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אֶפֶס

e.phes

end

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Strong’s H657aNoun, masculine43 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

the ends of14

there not6

nevertheless5

only5

not5

nothing4

is there not1

nothingness1

In the text

Numbers 13:28אֶפֶס
Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
Deuteronomy 15:4אֶפֶס
There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
2 Samuel 12:14אֶפֶס
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
Psalm 2:8אַפְסֵי
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Proverbs 30:4אַפְסֵי
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
Isaiah 5:8אֶפֶס
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֶ֫פֶס, אָ֑פֶס n.m. prop. ceasing, hence

1. end, extremity

2. Expressing non-existence

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.