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עָפָר
ʻâphâr · Hebrew · Strong's H6083 · 110 occurrences
The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “ground”
What it means
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
from H6080 (עָפַר);
How the KJV renders it
ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“ground”
also renders themelióō (G2311), hedraíōma (G1477), chṓra (G5561), édaphos (G1475), gē (G1093), chelqâh (H2513), chârîysh (H2758)
“earth”
also renders oikouménē (G3625), gē (G1093), ʼăraʻ (H772), ʼăraq (H778), cheres (H2789), yabbesheth (H3007)
“ashes”
also renders spodós (G4700), pîyach (H6368)
“dust”
also renders chóos (G5522), koniortós (G2868)
“powder”
also renders ʼăbâqâh (H81)
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Where it appears
110 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 16:2 · HTd/Ncmsa
“Because I exalted you out of the dust and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins,
1 Kings 18:38 · HTd/Ncmsa
Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
1 Kings 20:10 · HNcmsc
Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
1 Samuel 2:8 · HR/Ncmsa
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
2 Chronicles 1:9 · HR/Ncmsc
Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
2 Kings 13:7 · HRd/Ncmsa
For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them and made them like the dust in threshing.
2 Kings 23:4 HNcmsc/Sp3mp2 Kings 23:6 HNcmsc/Sp3fs2 Kings 23:12 HNcmsc/Sp3mp2 Kings 23:15 HR/Ncmsa2 Samuel 16:13 HRd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 22:43 HR/NcmscAmos 2:7 HNcmscDaniel 12:2 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 9:21 HNcmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 28:24 HC/NcmsaDeuteronomy 32:24 HNcmsaEcclesiastes 3:20 HTd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 12:7 HTd/NcmsaExodus 8:16 HNcmscExodus 8:17 HNcmscEzekiel 24:7 HNcmsaEzekiel 26:4 HNcmsc/Sp3fsEzekiel 26:12 HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fsEzekiel 27:30 HNcmsaGenesis 2:7 HNcmsaGenesis 3:14 HC/NcmsaGenesis 3:19 HNcmsaGenesis 13:16 HNcmscGenesis 18:27 HNcmsaGenesis 26:15 HNcmsaGenesis 28:14 HR/NcmscHabakkuk 1:10 HNcmsaIsaiah 2:10 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 2:19 HNcmsaIsaiah 25:12 HNcmsaIsaiah 26:5 HNcmsaIsaiah 26:19 HNcmsaIsaiah 29:4 HC/R/NcmsaIsaiah 34:7 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mpIsaiah 34:9 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fsIsaiah 40:12 HNcmscIsaiah 41:2 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 47:1 HNcmsaIsaiah 49:23 HC/NcmscIsaiah 52:2 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 65:25 HNcmsaJob 2:12 HNcmsaJob 4:19 HRd/NcmsaJob 5:6 HR/NcmsaJob 7:5 HNcmsaJob 7:21 HRd/NcmsaJob 8:19 HC/R/NcmsaJob 10:9 HNcmsaJob 14:8 HC/Rd/NcmsaJob 14:19 HNcmscJob 16:15 HRd/NcmsaJob 17:16 HNcmsaJob 19:25 HNcmsaJob 20:11 HNcmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.