אָפֵס
ʾāpēs
cease
Strong's H656VerbHebrewTWOT 147

אָפֵס (ʾāpēs) is a Hebrew verb meaning cease. It appears 5 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H656).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 147)

Range of meaning (TWOT 147)cease, fail, come to an end; disappear; be clean gone
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָפֵס verb: cease, fail, come to an end

Strong's H656 אָפֵס: to disappear, i.e. cease
KJV:be clean gone (at an end, brought to nought), fail.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 47:15Isaiah 16:4

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