourners to put on their heads or roll themselves into; ≈ associated with things that are fine and powdery and easily scattered by the wind, with low status, and possibly with mortality as well
GEN 18:27 · NUM 19:9 · NUM 19:10 · 2SA 13:19 · EST 4:1 · EST 4:3 · JOB 2:8 · JOB 13:12 · JOB 30:19 · JOB 42:6 · PSA 102:10 · PSA 147:16 · ISA 44:20 · ISA 58:5 · ISA 61:3 · JER 6:26 · LAM 3:16 · EZK 27:30 · EZK 28:18 · DAN 9:3 · JON 3:6 · MAL 3:21
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֵ֫פֶר n.[m.] ashes (as light, flying?) base