Strong's Hebrew · H6083
H6083 ʻâphâr
עָפָר
aw-fawr'
dust
ʻâphâr appears 110 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:7 and Exodus 8:16. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
In the King James Version
ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Derivation
from H6080 (עָפַר);
Appears 110 times in Scripture
“Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—”
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’””
“Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.”
“So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.”
“So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.”
“I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.”
“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.””
“Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
