עָפָר
ʿāpār
dry earth
Strong's H6083NounHebrewTWOT 1664a

עָפָר (ʿāpār) is a Hebrew noun meaning dry earth. It appears 110 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6083).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1664a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1664a)dry earth, dust; clay, earth, mud; ashes, ground, morter, powder, rubbish
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָפָר noun, masculine: dry earth, dust

Strong's H6083 עָפָר: dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV:ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1664: עָפַר ʿāpar — with dust; be dust; cast

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:7Leviticus 14:41Numbers 5:17

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