Strong’s H6083 · Hebrew
עָפָר
ʻâphâr · aw-fawr'
Origin from עָפַר (H6080);
Meaning dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
In the King James Version ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
In 103 verses of the King James Version
101–103 of 103
- Habakkuk 1:10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
- Zephaniah 1:17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
- Zechariah 9:3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.