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אֶפֶס
ʼepheç · Hebrew · Strong's H657 · 44 occurrences
The KJV renders 22 different Hebrew and Greek words as “end”
What it means
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
from H656 (אָפֵס); (sometimes like H6466 (פָּעַל))
How the KJV renders it
ankle, but, end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless, none, not any, withstanding, thing of nought, save, there, uttermost part, want, without
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“end”
also renders
télos (G5056), synteléō (G4931), ékbasis (G1545), plēróō (G4137), péras (G4009), syntéleia (G4930), gabluth (H1383), dibrâh (H1700), châdal (H2308), kânâph (H3671), migbâlâh (H4020), çôwph (H5490), çôwph (H5491), ʻêqeb (H6118), pêʼâh (H6285), qenets (H7078), qetsev (H7099), qᵉtsâth (H7118), rôʼsh (H7218), shâlam (H7999), taklîyth (H8503)“but”
also renders
plḗn (G4133), mónon (G3440), ektós (G1622), ʼăbâl (H61), ʼak (H389), ʼâkên (H403), ʼaph (H637), bᵉram (H1297), gam (H1571), dîy (H1768), lâhên (H3861), ʻôwd (H5750), raq (H7535)“save”
also renders
plḗn (G4133), sōtēría (G4991), phylássō (G5442), diasṓzō (G1295), sṓzō (G4982), ʼak (H389), yâshaʻ (H3467), lâhên (H3861), mâlaṭ (H4422), nâtsal (H5337), raq (H7535)“there”
also renders
ekeî (G1563), ekeîse (G1566), hōde (G5602), ekeîthen (G1564), entháde (G1759), autoû (G847), dên (H1836), yêsh (H3426), ʻal (H5922), tâm (H8536)“want”
also renders
hysteréō (G5302), hystérēma (G5303), hystérēsis (G5304), chreía (G5532), châdal (H2308), châçêr (H2637), châçêr (H2638), cheçer (H2639), pâqad (H6485)“without”
also renders
parektós (G3924), éxōthen (G1855), chōrís (G5565), ésōthen (G2081), ektós (G1622), ʼâchôwr (H268), lâʼ (H3809)“nevertheless”
also renders
plḗn (G4133), ʼăbâl (H61), ʼak (H389), ʼâkên (H403), bᵉram (H1297), raq (H7535)“howbeit”
also renders
ʼak (H389), kên (H3651)“thing of nought”
also renders ʼĕlîyl (H457)
“uttermost part”
also renders kânâph (H3671)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
44 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 43 verses shown.
1 Samuel 2:10 · HNcmpc
Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
2 Kings 14:26 · HC/Ncmsa
For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter for all, slave and free; and there was no helper for Israel.
2 Samuel 9:3 · HTi/Ncmsa
The king said, “Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet.”
2 Samuel 12:14 · HNcmsa
However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”
Amos 6:10 · HNcmsa
“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’
Amos 9:8 · HNcmsa
Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says Yahweh.
Daniel 8:25 HC/R/NcmscDeuteronomy 15:4 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 32:36 HC/NcmsaDeuteronomy 33:17 HNcmpcEzekiel 47:3 HNcmdaIsaiah 5:8 HNcmscIsaiah 34:12 HNcmsaIsaiah 40:17 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 41:12 HC/R/NcmsaIsaiah 41:29 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:6 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:14 HNcmscIsaiah 45:22 HNcmpcIsaiah 46:9 HC/NcmsaIsaiah 47:8 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1csIsaiah 47:10 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1csIsaiah 52:4 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 52:10 HNcmpcIsaiah 54:15 HNcmsaJudges 4:9 HNcmsaJeremiah 16:19 HR/DJob 7:6 HR/NcmscMicah 5:4 HNcmpcNumbers 13:28 HNcmsaNumbers 22:35 HC/NcmsaNumbers 23:13 HNcmsaProverbs 14:28 HC/R/NcmscProverbs 26:20 HR/NcmscProverbs 30:4 HNcmpcPsalm 2:8 HNcmpcPsalm 22:27 HNcmpcPsalm 59:13 HR/NcmpcPsalm 67:7 HNcmpcPsalm 72:8 HNcmpcPsalm 98:3 HNcmpcZechariah 9:10 HNcmpcZephaniah 2:15 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1cs
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