Occurrences
ʻâphâr occurs 109 times in 102 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (2), Leviticus (3), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (5), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (26), Psalms (13), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (14), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (4), Daniel (1), Amos (1), Micah (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust (עָפָר֙) of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust (וְעָפָ֥ר) shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust (עָפָ֣ר) thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust (עָפָ֖ר) shalt thou return.
- Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust (כַּעֲפַ֣ר) of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
- Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust (עֲפַ֣ר) of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
- Genesis 18:27 — And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust (עָפָ֥ר) and ashes:
- Genesis 26:15 — For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth (עָפָֽר).
- Genesis 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust (כַּעֲפַ֣ר) of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
- Exodus 8:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust (עֲפַ֣ר) of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:17 — And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust (עֲפַ֣ר) of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:17 — And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust (עֲפַ֥ר) of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 14:41 — And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust (הֶֽעָפָר֙) that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
- Leviticus 14:45 — And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the (עֲפַ֣ר) morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
- Leviticus 17:13 — And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust (בֶּעָפָֽר).
- Numbers 5:17 — And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust (הֶֽעָפָ֗ר) that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
- Numbers 19:17 — And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes (מֵעֲפַ֖ר) of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
- Numbers 23:10 — Who can count the dust (עֲפַ֣ר) of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
- Deuteronomy 9:21 — And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust (לְעָפָ֑ר): and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
- Deuteronomy 9:21 — And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust (עֲפָר֔וֹ) thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
- Deuteronomy 28:24 — The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust (וְעָפָ֑ר): from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 32:24 — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust (עָפָֽר).
- Joshua 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust (עָפָ֖ר) upon their heads.
- 1 Samuel 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust (מֵעָפָ֜ר), and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- 2 Samuel 16:13 — And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust (בֶּעָפָֽר).
- 2 Samuel 22:43 — Then did I beat them as small as the dust (כַּעֲפַר) of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
- 1 Kings 16:2 — Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust (הֶ֣עָפָ֔ר), and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
- 1 Kings 18:38 — Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust (הֶעָפָ֑ר), and licked up the water that was in the trench.
- 1 Kings 20:10 — And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust (עֲפַ֣ר) of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
- 2 Kings 13:7 — Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust (כֶּֽעָפָ֖ר) by threshing.
- 2 Kings 23:4 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes (עֲפָרָ֖ם) of them unto Beth-el.
- 2 Kings 23:6 — And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder (לְעָפָ֑ר), and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
- 2 Kings 23:6 — And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder (עֲפָרָ֔הּ) thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
- 2 Kings 23:12 — And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust (עֲפָרָ֖ם) of them into the brook Kidron.
- 2 Kings 23:15 — Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder (לְעָפָ֖ר), and burned the grove.
- 2 Chronicles 1:9 — Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust (כַּעֲפַ֥ר) of the earth in multitude.
- Nehemiah 4:2 — And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish (הֶעָפָ֖ר) which are burned?
- Nehemiah 4:10 — And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish (וְהֶעָפָ֖ר); so that we are not able to build the wall.
- Job 2:12 — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust (עָפָ֛ר) upon their heads toward heaven.
- Job 4:19 — How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust (בֶּעָפָ֥ר), which are crushed before the moth?
- Job 5:6 — Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust (מֵעָפָ֣ר), neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
- Job 7:5 — My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust (עָפָ֑ר); my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
- Job 7:21 — And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust (לֶעָפָ֣ר); and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
- Job 8:19 — Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth (וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗ר) shall others grow.
- Job 10:9 — Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again (עָפָ֥ר)?
- Job 14:8 — Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground (וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר);
- Job 14:19 — The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust (עֲפַר) of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
- Job 16:15 — I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust (בֶעָפָ֣ר).
- Job 17:16 — They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust (עָפָ֣ר).
- Job 19:25 — For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth (עָפָ֥ר):