ʼepheç — H657

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. ceasing, end, finality

Usually translated as

none, less than nothing, no, without, but, howbeit, nevertheless, not, save, saving, want, ankle, end, notwithstanding, thing of nought, there, uttermost part

Origin

from H656; (sometimes like H6466)

• Derived from ʼâphêç (H656)
• Derived from Pâʻal (H6466)

Greek equivalents

• ákron (G206)
• apṓleia (G684)
• áphesis (G859)
• bía (G970)
• éschatos (G2078)
• kenós (G2756)
• olígos (G3641)
• oukéti (G3765)
• péras (G4009)
• plḗn (G4133)

Occurrences

ʼepheç occurs 43 times in 42 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (2), 2 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (6), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (14), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1), Amos (2), Micah (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)

• Numbers 13:28 — Nevertheless (אֶ֚פֶס) the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
• Numbers 22:35 — And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only (וְאֶ֗פֶס) the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
• Numbers 23:13 — And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but (אֶ֚פֶס) the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
• Deuteronomy 15:4 — Save (אֶ֕פֶס) when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
• Deuteronomy 32:36 — For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none (וְאֶ֖פֶס) shut up, or left.
• Deuteronomy 33:17 — His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
• 1 Samuel 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
• 2 Samuel 9:3 — And the king said, Is there not (הַאֶ֨פֶס) yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
• 2 Samuel 12:14 — Howbeit (אֶ֗פֶס), because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
• 2 Kings 14:26 — For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any (וְאֶ֤פֶס) shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
• 2 Kings 14:26 — For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any (וְאֶ֣פֶס) left, nor any helper for Israel.
• Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without (בְּאֶ֣פֶס) hope.
• Psalms 2:8 — Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts (אַפְסֵי) of the earth for thy possession.
• Psalms 22:27 — All the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Psalms 59:13 — Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends (לְאַפְסֵ֖י) of the earth. Selah.
• Psalms 67:7 — God shall bless us; and all the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth shall fear him.
• Psalms 72:8 — He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth.
• Psalms 98:3 — He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Proverbs 14:28 — In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want (וּבְאֶ֥פֶס) of people is the destruction of the prince.
• Proverbs 26:20 — Where no (בְּאֶ֣פֶס) wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
• Proverbs 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
• Isaiah 5:8 — Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no (אֶ֣פֶס) place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
• Isaiah 34:12 — They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing (אָֽפֶס).
• Isaiah 40:17 — All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing (מֵאֶ֥פֶס), and vanity.
• Isaiah 41:12 — Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and (וּכְאֶ֖פֶס) as a thing of nought.
• Isaiah 41:29 — Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing (אֶ֖פֶס): their molten images are wind and confusion.
• Isaiah 45:6 — That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none (אֶ֖פֶס) beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
• Isaiah 45:14 — Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no (אֶ֥פֶס) God.
• Isaiah 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isaiah 46:9 — Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none (וְאֶ֥פֶס) like me,
• Isaiah 47:8 — Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside (וְאַפְסִ֣י) me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
• Isaiah 47:10 — For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside (וְאַפְסִ֥י) me.
• Isaiah 52:4 — For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause (בְּאֶ֥פֶס).
• Isaiah 52:10 — The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Isaiah 54:15 — Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not (אֶ֖פֶס) by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends (מֵֽאַפְסֵי) of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• Ezekiel 47:3 — And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles (אָפְסָֽיִם).
• Daniel 8:25 — And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without (וּבְאֶ֥פֶס) hand.
• Amos 6:10 — And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No (אָ֑פֶס). Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
• Amos 9:8 — Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving (אֶ֗פֶס) that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
• Micah 5:4 — And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth.
• Zephaniah 2:15 — This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none (וְאַפְסִ֣י) beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
• Zechariah 9:10 — And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends (אַפְסֵי) of the earth.