H0665
אֵ֫פֶר
Glosses: ashes, light, flying
Indexed occurrences: 22
Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
Ashes
Several religious ceremonies, and some symbolical ones, anciently depended upon the use of ashes. To repent in sackcloth and ashes, or, as an external sign of self-affliction for sin, or of suffering under some misfortune, to sit in ashes, are expressions common in Scripture. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
View overview sources
- Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- concordance
- Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
Key facts
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H0665, G4700
- Hebrew
- אֵ֫פֶר
- Greek
- σποδός · spodos
Strong’s and original-language information
G4700
σποδός · spodos
Glosses: ashes
σποδός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אֵפֶר ; ] ashes: Heb. 9:13;
Indexed occurrences: 0
Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
H0665
אֵפֶר · ʼêpher
Glosses: ashes.
ashes
Indexed occurrences: 0
Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Ashes
The ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Num. 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean (Heb. 9:13). To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation (2 Sam. 13:19; Esther 4:3; Jer. 6:26, etc.). To feed on ashes (Isa. 44:20), means to seek that which will prove to be vain and unsatisfactory, and hence it denotes the unsatisfactory nature of idol-worship. (Comp. Hos. 12:1).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
ASHES
Several religious ceremonies, and some symbolical ones, anciently depended upon the use of ashes. To repent in sackcloth and ashes, or, as an external sign of self-affliction for sin, or of suffering under some misfortune, to sit in ashes, are expressions common in Scripture. “I am but dust and ashes,” exclaims Abraham before the Lord, Gen.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Concordance
Ashes
Indexed occurrences: 38
Source: concordance · View data sources
All Scripture references42 references
Loading…
Topical Bible
Naves Topical
ASHES
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for ASHES.
Scripture references:
Source: naves-topical · View data sources
Sources
- Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- concordance
- Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
Ancient Context9 items
Loading…
Related UNLEARN Content7 items
Loading…
Save your study
Sign in to bookmark this study or add notes.